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Kiobel redux: cabal playpen?

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

"The ATS Alien Tort Statute has become a playpen for a cabal of international law enthusiasts and plaintiffs' lawyers. Couple the former's

Chief justice forwards civil procedure rule changes to Congress

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts has forwarded to Congress proposed amendments to the federal rules, including the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Illinois Supreme Court confirms jurisdiction over French helicopter-parts maker

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

The Illinois Supreme Court has determined that the French manufacturer of a custom tail-rotor bearing for a helicopter involved in a crash is subject

Sixth Circuit dismisses trade association’s challenge to NHTSA safety standard

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2013

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a challenge filed by the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) seeking to invalidate a motor

Dietary supplement class stayed pending settlement in related litigation

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2013

Because a virtually identical class action pending before a state court is near settlement, a federal court in California has agreed, in the interest

Further Comcast v. Behrend musings

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2013

"Why do I wonder about these two questions? I am worried that the majority may be interpreted to have held that (1) plaintiffs are now required to

Arkansas Supreme Court nixes dismissal of class allegations at pleading stage

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2013

The Arkansas Supreme Court has determined that a trial court erred in denying class certification at the pleading stage in a case involving

Advisory Committee on civil rules to consider proposed rule changes

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2013

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has made available online the agenda book for the April 11-12, 2013, meeting in Norman, Oklahoma, of the

Federal court dismisses whistleblower’s claims about product defects

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2013

A federal court in Louisiana has dismissed claims filed under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and Consumer Protection Safety Act by the former

Pennsylvania Supreme Court to decide which product liability restatement to apply

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2013

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to review an appeal in a house-fire case to determine "whether this Court should replace the strict