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Forum Shopping

Adam C. Rogoff

Attention, forum shoppers! The Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, long known for its ability and willingness to handle large and complex business reorganizations with (even tangential) connections to New York as the 'financial capital of the world,' recently granted a motion filed by a group of creditors to transfer venue to California.

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DE Bankruptcy Court Enforces 'X-Clause'

Daniel J. DeFranceschi

Recently, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware enforced subordination provisions against certain out-of-the-money subordinated noteholders. The latter had asserted that the so-called 'x-clause' in the indenture provided them with a right to recovery under the plan of reorganization despite the fact that the senior noteholders would not be paid in full. The decision is significant for several reasons ...

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The Progressive Lawyer: Pretrial and Trial Strategies for Family Law Cases

Curtis J. Romanowski

One of the greatest opportunities for immediate improvement in the practice of matrimonial law lies in the cultivation of the binocular mindset. Binocularity involves the balancing of the settlement mindset with the trial mindset. This balancing occurs even in situations in which the practicing attorney has no intention of ever going to trial.

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Supreme Court Handles Device Makers a Victory

Janice G. Inman

The U.S. Supreme Court in February tackled an issue that has come up frequently in lawsuits brought by plaintiffs claiming they've been injured by medical devices: Do the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 preempt state law-based claims against device manufacturers? The Court had partially answered the question in <i>Lohr v. Medtronic</i>, but the fact situation in that case did not necessarily make its decision applicable to other cases against medical devices manufacturers.

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Lack of Informed Consent vs. Battery

David M. Axelrad

Last month, we discussed the fact that a recent decision by the California Court of Appeal explores the relationship between the doctrine of informed consent and the intentional tort of battery. The case was <i>Saxena v Goffney</i>. This is the conclusion of that discussion.

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The FTCA and the Payment of Tort Damages

Janice G. Inman

Federal government attorneys recently unsuccessfully attempted to convince a Federal District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to rewrite the terms of the Federal Tort Claims Act ('FTCA') to allow the creation of a reversionary trust rather than give a lump-sum award to pay for a medical malpractice plaintiff's future medical expenses.

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