Zuständigkeit U.S.-amerikanischer Gerichte bei internationalen Rechtsstreitigkeiten, Klageabwehr

USA Recht | vor 2 Stunden — ... Gerichtsstandsvereinbarungen nur dann als zulässig erachtet, wenn diese nicht „unreasonable, unjust, unfair or unconscionable“ sind. U.S.-Gerichte behalten sich insofern das Recht vor, Gerichtsstandsvereinbarungen nicht anzuerkennen, wenn nach Auffassung des jeweiligen Gerichts die vorgena…

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FCPA: Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat…Communicating Your Compliance Story
FCPA: Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat…Communicating Your Compliance Story

USA Recht | 18. Mai 2012 — ... rapid communication throughout the Persian Empire. Mounted couriers could travel across the Empire, approximately 1,677 miles; in seven days, the equivalent journey on foot took ninety days. ... : Best Practices,compliance programs,Ethical Leadership,Ethics,Human Resources,New York Times — …

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Most ridiculous Lawsuits USA: Man’s ban from future museum site unconstitutional

USA Recht | 6. April 2012 — A local man wants a judge to void the Aspen Art Museum’s ban that prevents him from stepping foot on property owned by the institution. Lee Mulcahy filed a lawsuit against Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, the museum’s director and curator, in Pitkin County Court on Thursday. The lawsuit, which seeks…

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US Sentencing Commission: Final FY11 Quarterly Sentencing Update

USA Recht | 30. März 2012 — The United States Sentencing Commission’s Final Quarterly Data Report for fiscal year 2011 is now available on the Commission’s website. The report includes an extensive set of tables and charts presenting fiscal year quarterly data on cases in which the offender was sentenced during fiscal y…

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Most ridiculous lawsuits USA: It’s a slam drunk; Judge rejects injured beer-pong champ

USA Recht | 26. März 2012 — ... its consumption, plaintiff voluntarily engaged in the drinking game” and “consumed alcohol to the point of diminished capacity,” Billings wrote. Berger was 22 in June 2009, when he got into a heated 3 1/2-hour match with friends playing the game, the object of which is to bounce a pingp…

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Most Ridiculous Lawsuits in USA: Playboy Mansion Sued for Favoring Women

USA Recht | 22. März 2012 — ... " party at the Playboy Mansion has triggered a lawsuit, filed by men who allegedly had to pay for admission while "gorgeous ladies" did not. Steve Frye is suing on behalf of all men who paid $1,000 to get into the shindig. In his lawsuit, Frye claims he was fried when he learned "gorgeous …

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Most ridiculous lawsuits USA: Former TSU law students take grade dispute to court

USA Recht | 19. März 2012 — Houston and Texas Karla Ford and Jonathan Chan expected to be spending this year studying legal briefs and litigation as second-year law students at Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Instead, last spring, both students were dismissed after getting a D grade in the…

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ILR: Will alien tort case be next Citizens United?

USA Recht | 5. März 2012 — Institute for Legal Reform, News Daily, Will alien tort case be next Citizens United? You want to read more? [...] ILR Will alien tort case be next Citizens United …

ILR: BP Trial Delayed by Settlement Talks

USA Recht | 2. März 2012 — Institute for Legal Reform, News Daily Read more: ILR BP Trial Delayed by Settlement Talks …

Most Ridiculous Lawsuits USA: Chunk in Skippy peanut butter causes tooth to split, suit says

USA Recht | 25. Februar 2012 — A St. Clair County man claims he lost a tooth after he bit into a peanut butter sandwich containing a hard substance the size of a pencil eraser. Roger Benson filed a lawsuit Dec. 13 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Unilever United States, Wal-Mart and Unilever Illinois Manufa…

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United States: Post-Morrison, State Law Rather Than Federal Supports Claims By Non-U.S. Investors For Alleged Securities Fraud

USA Recht | 18. Februar 2012 — Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP We have been following the law’s development since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Morrison v. National Australia Bank (No. 08-1191). Morrison held that Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 did not pro…

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Statement of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division

USA Recht | 14. Februar 2012 — Statement of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division on its Decision to close its investigations of Google Inc.’s Acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and the Acquisitions of Certain Patents by Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. This Statement has recentl…

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United States: EU Trade Law Compliance: Risks For US Companies Dechert

USA Recht | 13. Februar 2012 — ... ? Do you employ EU nationals? Do you have a branch, representative office or subsidiary based in the EU? More …

Understanding the Serious Crime of Stalking

USA Recht | 11. Februar 2012 — The following post appears courtesy of Susan B. Carbon, Director of the Office on Violence Against Women The Office on Violence Against Women proudly joins the President in recognizing January as National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM). Stalking is described by the Justice Department’s Bure…

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Warum die meisten US-Firmen (Corporations) in Delaware gegründet werden.
Warum die meisten US-Firmen (Corporations) in Delaware gegründet werden.

USA Recht | 2. Februar 2012 — Hier die Antworten:Delaware …