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Potential implications of Deutsche Bank swap case

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Germany
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  • March 24 2011

Earlier this week, the highest civil appeals court in Germany (the Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof)) overturned two prior decisions from lower courts (LG Hanau 9 O 150107; OLG Frankfurt 23 U 17508) and ruled that Deutsche Bank AG ("Deutsche Bank") failed to properly advise Ille Papier Service GmbH ("IPS"), a supplier of paper products, as to the risks of certain interest rate swaps products

Section 1782 discovery: a back door for foreign litigants

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Germany, USA
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  • March 30 2012

A recent decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit expands the scope of discovery that foreign litigants may seek in the United States for use in foreign proceedings

Prohibition to offset claims unrelated to the lease against claim for the repayment of the security deposit

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Germany
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  • September 27 2012

When a lease is terminated, the question often arises to what extent the lessor can take recourse to the provided security deposit

Disclosure requirement on profit margins and commissions in the sales of securities

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Germany
  • -
  • November 30 2012

The disclosure requirement on banks’ remuneration in the sales of securities is the subject of numerous, sometimes contradictory decisions of German courts