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How Do You Spell Large Verdicts? Starts With IP
Intellectual property cases were among the largest jury awards in 2011.
Is the Class Action Fairness Act Working?
Georgene M. Vairo considers the first case to thoroughly explore the issue of burden of proof in a removal context under the Class Action Fairness Act, Schwartz v. Comcast Corp. Key questions considered were whether the original complaint provided the basis for federal jurisdiction under CAFA, and who had the burden of proving jurisdiction. Congress may have intended that the burden of proof be placed on the party resisting jurisdiction. But does that rule make sense?Davis, petitioner-appellant v. Grant, respondent-appellee
Disruptive Pro Se Defendant's Sixth Amendment Rights Not Violated by His Removal Absent Standby CounselDaily Decision Alert: Vol. 11, No. 49 -- March 13, 2003
Judge Raps Congress, President in Schiavo Case
Jonathan [email protected] a revival of the litigation surrounding Terri Schiavo, the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected a petition by her parents to reconsider their arguments that the brain-damaged woman should be re-nourished immediately.As occurred last week, just two 11th Circuit judges, Charles R.SNR Denton, Vinson Advise on Total's $2.5 Billion Sale to Sinopec
Vinson & Elkins and SNR Denton have taken roles on the French energy giant's sale of a 20 percent stake in an offshore Nigerian oil field to China's Sinopec for $2.5 billion.Stakes raised for BP in Gulf spill aftermath
BP is probably sturdy enough to survive the worst oil spill in U.S. history. But investors are shaving billions of dollars off its value with every day that crude gushes into the Gulf of Mexico.On Tuesday alone, the first trading day since BP's latest attempt at a fix failed, and the day the government announced it had opened a criminal probe into the disaster, its stock took a hit of 15 percent.No, Congress, investors are not like pornographers
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ARE SWARMING like a school of piranhas around some of the most successful U.S. businesses. The work of two Nobel Prize-winning economists suggests that these efforts will be profoundly damaging to the long-run health of our economy. Years ago, Congress set rules for private equity firms and oil companies to play by.Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services Inc.
Where the other elements of jurisdiction are present and at least one named plaintiff in the action satisfies 28 U.S.C. � 1332(a)'s amount-in-controversy requirement, � 1367 authorizes supplemental jurisdiction over the claims of other plaintiffs in the same Article III case or controversy, even if those claims are for less than the requisite amount.Corporate profit growth turns sluggish
Is the great profit engine of corporate America running out of steamWhile other parts of the economy struggled the past two years, large companies managed to rack up higher profits quarter after quarter. Now reality is catching up with big business.As companies close their books on the final three months of last year, the big ones that make up the Standard Poor's 500 stock index appear likely to earn about $230 billion.Trending Stories
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