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Merrill Lynch Settles Subprime Class Action

Merrill Lynch Settles Subprime Class Action
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International Edition

Northern Rock shares dispute kicks off in court

The Northern Rock shareholder dispute hits the courts today (13 January), with a number of the legal profession's big hitters set to battle it out with the Government. The three-and-a-half day trial, at a specially convened Divisional Court at the Royal Courts of Justice, will see more than 150,000 private shareholders attempting to secure improved compensation following the nationalisation of the crisis-hit lender.The shareholders will not challenge the nationalisation itself but claim the statutory criteria established for the valuation process breach the European Convention on Human Rights.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Demographic Motivation

The seeds of corporate governance reform in Japan go back to the country's bank crisis of the 1990s.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Design Defined

Egyptian Goddess clears the way for design patentees to enforce their rights in court.
18 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Held Accountable

U.S.-style corporate governance is becoming the norm for Japanese business.
17 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Superfund Scuffle Sparks High Court Review

Ruling drastically expands hazardous materials liability.
12 minute read

Corporate Counsel

No Class Relief for TILA Mortgage Rescissions

In September the 7th Circuit held that class recovery is never available for TILA rescission claims.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Left Defenseless

Decision limits affirmative defenses under the FCPA.
27 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Offshore Option

As companies reel from the recession, legal departments consider outsourcing to cut costs.
11 minute read

International Edition

City litigators set to press ahead with judge appraisals

The UK's top judges are to be appraised by court users, with litigators taking the matter into their own hands after plans for non-peer reviews were rejected by the judiciary. The Commercial Litigators Forum (CLF) is pushing ahead with proposals that will see judges subjected to upward reviews, even though the suggestions were snubbed by a working group set up by the Judges Council and overseen by Commercial Court head Mr Justice Andrew Smith earlier this year. The CLF has formed a sub-committee within the last month to come up with a framework for the appraisals, with members including litigation partners Hilton Mervis of SJ Berwin, Lovells' Neil Fagan, Herbert Smith's Tim Parkes, Simon Willis of Mayer Brown and John Reynolds of White & Case.
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