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"2nd Circuit Declines to Bar 'Foreign-Cubed' Securities Lawsuits"
"2nd Circuit Declines to Bar 'Foreign-Cubed' Securities Lawsuits": law.com provides this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued last Thursday.

Ky COA Releases One To Be Published Family Law Case Today
Fehr v. Fehr,reversed in part, affirmed in part and remanded in part. This part affirmed: 1. A court with in personam jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction over a dissolution action may declare the parties? interests in foreign land....

"Foreign-cubed" securities actions
The Second Circuit declines to establish a bright-line rule against claims in American courts by foreign securities purchasers who bought shares of foreign issuers on foreign securities exchanges...

No Bright-line Test for "Foreign-Cubed" Securities Fraud Actions
Cases continue to arise involving efforts by foreign shareholders to seek recourse for fraud and mismanagement in US courts.  The efforts reflect the relative ease in suing in the US compared with other jurisdictions...

Global Fraud On The Market
The jurisdictional issues surrounding "foreign cubed" cases - i.e., an action brought against a foreign issuer, on behalf of a class that includes not only investors who purchased the securities in question on a U...

CA1: 1983 state action failures are not a matter of subject matter jurisdiction
Alberto San, Inc. v. Consejo de Titulares, No. 07-1605. While this case involves an office condo, the complaint included 1983 claims as well as claims that various statutes were unconstitutional...

Second Circuit Unwilling to Reject Foreign Cubed Class Actions Categorically
For those interested in the internationalization of class action law, be sure to read the Second Circuit’s decision in Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd., 2008 WL 4660742 (2d Cir...

Dumb Foreign Laws
Stupid Laws of Other Countries

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
Strengthens examination requirements of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Specialty Lamp International
Recalls Counterfeit Circuit Breakers

Oil and Gas
industry workers allegedly subject to serious accident injury from hazardous conditions.

Schwan's Frozen Chicken
Recalled for Foreign Materials

Reddy Ice Holdings Inc., Arctic Glacier International Inc., and Home City Ice Co.
allegedly violated federal antitrust laws by fixing prices for packaged cubed, crushed, block, and dry ice in the US and Canada.

Signal International
allegedly lured foreign workers to US shipyards with false promises of permanent resident status.

Explicit E-Mail
Adult website fined $413,000 in explicit e-mail matter.