De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek | Netherlands, USA | 18 Jan 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.
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek | European Union, Netherlands, USA | 27 Oct 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.
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek | Netherlands, USA | 16 Nov 2010
On 12 November 2010, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal delivered an important decision regarding an international collective settlement of mass claims using the Shell decision as a precedent.
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek | Netherlands, USA | 28 Jun 2010
A landmark decision was handed down by the Amsterdam District Court on 23 June 2010 regarding the international collective settlement of mass claims.