Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - May 4, 2012 by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/7/2012 In this issue: - SEC Issues Additional Guidance on Emerging Growth Companies - CFTC Issues Proposed Interpretative Statement - CFTC to Hold Public Meeting to Consider a Final Rule - CME Issues Advisory...more
California Update -- First Quarter 2012 by Fox Rothschild on 3/28/2012 In This Issue: New California Employment Laws For 2012; Employment Issues Keep On Truckin’; IRS To Help Employers When Reclassifying Employees; Half Hour To Eat And A Suitable Seat; California Courts Remain Hostile To...more
Court System in Armenia by Nerses Isajanyan on 2/24/2012 The court system in Armenia has been subject to multiple changes since the country gained its independence in 1991. Now that reforms have come to a halt, it is worth providing a short overview of the structure of the...more
What is the dollar in the United States by Dan Goodman on 9/30/2011 A dollar in the United States is a Spanish Milled dollar coin, or its equivalent, in coin form, containing 371.25 grains of fine silver. Legal authority quoted, cited, and linked....more
The United States government does not have the power to make its obligations a legal tender by Dan Goodman on 9/29/2011 The United States Supreme Court, in the case of Julliard v. Greenman (110 U.S. 421), held that: 1) Congress had the power to make its obligations a legal tender in the payment of private debts, and 2) that this power was...more
Ordinary and Extraordinary uses of the public highways and roads by Dan Goodman on 9/27/2011 In the United States of America, the public highways and roads can be used for ordinary (private) and extraordinary (special) purposes with a motor vehicle. One who is using the public highways and roads with a...more
English Supreme Court Champions Party Autonomy in Arbitration by Reed Smith on 8/10/2011 The often-cited list of advantages of arbitration includes economy, speed, procedural flexibility, the ability to choose arbitrators, the neutrality of the process and cross border enforcement of awards. While parties with...more
Striking Down Class-Action Waivers in Arbitration: Freedom of Contract vs. Fairness of Contract by Michael Diaz Jr. - Diaz Reus International... on 6/21/2011 Determining the enforceability of mandatory class-action waiver provisions in arbitration clauses is not merely an academic exercise for those sheltered within ivory tower walls. Indeed, a number of important legal and public...more
Jackson Reforms: A reform too far? by Martin Callan on 6/12/2011 The Jackson Reforms, proposed by Lord Justice Jackson appear to be nothing short of a direct assault on “access to justice” and the “gateway to justice”....more
Consumer Contracts and Class Actions: U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether State Unconscionability Law Bars Mandatory Individual... by Duane Morris LLP on 4/25/2011 While class actions continue to grow in importance as a means of resolving consumer disputes with U.S. businesses that provide credit cards, consumer lending, wireless telephones and other services, such providers customarily...more
Labor Letter - April 2011 by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 4/1/2011 In This Issue: Seven (Sometimes Surprising) Facts About Mediation By Jennifer Achtert (San Francisco) If you have ever been part of a lawsuit, you are probably aware that somewhere in the range of 95% of...more
Circuit-court judges have exclusive constitutional authority over the selection of deputy circuit-court clerks by Warner Norcross & Judd on 3/28/2011 On March 24, 2011, the Michigan Court of Appeals published its opinion in AFSCME Council 25 v. County of Wayne, No. 298655. The court held that the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan (the “Third Circuit”) has “exclusive...more
Changes Come to Confidentiality of Florida Court Filings by Lawrence Kolin on 1/31/2011 As the judicial branch transitions toward acquiring, maintaining, and distributing court records electronically, the Supreme Court of Florida has viewed the confidentiality of a narrow set of records as a...more
Appellate Advocate - January 2011 by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 1/7/2011 In This Issue: *WHAT IS “HYPOTHETICAL JURISDICTION” OVER AN APPEAL? *AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL APPELLATE RULES INCREASE SCRUTINY OF AMICUS BRIEFS *PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT ALLOWS AMICUS BRIEFS ON...more
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RULE OF LAW, TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS by Milos Bogicevic on 12/31/2010 The first thing that strikes the reader of the essays is the richness of the carefully selected topics and areas covered by the authors. Its richness is reflected in a number of ways: the authors elaborate on various globally...more