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July 17, 2009 |

Huddled Masses Yearning to Strike It Rich: Foreign Plaintiffs Shopping for Gold in American Courts

Foreign plaintiffs pursue entrance through the golden doors of American courtrooms because U.S. civil litigation offers potentially lucrative benefits that their homeland's judicial system does not. Too often foreign plaintiffs seek access to American courts on tenuous legal and factual grounds, write Bowman and Brooke's Paul G. Cereghini and John D. Sear. When public and private interests favor dismissal, the doctrine of forum non conveniens can help to reinforce the floodgates.
13 minute read
January 29, 2008 |

Advertisers hope for big score from Super Bowl

The story lines are unabashedly goofy. Cavemen invent the wheel to transport a beer cooler made of stone, and a car buyer enlists the help of a tribal warrior in case he needs some extra negotiating leverage at the dealership.For most of us, Super Bowl ads make fine entertainment. But for the advertisers who make and buy them, Sunday is white-knuckle time.
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April 24, 2013 |

Holland & Knight Team Wins Defense Verdict For Pirelli

Pirelli Tire was cleared in a federal trial in Fort Lauderdale after a couple blamed a motorcycle blowout on defective rubber.
3 minute read
June 16, 2006 |

Mann, plaintiffs-appellants v. The Cooper Tire Company, defendants- respondents

Court Erred in Deeming Formula, Ingredients, Curing Of Defective Tire Non-Discoverable Trade Secrets
23 minute read
May 25, 2010 |

Lawyers assemble again in Toyota MDL

6 minute read
October 03, 2012 |

Suit alleges BMW sells 'demos' as new, shorting buyers on warranty

BMW purchasers have filed a class action in federal court alleging the car maker sells demonstration vehicles to customers who think they are getting new cars.
4 minute read
October 10, 2006 |

Goodyear Union Workers Strike, Prepared for 'Long Haul'

More than 12,000 United Steelworkers union members from 16 Goodyear Tire & Rubber plants in the United States and Canada walked out Thursday, and they're prepared for the "long haul," according to one worker who predicts the strike will last weeks, if not months. In 2003, Goodyear workers agreed to a plant closing and cuts in pay and other benefits, and so union members are not happy with a current proposal that they say includes pay and other cuts, particularly when they saw top executives get big bonuses.
4 minute read
June 05, 2007 |

Corporate Exposure Under the Alien Tort Claims Act

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's effort to restrict and clarify the Alien Tort Claims Act, the number of ATCA lawsuits against multi-national companies continues to grow, as does the divergence among courts interpreting the act. Some courts have construed the ATCA narrowly, but others have recognized novel claims and theories of liability. Attorney Jonathan Drimmer highlights two recent cases that demonstrate the unpredictability of ATCA cases, and discusses what companies can do to reduce their exposure.
10 minute read
February 15, 2001 |

Georgia Legislature Considering Bill to Warn About Defective Tires

In light of the Firestone tire recall, the Georgia legislature is considering a bill proponents say would warn consumers about defective tires. The bill would require that consumers have access to statistics on tires that purchasers return to dealerships. The tire industry closely guards these statistics as proprietary information, and tire retailers say the bill is well-intentioned but misdirected.
4 minute read

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