Schlagwort-Archive: US-Zivilprozessrecht
U.S. Department of Justice Bulletin August 1, 2014 – Preisabsprache in den USA – Gefängnisstrafe!
G.S. Electech Inc. Executive Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and Price Fixing on Automobile Parts Installed in U.S. Cars An executive of Japanese auto parts maker G.S. Electech Inc. pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to serve 13 months in … Weiterlesen
California: Class Arbitration Prohibited if Not Authorized in Agreement
National Law Review 9/2012, betreff US-Arbeitsrecht und Erhebung einer Sammelklage; Unzulässig, wenn nicht explizit in einer bestehenden Schiedsgerichtsvereinbarung aufgeführt. A California appeals court recently held that a former security officer’s wage-and-hour class action suit must be submitted to arbitration on … 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: Ex-client targets Louisville firm Becker Law
With its ad campaigns advising the injured and maimed that they „better call Becker,“ Louisville’s Becker Law Office says it has represented 30,000 people over 25 years. Now it is embroiled in a legal battle with one of them. In … Weiterlesen
ILR: BP Trial Delayed by Settlement Talks
Institute for Legal Reform, News Daily Read more: ILR BP Trial Delayed by Settlement Talks
Dukes v WalMart – One Supreme Court Decision Could Influence Class Action Cases for All Companies
Anerkennung von ausländischen Urteilen in den USA
Schilderung aus US-Anwaltssicht mit Hinweis auf die wesentlichen Rechtsbegriffe und Gesetze; für viele US-Anwälte – so die Erfahrung von NIETZER & HÄUSLER – allerdings ein unbekanntes Feld: Enforcing International Judgments,by Houston Putnam Lowry It had the appearances of an ordinary … Weiterlesen
US Legal Headline
Mortgage Win for Goldman (sub. req.) Wall Street Journal | July 22, 2011; Goldman Sachs Group Inc. scored a victory in one of the highest-profile lawsuits that accuses it of duping investors on mortgage securities that were sold during the … Weiterlesen
US Legal Headlines
First class-action in bank overdraft fee case . Thomson Reuters | July 2011; A federal judge overseeing nationwide bank overdraft fee litigation granted class-action status to UnionBanCal customers, the first certification in a case targeting more than two dozen lenders, … Weiterlesen
USA – Gerichtsstand für die Welt
Exxon Hit by Reversal in Human-Rights Case (sub. req.) Wall Street Journal | July 9, 2011 A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a lawsuit by Indonesian villagers that seeks to hold Exxon Mobil Corp. liable for alleged killings and … Weiterlesen
