In Sabbagh v. Khoury [2019] EWCA Civ. 1219, the English Court of Appeal has held that English courts have the power, in “exceptional cases”, to grant anti-arbitration injunctions to restrain an arbitration seated abroad—even...more
Multinational corporations operating in the United States and abroad encounter complex and dispositive legal frameworks that govern not only substantive rights, but also procedural rules that dictate who may assert such...more
6/7/2019
/ Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Collective Actions ,
Contract Disputes ,
Corporate Counsel ,
EU ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
FRCP 23 ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Injunctions ,
Member State ,
Negligence ,
Notice Requirements ,
Putative Class Actions
• A U.S.-style class action regime looms large in the European Union.
• The current draft legislation imports certain hallmarks of the system celebrated by U.S. plaintiffs’ lawyers, but there is uncertainty over what...more
6/5/2019
/ Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Collective Actions ,
Collective Redress ,
EU ,
European Parliament ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
FRCP 23 ,
Frivolous Lawsuits ,
Injunctions ,
Member State ,
Multinationals ,
Proposed Legislation