Archiv des Monats: Oktober 2010

EurActiv with Reuters. EU to relaunch debate on class-action lawsuit plan.The European Commission will relaunch a debate next month on a controversial plan to help consumers launch class-action lawsuits to seek compensation for anti-competitive practices, according to a Commission document. … Weiterlesen →

Der Artikel der Frankfurter Allgemeine vom 13.Oktober 2010 befasst sich mit dem Foreign Manufacturer’s Legal Accountability Act“, dieser US-Rechtsblog hatte hierzu bereits zwei Einträge (5.August und 14.Juni 2010) veröffentlicht. Wenn Sie mehr Informationen oder Updates zum Status Quo wünschen, senden … Weiterlesen →

Vermittlungsaktivitäten von US-Anwälten, die darauf abzielen, Investoren mit öffentlichen Fonds zum Zwecke eines Investments zusammenzubringen, müssen eine entsprechende Broker Lizenz besitzen, sonst droht Strafe. Hier der aktuelle Sachverhalt und die Vereinbarung zwischen dem New Yorker Attorney General und der Anwaltskanzlei, … Weiterlesen →

www.law.com; Punitives Can Only Exceed Compensatories by 9-1 Ratio, Court Says.  Slashing a jury’s punitive award of $500,000 down to $270,000, a federal judge has ruled that the constitutional maximum for punitive awards is ordinarily no more than nine times … Weiterlesen →

USA Today; Feds sue to halt inmate who has filed 3,800 lawsuits. In the past four years, convicted credit-card scammer Jonathan Lee Riches has filed more than 3,800 lawsuits from his prison cell in Kentucky. He calls himself „Lawsuit Zeus,“ … Weiterlesen →

Law360, New York; Hedge Fund Sues Commerzbank Unit For $68M;. New York hedge fund has sued a unit of Germany’s Commerzbank Group for $68 million, alleging the bank violated its contractual obligation to pay the fund for its investment in … Weiterlesen →

Institute for Legal Reform; The Wall Street Journal reported on its website that the SEC has been receiving at least one tip a day regarding potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a 1977 law that criminalizes bribery … Weiterlesen →

Die Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V. (DAJV) bietet vom 20.05.2011 bis 22.05.2011 in Köln ihr alljährliches Seminar an, welches sich insbesondere an Studenten, Referendare und Doktoranden, die ein Studium des amerikanischen Rechts in den USA in Erwägung ziehen, richtet. Die erfahrenen Referenten … Weiterlesen →

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog; The task of where to begin a full compliance and ethics program can often times appear quite daunting. Most US companies fully understand the need to comply with the FCPA. However most companies are not … Weiterlesen →

An appeals court in Wausau has tossed out a lawsuit filed by a convicted child molester against the parents of her victim. Former Prescott teacher Anne Knopf pleaded guilty in Pierce County to second-degree sexual assault of the 13-year-old boy. … Weiterlesen →