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Congress expands Anti-Terrorism Act liability exposure

DLA Piper
January 22, 2013
1 page

Litigation Practice

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Pepper Hamilton: The Ramifications of Pa. Courts' Broad Social Media Discovery Orders

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Goodyear Dunlop Tires & J. McIntyre Machinery: Supreme Court Clarifies Jurisdiction Over Non-Resident Corporations

Covington & Burling: Jurisdiction of U.S. courts over foreign manufacturers

Day Pitney: The Supreme Court Protects Foreign Manufacturers in the Stream of Global Commerce

Locke Lord: Supreme Court Issues Two Major Decisions on State Courts’ Exercise of Jurisdiction Over Foreign Corporations

Rambus: Federal Circuit provides Guidance on Spoliation & 'Reasonably Foreseeable Litigation'

Weil Gotshal: Micron Tech., Inc. v. Rambus Inc.; Hynix Semiconductor Inc. v. Rambus Inc.

Holland & Knight: Spoliation: When Do You Have to Preserve Documents and What Happens If You Don't?

Orrick: Federal Circuit Issues Two Opinions on Rambus

Ashcroft v Iqbal: Pleading Standards Clarified

Faegre & Benson: Supreme Court Decides Ashcroft v. al-Kidd

Morrison Foerster: The Evolving Twombly and Iqbal Federal Pleading Standard

Blank Rome: Changing the Game: The Effect of Twombly/Iqbal on Affirmative Defenses

Gillard v. AIG: Attorney-Client Privilege is a Two-Way Street in Pennsylvania

ReedSmith: Attorney-Client Privilege is a Two-Way Street in Pennsylvania

Blank Rome: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Clarifies—and Expands—Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege

Morgan Lewis: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Attorney-Client Privilege Is a Two-Way Street

Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum: Alien Tort Statute Litigation

King & Spalding: International Litigation Update: Developments Concerning the Alien Tort Statute and Personal Jurisdiction

Jones Day: Recent Developments in Suits Against Foreign Governments and Corporations Doing Business Abroad

Patton Boggs: Kiobel: Major U.S. Jurisdictional Limitation for Overseas Actions

FRCP Rule 26 Amended To Extend Privilege To Experts

Milbank: Expert Q&A on the Rule 26 Amendments: One Year In

Vinson & Elkins: A New Age of Discovery

DLA Piper: Recent Rule 26 amendments affect expert disclosures and draft reports

Social Media (Litigation Practice)

Cozen O'Connor: Service by Social Media: The First Step in a New Way to Serve Foreign Defendants

Pepper Hamilton: The Ramifications of Pa. Courts' Broad Social Media Discovery Orders

Blank Rome: Online Critics Held Harmless From Defamation Claim

U.S. Discovery & European Privacy Laws

White & Case: Discovery in the US Involving French Companies

DLA Piper: U.S. Discovery Reaching Across Borders

DLA Piper: [German] Litigants in foreign proceedings may obtain documents, other evidence located in US

Understanding Force Majeure

Fulbright & Jaworski: Excusing Performance: The Force Majeure Provision

DLA Piper: Force majeure clauses - revisited

Herbert Smith: Force Majeure clauses: FIDIC, ENAA and drafting bespoke clauses

DOJ Guidance on Criminal Discovery

Winston & Strawn: Department of Justice Issues New Guidance for Discovery

Paul Hastings: DOJ Adopts New Discovery Policy for Criminal Matters and Appoints First National Coordinator for Criminal Discovery Initiatives

K+L Gates: DOJ’s New Guidance on Criminal Discovery Practices: How Much Has Changed?

Kirschner: NY Court of Appeals Declines to Expand Professional Services Liability

Perkins Coie: New York Court Invokes In Pari Delicto Doctrine To Protect Third-Party Professionals

Willkie Farr & Gallagher: New York Court of Appeals Stands Firm on Imputation In Pari Delicto In Suits Against Outside Professionals

Wilson Elser: Highest New York Court Strengthens Limits on Auditor Liability for Corporate Fraud

Broadcom & Dual Representations

Pepper Hamilton: Internal Investigations: Upjohn Warnings Are Required

Nixon Peabody: Ninth Circuit Reaffirms Strict Interpretation of the Attorney-Client Privilege in a Corporate Internal Investigation [United States v. Ruehle]

Pillsbury: 9th Circuit: CFO’s Statements to Counsel in an Internal Investigation Can Be Used at Trial

Textron & The Work Product Doctrine

Troutman Sanders: Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Textron Case

Sullivan & Cromwell: United States Supreme Court Denies Textron's Petition for Writ of Certiorari: United States Supreme Court Declines Review of First Circuit Opinion Holding that Tax Accrual Workpapers Are Not Protected by Work Product Doctrine

ReedSmith: Protective Privileges, Uncertain Tax Disputes, and Beyond: Why the U.S. Supreme Court Should Grant Review in Textron

IRS v Deloitte & Attorney Work Product Protection

Hinshaw: D.C. Circuit Clarifies Scope of Work-Product Protection [U.S. v. Deloitte LLP and Dow Chemical]

Steptoe & Johnson: Protecting Tax Documents after United States v. Deloitte

Morrison Foerster: United States v. Deloitte LLP: Work Product Redeemed, Textron Rebuffed

Starr v. Sony BMG Music Entertainment: Pleading Standards Lowered?

Simpson Thacher: Starr v. SONY BMG Music Entertainment: The Second Circuit's Misapplication of Twombly in a Section 1 Sherman Act Conspiracy Case Alleging Parallel Conduct

McDermott Will & Emery: Second Circuit Revives Antitrust Class Action Complaint, Perhaps Lowering Perceived Heightened Pleading Standards [Starr v. Sony BMG Music Entertainment]

Arnold & Porter: Implications Of Starr V. BMG Music

Federal Rule of Evidence 502

Crowell & Moring: Court Invokes FRE 502(d) to Permit Intentional Production of Privileged Materials Without Waiver

Paul Weiss: Technology Today: Broad Federal Court Powers Under Evidence Rule 502(d)

Mayer Brown: Managing Discovery Risks Using Federal Rule of Evidence 502

Stengart & The Ownership of E-mails

Ballard Spahr: Factors To Take Into Consideration When Drafting Electronic Communications Policies

Dorsey & Whitney: Employee E-Mails To Personal Counsel Held To Be Protected By Attorney-Client Privilege [Stengart]

Pepper Hamilton: NJ Supreme Court: Employers May Reserve Right Via Specific Policies to View Most ‘Private’ Employee E-Mails Sent on Company-Owned Computers

Koehler & Extraterritorial Judgment Enforcement in NY

Kilpatrick Townsend: New York Court of Appeals Narrows Reach of Judgment Creditors against Non-Party Banks

Skadden: New York’s Highest Court Refuses to Allow Judgment Enforcement Against International Bank Subsidiaries [Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands v. CIBC]

Mayer Brown: New York Court of Appeals to Consider Vast Expansion to Koehler: Turnover of Assets at a Non-US Subsidiary [Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands v. CIBC]

Jurinko & Third Circuit's 1:1 Ratio on Punitive Damages

Dechert: Third Circuit moves closer to 1:1 ratio for punitive damages awards in cases with high compensatory damage awards

Duane Morris: Third Circuit Weighs In on Limits of Punitive Damages Awards

K&L Gates: Third Circuit Imposes 1:1 Constitutional Limit on Punitive Damages Awards