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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

Should we all be getting the Twitter 'jitters'? – Be careful what you say online

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/1/2012

History is littered with examples of the law being slow to catch up with the use of technology. Social media is no exception. As our Socially Aware blog attests, countries around the world are having to think fast to apply...more

District Court Dismisses Claim by U.S. Citizen Against the U.S. Arising on Non-U.S. Soil On Sovereign Immunity Grounds

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/25/2012

Cottonham v. United States Embassy, Bankok, Thailand, No. C-11-3131 (N.D. Cal. 2011), is almost a more brief decision than this posting, but the issue is one worth consideration for those in international...more

March 21, 2012 - The Federal Crimes Watch Daily

by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 3/21/2012

The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more

Diaz Reus Partner, Israel Reyes, Represents Landmark Hotel Owner In Suit Against German Bank

by Michael Diaz Jr. - Diaz Reus International... on 3/19/2012

In a case with international financial implications, Casa Casuarina LLC, owner of a landmark Miami Beach resort property, is suing its mortgage holder German bank WestLB on multiple counts of alleged fraud. “We are...more

Amanda Knox Acquitted in Appeal, Freed from Custody

by Lawyers.com on 10/5/2011

An Italian appeals court acquitted Amanda Knox of the 2007 slaying of her roommate, Meredith Kercher. Knox has been in jail for four years awaiting trial and upon conviction. Her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, was also...more

How to suppress piracy with law

by John A. C. Cartner on 4/6/2011

TWo untamed elephants are in the room: piracy and liability. Taming liability controls piracy. Here is how. Piracy unites to protect owners in investments; labour in lives; states in trade; and law in civil safety and...more

Pro Te: Solutio - Vol. 3, No. 3 - August 2010

by Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada,... on 8/31/2010

In this issue: The United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010; Update On Tort Reform Caps: Are They Constitutional?; Not Just For Adults Anymore; and The Fully Informative, Yet Fully Understandable, OTC Label. Excerpt from The...more

Illinois Intentional Tort Litigation and Personal Injury Attorneys

by Howard Ankin on 6/3/2010

Intentional torts are not a widely understood area of the law for laymen because most of tort law centers around issues of negligence and strict liability. In an intentional tort, the defendant is accused of purposeful...more

Alien Tort Statute Case Update: In Re South African Apartheid Litigation

by Foley Hoag LLP on 4/13/2009

A District Court judge for the Southern District of New York last week denied in part and granted in part a motion to dismiss in the seminal Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”) case, In Re South African Apartheid Litigation. The In Re...more

Cross-Border Whistleblower Protection by Tom Hakemi

by Lang Michener LLP on 4/21/2008

The fraud scandals that rocked the U.S. economy at the beginning of this decade have led governments to re-examine legislation to protect whistleblowers. In the last issue of this newsletter, Karl Gustafson discussed Canada's...more

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