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Effective use of discovery obtained pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1782 in proceedings before Dutch courts

  • Jones Day
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  • Netherlands, USA
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  • September 10 2009

This Commentary is the latest in a Jones Day series that explores the availability of discovery mechanisms for obtaining evidence located within the United States for use in proceedings outside of the United States

The Netherlands as an alternative forum for cross border class settlements and the potential consequences for claims by ‘foreign cubed’ plaintiffs under U.S. securities laws

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
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  • Netherlands, USA
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  • January 12 2010

In any litigation, and particularly in disputes regarding mass claims, there are times when various settlement options have to be considered

Recognition of a US class action settlement in the Netherlands (Royal Ahold N.V.)

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands, USA
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  • June 28 2010

A landmark decision was handed down by the Amsterdam District Court on 23 June 2010 regarding the international collective settlement of mass claims

Recognition of a U.S. class action settlement in the Netherlands

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands, USA
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  • August 26 2010

A Dutch court recognised the judgment by a U.S. court approving a worldwide class action settlement under U.S. law, thereby barring class members who did not opt out from ever bringing a claim against the defendants anywhere in the world

Application 30-ruling on after-acquired assets

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
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  • Netherlands, USA
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  • June 30 2011

When workers from abroad are assigned to the Netherlands, and they meet certain qualifications, they may be eligible for the 30-ruling

Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York confirms: low threshold for foreign debtors to use chapter 11

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands, USA
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  • October 27 2011

On Friday 21 October 2011, the Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York handed down an important decision, confirming that foreign (groups of) companies can use Chapter 11 without any significant threshold as to their nexus with the United States

Converium: Dutch court declares an international collective settlement binding

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands, USA
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  • January 18 2012

On 17 January 2012, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal declared an international collective settlement binding in a case where none of the potentially liable parties and only a limited number of the potential claimants were domiciled in the Netherlands

Final ruling by Amsterdam Court of Appeal in Converium collective settlement

  • NautaDutilh
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  • Netherlands, USA
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  • January 17 2012

On 17 January 2012, the Converium collective settlements were declared binding by the Amsterdam Court of Appeal

The Netherlands as an attractive alternative for settling international mass claims

  • Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
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  • Netherlands, USA
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  • April 2 2012

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision blocking actions by non-U.S. investors related to securities in companies not listed in the U.S. and traded outside the U.S. (the “foreign-cubed-cases”), Morrison v. Natinonal Australia Bank Ltd., 130 S.Ct. 2869 (2010), the Netherlands has proven to be an attractive forum for bringing international securities class actions

Rare taxpayer debt-equity win

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • Netherlands, USA
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  • November 28 2012

Pepsico, Inc., and Pepsico Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2012-269, ruled that the U.S. holder of an ambiguous security issued by its foreign affiliate did not have to treat the periodic payments received as interest, even though the affiliate was deducting interest paid under Dutch tax law