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 | Mexico's Education Reform May be a Catalyst for Change Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 12, 2013 Under the leadership of President Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico has recently approved a historic constitutional amendment reforming the country’s archaic education system. In order to push this historic reform, which is commonly known as the “education reform”, President Pena Nieto...
|  | Line in the Sand: Siemens Argentina Case Limits Personal Jurisdiction Under the FCPA Thaddeus Rogers McBride, Cheryl Palmeri; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 8, 2013 A New York federal district court judge has dismissed a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) claim against a former executive of Siemens, S.A. Argentina and Siemens Transportation Systems for lack of personal jurisdiction. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
|  | Eastern and Southern District Courts Compel Plaintiffs to Arbitrate their FLSA Collective Action Claims on an Individualized Basis Rebecca R. Hirschklau, Eric Raphan, Rachel Tischler; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 8, 2013 In February, two New York Federal District Court decisions joined other recent federal cases in enforcing arbitration agreements that preclude employees from bringing their Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) claims on a collective basis and required the employees to individually pursue...
|  | Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Section 11 and 12(a)(2) Claims, Holding that Plaintiff's Allegations Were Sufficient to Plead a Reasonable Inference of Misrepresentations in a Prospectus Robin A. Achen, John P. Stigi; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 11, 2013 In New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund v. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, PLC, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 4317 (2d Cir. Mar. 1, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the dismissal of a claim for violations of Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933...
|  | Lenders Beware - Oral Statements may Trump Written Agreements Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 13, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 The California Supreme Court recently held that a borrower may rely upon oral promises to support a fraud claim against its lender even when such oral promises contradict the written agreement.
|  | Tribal Corporate Bankruptcy Petition Raises Issues of First Impression for Bankruptcy Court Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 7, 2013 On March 4, 2013, ‘SA’ NYU WA, Inc., a tribally-chartered corporation wholly owned by the Hualapai Indian Tribe, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona. This is a very important case for tribes and any party conducting business...
|  | Ninth Circuit Off-Label Marketing Decision Suggests More Prosecutions Will Be Coming Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 7, 2013 The Ninth Circuit has reopened a door for off-label marketing prosecutions, and it is important to review your compliance and risk management programs in light of this recent decision. Last December, the pharmaceutical and medical device industries exhaled a sigh of relief in response to the...
|  | Subpoena of AOL Senior Executive under the "Apex Rule" Disallowed Absent Special Knowledge Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 6, 2013 In Daou v. Huffington, No. 651997/2010 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. Cnty. Feb. 14, 2013), the Supreme Court (J. Ramos) granted nonparty Timothy Armstrong’s (“Armstrong”) motion to quash a subpoena served on him by political consultants Peter Daou and James Boyce (collectively...
|  | Claims by Alleged Developers of the Huffington Post Permitted to Proceed Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 6, 2013 In Daou v. Huffington, No. 651997/2010 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. Cnty. Feb. 14, 2013)-a case strikingly similar to the Facebook lawsuit popularized in The Social Network-the Supreme Court (J. Ramos) ruled that political consultants Peter Daou and James Boyce (collectively “Plaintiffs”) could...
|  | Court of Appeals Finds The Phrase "Other Good And Valuable Consideration" In A Contract To Be A Clear And Unambiguous Statement Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 6, 2013 In Schron v. Troutman Saunders LLP, 2013 NY Slip Op 00952 (N.Y. Feb 24, 2013), the New York Court of Appeals held that the phrase “other good and valuable consideration” within a contract was not ambiguous, and therefore extrinsic evidence (evidence other than the contract itself) could...
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