6/16/2025 8:02:17 PM What exactly is Aiding and Abetting anyway? Supreme Court continues to weigh in By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Maria Slobodchikova Matthew Rublin +1 more... Show less Every US law student learns about aiding and abetting at some point in law school. Some cases are easy: if bank robbers use an app to...
6/9/2025 3:49:32 PM U.S. Supreme Court Rules that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Does Not Contain a Statutory Minimum Contacts Requirement By Elliot Friedman David Livshiz Thomas Walsh Christian Vandergeest Amanda Huang +2 more... Show less On June 5, 2025, the United States Supreme Court held in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corporation Limited that the Foreign...
6/2/2025 11:14:44 PM Despite Court Losses, Trump Tariffs Remain in Place By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Lorand Bartels Noah Lipkowitz Tim Chen Andrew Bulovsky Ian Allen +4 more... Show less On May 28 and 29, 2025, the US Court of International Trade (CIT) and the US District Court for the District of Columbia (DDC) set aside...
5/30/2025 7:28:31 PM More Than a Trend? Alternative Service on Non-U.S. Defendants via U.S. Counsel By Timothy Harkness Rob McCallum Peter Linken Melanie Collins +1 more... Show less A recent decision allowing alternative service of process on a non-U.S. defendant via his U.S. counsel highlights a recent trend of...
5/28/2025 6:56:56 PM Cartel Indictment Unsealed: ATA Charges Brought Against Sinaloa Cartel Leaders in Landmark Case By Timothy Harkness Jacob Johnston Maria Slobodchikova Heather Cameron +1 more... Show less In an historic move, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged key leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel with narco-terrorism and...
5/20/2025 7:10:23 PM Takeaways from the 11th Annual Spring Forum on M&A and the Boardroom By Ethan Klingsberg Thank you to the in-person attendees who packed the “sold-out” venue and the hundreds who joined virtually at the 11th Annual Spring...
5/20/2025 5:48:08 PM New York Limits Derivative Suits against Non-U.S. Companies By Boris Feldman Meredith Kotler Nicholas Caselli Stockholders of non-U.S. companies often must satisfy pre-suit requirements before filing a derivative action. New York law does not...
5/15/2025 4:33:54 PM Navigating the Post-SB 21 World of Conflict Transactions: Court of Chancery Reminds Us of Availability of Dismissal on the Pleadings Even When Entire Fairness Applies By Ethan Klingsberg Meredith Kotler Victor Ma Delaware’s entire fairness doctrine – response to which in part drove the SB 21 amendments to Delaware corporate law enacted on March 25,...
5/13/2025 8:22:50 PM Ninth Circuit Considers First Amendment Implications of § 1782 Discovery By Timothy Harkness Jacob Johnston Grace Bruce An Italian chef discovers an anonymous critic has negatively reviewed his rigatoni on “PastaLovers.com.” The chef wants to sue the critic...
5/8/2025 5:48:26 PM Second Circuit: Bank Audi’s Use of Correspondent Bank Accounts Insufficient for Personal Jurisdiction By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Sruthi Rao Plaintiffs continue to invoke the use of U.S.-based correspondent banking accounts as a foothold for personal jurisdiction in actions...
4/29/2025 7:40:08 PM The Evolving Risk of Doing Business in Conflict Zones By Timothy Harkness Jacob Johnston Maria Slobodchikova Heather Cameron +1 more... Show less Earlier this month, more than 200 plaintiffs sued companies owned by Palestinian-American developer, Bashar Masri, in the U.S. for...
4/3/2025 3:03:05 PM Supreme Court Argument in Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization Signals Potential Implications for Personal Jurisdiction By Timothy Harkness Kimberly Zelnick Peter Linken On April 1, 2025, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization, which concerns the...