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Case Notes
February 27, 2014
Recent significant rulings are discussed.
Practice Tip: Personal Jurisdiction from Abroad
February 27, 2014
When a consumer is injured and seeks to recover damages from the manufacturer, can the consumer's home state exercise jurisdiction over the manufacturer? A look at recent cases.
CPSC Poised to Change Voluntary Recall Process
February 27, 2014
The CPSC has proposed an "interpretive rule" that would standardize voluntary recall notices. This article explores the most significant proposed changes and the implications for regulated firms if the CPSC adopts the rule.
Drug & Device News
February 27, 2014
Discussion of news and litigation.
New Jersey Manufacturers and Punitive Damages
February 27, 2014
The state of New Jersey is home to the headquarters of 17 of the top 20 drug-producing companies in the world. These include pharmaceuticals producers Wyeth, Merck and Co. and Johnson & Johnson.
PA Superior Court Confirms CGL Coverage
February 26, 2014
Pennsylvania's intermediate appellate court recently confirmed the availability of CGL coverage for manufacturers facing product liability claims that allege damages to persons and property other than the manufacturers' products.
Blurred Lines
February 26, 2014
Last year brought a number of decisions from various jurisdictions concerning the applicability of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine in the context of an insurer's claims investigation.
The Death Benefit Only Program
February 26, 2014
The DBO program' can be used by employers without regard to corporate and qualified plan limitations and may be provided by employers on a permissibly discriminatory basis.
Content Owners' Pursuit of Secondary Infringement Claims
January 31, 2014
Secondary liability can be imposed on an ISP or distributor of a product used to commit infringement based upon claims of contributory infringement, inducement infringement or vicarious infringement. The contributory and inducement claims both focus on a defendant's contribution to the infringement and require that the defendant knows that direct infringement is occurring. These related claims, which provide independent ways to attack secondary infringement, differ in important respects.
Is the Internet a Safer Place for Content Owners?
January 31, 2014
Many battles have been fought in courtrooms across the United States over the unauthorized Internet sharing of copyrighted books, music, movies and television shows. These include disputes over increasingly more sophisticated software products and websites that appear designed to respond to the latest court rulings over the scope of the DMCA "safe harbor" protections and the elements required to establish secondary copyright infringement liability.

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  • Private Equity Valuation: A Significant Decision
    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
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