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Waiting On The Supreme Court
(1) The "group pleading" doctrine allows plaintiffs to rely on a presumption that statements in corporate documents are the collective work of individuals with direct involvement in the everyday business of the company. In its Tellabs decision, the U.S. Supreme...

The Sheriff of Orange County
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor may be retired, but she is not done creating securities law. Last year, she sat with the Fifth Circuit by designation and wrote an opinion on loss causation. In February, it was the Sixth...

More NAB Developments
The respondents have filed their brief in the National Australia Bank case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case concerns the extraterritorial application of the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. Links to all of the briefs filed...

MoneyGram International Settles
MoneyGram International, Inc. (NYSE: MGI), a Minneapolis-based payment services company, has announced the preliminary settlement of the securities class action (and related derivative action) pending against the company in the D. of Minn. The case, originally filed in 2008, stems...

The Halliburton Odyssey
One of the very first posts on this blog, way back in May 2003, was about the Halliburton securities class action settlement. Who knew what was to come? The judge recused himself, the settlement was eventually rejected, the lead plaintiff...

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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 22 days ago

AP, Washington Post,Bernard Kerik sentenced to four years in prison DOJ Press Release, Five Who Targ..

White Collar Crime - Up and Down
White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 22 days ago

Trac Reporting here is saying that white collar crime prosecutions for November 2009 show a decrease..

Upcoming Conferences
White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 23 days ago

24th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, Miami Beach, February 24-26 here 19th Annual N..

Scholarship - Sentencing
White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 23 days ago

A Note by Duke law student Derick R. Vollrath presents an important view on white collar sentencing...

Memorial Site for Jack T. Litman z"l
White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 20 days ago

Benjamin and Sacha Litman have created a wonderful memorial website for Jack T. Litman here. (esp) (..

99 Year Sentence in State Case
White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 19 days ago

We have seen some high sentences in white collar cases in federal court. But it now looks like a hig..

Nadel Pleads Guilty
White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 16 days ago

Michael Pollick & John Hielscher of the Sarasota Herald Tribune has the story here. See also Thom We..

Third Circuit Remands Brown (Rite-Aid) Case for Resentencing
White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 16 days ago

An opinion issued by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals here affirmed the convictions of an individu..

Happenings in Scholarship
White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 13 days ago

Check out Prosecution Notes here (NYU) It includes an article by Michael L. Volkov & Allyson Miller ..

Jeff Skilling's Day With the Supremes is Today
White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 12 days ago

Today is Jeff Skilling's chance to convince the Supreme Court that either section section 1346 (inta..

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ADR Prof Blog


UNLV Conference on Conflict Resolution & the Economic Crisis
From Jean Sternlight: On March 12-13 of this year the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution offered a conference entitled Conflict Resolution and the Economic Crisis.  Including approximately 30 speakers from around the country the conference focused on a variety of ways in which conflict resolution tools can be used effectively to deal with consequences of the [...]

Overcoming the Difficulties of Teaching Negotiation Ethics – AALS ADR Section Program, Part 1
It’s hard to believe that it’s been two months since the AALS Annual Meetings in New Orleans (was it cold there or what?).  I had promised to give a report about the ADR Section’s program, and it’s taken me longer to get to this than anticipated to to it.  Nevertheless, the program was first-rate and [...]

Mediation and Arbitration are Not the Same Thing
One of today’s headings on the front page of the Columbus Dispatch stated that a mediator reinstated an officer who had been caught driving 149 mph on his motorcycle (off duty). Here is the online story (slightly different headline): 149-mph officer wins his job back Mediator: It wasn’t proved that he abused his position Wednesday, [...]

AAA Standard Arbitration Clause redraft
I am linking here to a blog post from a practitioner fed up with standard clauses and standard problems.  As he writes: Today’s issue of the New York Law Journal contains my article “The AAA Standard Arbitration Clause: Room for Improvement.” Click here to go to a pdf copy. (It’s also available here if you subscribe [...]

Washington & Lee and the United Nations Host a Joint Symposium on International Investment and ADR
In a wonderful example of academia working with practitioners, I am delighted to announce this conference: On March 29, 2010, Washington and Lee School of Law will host a Joint Symposium with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to explore the prevention and efficient management of investment treaty disputes. The event will bring together [...]

 


 


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