All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Legal Issues
Posted April 8, 2008
THE END OF CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS?
Analysis of: THE END OF CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS? | redtape.msnbc.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: THE END OF CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS? | redtape.msnbc.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Depends on the jurisdiction. Many times the challenge is basaed on unconscionability. But don't count on it every place. It's a hot area that requires analysis by an attorney with a lot of experience. Comes up in credit card arbitration all the time. If there is any real interst in talking about the...
Posted April 7, 2008
THE END OF CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS?
Analysis of: THE END OF CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS? | redtape.msnbc.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: THE END OF CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS? | redtape.msnbc.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
challenges to clauses that try to exculpate class action loability have been the subject of as lot of law suits and there is little agreement as to whether or not such a clause is unconscionable. This is an area that is constantly moving in all directions at once. Great care must be taken when trying...
Posted April 7, 2008
Class Actions: Waiving your rights!
Analysis of: THE END OF CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS? | redtape.msnbc.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Claim Director CAMBRIDGE INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP INC
Class Actions: Waiving your rights!
Analysis of: THE END OF CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS? | redtape.msnbc.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Claim Director CAMBRIDGE INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP INC
Companies that have in essence contracts of adhesion may be able contractually set up a waiver of class action status? If this type of waiver is allowed do your rights to sue really exist?
Posted April 7, 2008
SarbOx rules get reprieve in subprime mess
Analysis of: SarbOx rules get reprieve in subprime mess | www.reuters.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: SarbOx rules get reprieve in subprime mess | www.reuters.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The chances of SARBOX regulation being relaxed are nil. However the chances of tighter regulation has been increased.
Posted April 3, 2008
Subprime Issues: Stoneridge may be a shield for some financial advisors.
Analysis of: Stoneridge: Sigh of Relief for Subprime Mortgage Secondary Actors | www.imakenews.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Claim Director CAMBRIDGE INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP INC
Subprime Issues: Stoneridge may be a shield for some financial advisors.
Analysis of: Stoneridge: Sigh of Relief for Subprime Mortgage Secondary Actors | www.imakenews.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Claim Director CAMBRIDGE INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP INC
Stoneridge seems to offer a safe haven for some financial transactions under Rule 10 (b)! The way the decision is written, however, does not mean that this cloak of invincibility is available under all circumstances.
Posted April 1, 2008
Subprime issues revitalizes Sarbanes-Oxley
Analysis of: SarbOx rules get reprieve in subprime mess | www.reuters.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Claim Director CAMBRIDGE INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP INC
Subprime issues revitalizes Sarbanes-Oxley
Analysis of: SarbOx rules get reprieve in subprime mess | www.reuters.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Claim Director CAMBRIDGE INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP INC
The chances of loosening the knot of Sarbanes-Oxley will be diminished with the emergence of subprime problems. Will small companies still have a chance to fly under the radar of Sarbanes-Oxley?
Posted April 1, 2008
Subprime issues dismiss compliance issues with Sarbanes-Oxley.
Analysis of: SarbOx rules get reprieve in subprime mess | www.reuters.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Claim Director CAMBRIDGE INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP INC
Subprime issues dismiss compliance issues with Sarbanes-Oxley.
Analysis of: SarbOx rules get reprieve in subprime mess | www.reuters.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Claim Director CAMBRIDGE INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP INC
In light of the subprime issues, any previous possibility of deregulating Sarbanes-Oxley has gone by the way side. Even the possibility of loosening the knot on smaller companies compliance has taken a back seat.
Posted March 31, 2008Patent Win Protects Eisai's Aricept Against Teva's Potential Generic Product Launch Via Preliminary Injunction
Analysis of: WSJ/Aricept Maker Wins Injunction In Patent Case | online.wsj.com
Author: Patrick Joseph Igoe, Life Sciences Patent Attorney Independent IP Litigation Consultant
* As noted in the Wall Street Journal article, Aricept® is a blockbuster drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. And, as noted in Judge Ackerman's ruling, Aricept sales are a huge source of Eisai's revenue - "sales of Aricept® in the United States constitute 70% of Eisai’s...
Posted March 25, 2008For Tessera, Investors Focus on the Wrong Fights
Analysis of: Tessera counts on reversal of patent decision, fortunes | www.reuters.com
Author: Douglas Lichtman, Professor of Law University of California, Los Angeles
Tessera's stock has been thoroughly trashed the last five weeks, in large part because the investment community saw one of TSRA's ITC cases temporarily derailed. The next few days should bring a reprieve with respect to the ITC; but the real action is happening elsewhere in Washington: in publicly...
Posted March 25, 2008QCOM Update: Worry about BRCM
Analysis of: U.S. court leaves ban on Qualcomm selling some chips | biz.yahoo.com
Author: Douglas Lichtman, Professor of Law University of California, Los Angeles
There was little reaction to the news last week that the Federal Circuit would not stay the pending BRCM injunction against QCOM. But make no mistake: the BRCM fight is going poorly for QCOM, and there will be enormous pressure on QCOM to cut a deal later this year.
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