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Litigation: SEC actions time-barred after five years? Not quite.

On Feb. 27, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous ruling in Gabelli v. SEC that actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for civil penalties must be brought within five years from the date on which the claim first accrued, as opposed to five years from discovery...
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Inside Counsel

Court upholds dismissal of Boeing investor lawsuit, considers sanctions against plaintiffs’ attorneys

Its having troubles in the air, but Boeing Co. got a courtroom win on Tuesday when an appeals court upheld both the dismissal of a class action investor suit against the company and sanctions against the plaintiffs attorneys.
2 minute read

International Edition

Herbert Smith exits continue as top disputes partner Greeno joins Quinn

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is to lose another high profile City partner, with highly-rated disputes partner Ted Greeno to leave the firm. Greeno, who has experience of commercial litigation and arbitration in sectors including oil, gas and power, is joining the London arm of US litigation specialists Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Judge recommends Paul Ceglia’s Facebook ownership claims be thrown out

Yesterday U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio issued a report in which she recommended that Paul Ceglias claims that he and Mark Zuckerberg are co-owners of Facebook be thrown out, because the evidence hes based his lawsuit on is fraudulent.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

DLA Piper addresses emails regarding overbilling brought up in recent litigation

A couple of former DLA Piper lawyers could have gotten the firm in some hot water with some emails they sent when they were still with the firm in 2010.
18 minute read

International Edition

Dewey's former London landlord Prudential issues $10.3m claim

Dewey & LeBoeuf's former UK landlord Prudential has filed a $10.3m (£6.8m) claim against the collapsed law firm's estate, after an earlier claim for more than twice this amount was rejected by a New York bankruptcy court. The revised claim was filed in the New York Bankruptcy Court last month (25 February), with Prudential Assurance Company, which owns the No.1 Minster Court building which housed the failed firm's London practice, arguing the figure represents the firm's contractual liability under leases on the space.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Bellwether cases selected in transvaginal mesh litigation

Litigation concerning complications from transvaginal mesh products is continuing to move forward.
2 minute read

International Edition

Gold joins litigation venture launched by ex-Slaughters and SJB leaders

Former Herbert Smith senior partner Lord Gold has taken up a new role as chairman of litigation support company Proven. Proven was launched in 2009 by former Slaughter and May senior partner Tim Clark and ex-SJ Berwin chief David Harrel.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

E-discovery: Understanding how to manage ESI can save money

Responding to a request for production under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 or a nonparty subpoena under Federal Rule of Procedure 45 is a task often made more arduous and costly when the request or subpoena seeks the production of electronically stored information (ESI).
8 minute read

Inside Counsel

Wal-Mart sues unions for trespassing

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has filed trespassing claims against a grocery workers union and several other groups that have protested on the grounds of its stores in Florida.
7 minute read

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