All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Legal Issues

A few days ago, the judge in Santa Ana invited QCOM to petition for a new trial on the question of whether QCOM's infringement of the relevant BRCM patents was willful.  QCOM might as a result get a fresh shot on willfulness, but make no mistake: the original ruling is still important as a signal...

Katrina insurance coverage issues have acted as a possible spark for Congress to step up to the plate. Should insurance policies have what some perceive as illusory coverage?

New Rulings hinder certain lead paint Claims. The seminal lead paint ruling in Rhode Island may be an aberration.

The European Commission came out yesterday and announced tentative charges against Rambus over that firm's involvement with the standard-setting organization JEDEC.  The company downplayed the new allegations as if they are mere repeats of charges already addressed by the FTC.  But the EC...

This analysis provides an inside view on new aspects of the German tax law that might be of interest even for taxpayers not resident in Germany. Although the corporate tax system has been changed from the tax credit method to the half-income system in 2000/2001, many corporations have tax credits resulting...

The article "Where have all the Securities Class Action Gone" concludes that class action filings are in a decline. In fact, filing indices show that these peeked in 2001 when IPO allocations were the hue and cry. Since then cases involving mutual funds, analyst cases and normal  ones,  have...

Statistics seem to suggest that the number of Securities Class Actions are on the decline? It appears the previous up swing in the market, Sarbanes-Oxley, recent case law and exit of key litigators have been factors in the recent decline.  

This analysis provides an inside view on new aspects of the German tax law that might be of interest even for taxpayers not resident in Germany. The taxation of compensation payments for example again was the subject of a case decided by the Federal Tax Court.

Design Defect and Punitive Damages were rejected in Tobacco Litigation in New York, but not anymore! Allowing punitive damages potentially raises leverage for plaintiffs and exposure to Tobacco Defendants.

This law defines two criteria which for investment projects when foreign investors must obtain specific permits for their initiatives. It contains the List of 39 kinds of commercial activities divided into 5 parts: production of specific machines, aircraft construction, arms production, space-and-related...