The Supreme Court of Texas (2007).
Blawgletter hasn’t figured out why appellate specialist D. Todd Smith insists on calling his blawg a law blog, but we do admire his work. If you want to know the status of things appellate in the Lone Star judicial system, check out what he says. Regularly.
Barry Barnett
Whether or not you agree with the appointment of Patrick Fitzgerald as special prosecutor to investigate possible crimes in the public disclosure of Valerie Plame’s CIA identity, whether or not you approve of Fitzgerald’s judgment in continuing the investigation after he learned that Richard Armitage — and not I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby — first told
Each Monday, Blawg Review publishes a survey of the blawgosphere. And, in each issue, a different law blogger assembles and hosts the weekly survey. Blawgletter will have the honor of hosting Blawg Review on July 23, 2007. Yeehi!
Barry Barnett
So held the Ninth Circuit today — both because the underlying case started a day before CAFA took effect and because only defendants (not including cross-defendants) may remove cases. Progressive West Ins. Co. v. Preciado, No. 06-17367 (9th Cir. Mar. 6, 2007).
Barry Barnett
Earlier today, Blawgletter described an Eighth Circuit decision relating to insurance for acts and omissions of corporate directors and officers. That case involved coverage for the direct liability of Ds and Os to third parties ("Side A" D&O coverage). Many D&O policies also protect the companies themselves for amounts they pay under by-law provisions requiring
Fendi will need to sell lots of these to pay Mr.
Incalza’s judgment against it.
A federal statute forbids employment of an alien who lacks authority to stay in the U.S., but California law prohibits firing such an employee without good cause. The Ninth Circuit held today that the federal and state requirements don’t necessarily
The Eighth Circuit brought relief today to directors and officers who face civil or criminal peril for the way they performed (or didn’t perform) their business responsibilities. Applying Arkansas law, the court overturned a summary judgment against a former bank director who sought recovery from the bank’s D&O insurance carrier. The court rejected the carrier’s
If you like bankruptcy — and the way it gets the calf and the lion and the yearling to lie down together — the Second Circuit today issued an opinion that’ll hold your interest well into the night. What joy it will bring! Motorola, Inc. v. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (In re Iridium Operating
Sinochem involves a dispute over shipping steel coils
from Philadelphia to Guangzhou, China.
Today marked the U.S. Supreme Court’s majestic — and unanimous — return to the vexing subject of forum non conveniens — the common law doctrine that lets judges send cases overseas (or at least across an international frontier), often hoping that the
