Cert Granted in Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.
The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari to review the Second Circuit’s decision in the ”foreign-cubed” securities class action Morrison v. National Australia Bank, Ltd., No. 07-0583-cv...
View ArticleVivendi Verdict Thickens Plot in Foreign-Cubed Class Action Battle
As reported by a variety of news outlets, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, on January 29, a federal jury found French conglomerate Vivendi liable for securities fraud, setting the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Justices Take on Foreign-Cubed Problem
The United States Supreme Court heard oral argument Monday in the foreign cubed securities class action Morrison v. National Australia Bank, Ltd., Case No. 08-1191. A copy of the transcript is...
View ArticleMore on Mexico’s New Class Action Law
A recent CAB post entitled Mexico Joins the Class Action Club provided an update from Mexican attorney Jorge de Hoyos Walther on the passage of recent legislation in Mexico introducing class actions....
View ArticleIt’s International Class Actions Week at ClassActionBlawg.com
I am just about set to head overseas to the Netherlands to attend the Fifth Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions and Mass Litigation, which starts on Thursday, December 8. At last...
View ArticleNotes from the 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions...
This is the fifth in a multi-part post summarizing last week’s 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions and Mass Litigation. Click these links to see the summaries for Session 1,...
View ArticleRecognition and Enforcement of U.S. Class Action Judgments and Settlements in...
In this era of globalization, one key issues in international class and collective actions is the recognition of foreign judgments by countries who lack the same collective or class action procedures....
View ArticleBH Class Action Lawsuit Defense Blog Post: Class and Collective Actions in...
NOTE: The following is a copy of a post that I did for the recently-released Baker Hostetler Class Action Lawsuit Defense Blog. Be sure to check out the new blog for other fantastic...
View ArticleWorld Class Actions Update
For those of you interested in the forthcoming book, World Class Actions, here’s a quick update. The page proofs should be ready by the end of next week, and barring unexpected delay, we are still on...
View ArticleWorld Class Actions Hits Bookshelves
The wait is finally over! World Class Actions is finally out in print, and the book is available for order via the Oxford University Press website. For those of you who have been holding your breath...
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