Schlagwort-Archive: US-Gerichtsverfahren
Most Ridiculous Lawsuits: ACLU Files ‘Right to Read’ Lawsuit in Michigan
By Sam Favate In what could be a groundbreaking action with national implications, the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a “right to read” lawsuit in Michigan, charging that the state and its agencies that oversee public education have failed … Weiterlesen
Garrard v. Pirelli Tire LLC
On June 20, 2012, a United States District Court in Illinios denied defendant, a German based company, Pirelli Deutschland GMBH’s („Pirelli DG“), motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in a products liability case stemming from a motorcycle accident … Weiterlesen
Most Ridiculous Lawsuits: Lakota man sues Rapid City Regional Hospital over surgical scars
Vern Traversie, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, claims in a YouTube video that he discovered three scars on his stomach shaped like the letter K. Three Ks is a common abbreviation for the Ku Klux Klan. SIOUX … Weiterlesen
Zuständigkeit U.S.-amerikanischer Gerichte bei internationalen Rechtsstreitigkeiten, Klageabwehr
Deutsche Unternehmen stehen der U.S.-amerikanischen Zivilgerichtsbarkeit oftmals skeptisch gegenüber. Viele verbinden mit Prozessen in den USA Verfahrensweisen, die dem deutschen Zivilprozessrecht „fremd“ sind – wie z.B. zulässige Ausforschungsbeweisanträge („Fishing expeditions“), medienträchtige Sammelklagen („Class Actions“) oder Geschworenengerichte („Jury Trials“) – und … Weiterlesen
Most Ridiculous Lawsuits USA: Court Rejects AOL Settlement Over Questionable Charity Awards
A federal appeals court in California rejected a settlement of AOL e-mail privacy claims that would have distributed nothing to the 66 million plaintiffs but $110,000 to a collection of charities including one affiliated with the trial judge’s husband. The … Weiterlesen
Most Ridiculous Lawsuits USA: Dimmick sues couple he kidnapped
Jesse Dimmick contends in the breach of contract suit seeking $235,000 that after he entered Jared and Lindsay Rowley’s house in 2009, they reached a legally binding, oral contract that they would hide him for an unspecified amount of money. … Weiterlesen
Supreme Court Do-Over Plan Surprises Many
(CN) – Legal observers say they are puzzled by the U.S. Supreme Court’s call for a second round of arguments concerning corporate liability for overseas wrongdoing. The Nigerian plaintiffs in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum claim that the oil giant … Weiterlesen
Most ridiculous lawsuits USA: Staten Island mom hits city with $900 trillion suit
Fausat Ogunbayo, 46, recently sued the city and its Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) in Brooklyn federal court, claiming the defendants had violated both her civil rights and her children’s by removing the boys from their home here in June … Weiterlesen
Auf dem Radar der US-Justiz
Aktueller Artikel im Schweizer Handelsblatt zum Thema USA – Deutschland und transatlantische Rechtsstreitigkeiten (Autoren: Jürg Meier und Jorgos Brouzos): US Artikel im Schweizer Handelsblatt Der transatlantische Wettbewerb zwischen europäischen und amerikanischen Firmen etwa findet zwar auf den Märkten statt – aber … Weiterlesen
