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Journey Across the Pond
March 29, 2013
This article focuses on the conflict between U.S. and EU discovery procedures, and offers some useful and practical advice for U.S. litigants who may face uncertain territory when seeking discovery abroad.
International e-Commerce and e-Discovery
March 29, 2013
This article focuses on the conflict between U.S. and EU discovery procedures, and offers some useful and practical advice for U.S. litigants who may face uncertain territory when seeking discovery abroad.
Privilege in the Cedent-Reinsurer Relationship
March 29, 2013
Recent decisions should give cedents and reinsurers pause about how they fulfill their duties to each other, while still protecting privileged communication from counsel.
Navigating the Rule 26 Expert Disclosure Rules
March 29, 2013
Even a qualified expert with an opinion based on reliable methodology may never reach the jury if counsel fails to be mindful of the highly technical expert disclosure requirements that the federal rules require and courts enforce with little empathy. .
ROYALTY ROUNDUP Loan-Out Companies; Limitations Defense
March 29, 2013
The 2010 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that artists can be entitled, under their pre-existing recording agreements, to half of record-label income from digital sales has triggered claims involving thousands of artists.Following are three recent developments in this litigation area.
Real Property Law
February 27, 2013
Review and analysis of major rulings.
Adverse Event Reporting for Pharmaceutical Products
February 27, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provides some protection to drug companies regarding adverse event reports by allowing a disclaimer statement about liability. However, this is not a blanket defense against other potential liability exposure.
Practice Tip: The Scope of Daubert in Product Liability Class Actions
February 27, 2013
If district courts must rule conclusively whether expert testimony will be admissible at trial before making a Rule 23 determination, parties may have to engage in considerable discovery before class certifications can be made.
Federal Jurisdiction Reform
February 27, 2013
Whether a case is litigated in federal court rather than state court can have a huge impact on both litigation costs and the end result. Some proposals for federal jurisdiction reform.
Drug & Device News
February 27, 2013
News of importance for you and your practice.

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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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