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• Balancing the Risks in International Litigation: Your Case May Be Better Off Right Here in Texas ( October 2003 )
  William L. Maynard of Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P.

  Companies are often sued in the United States for product liability claims relating to accidents that occurred in other countries. In the case of large national or international corporations with operations in many jurisdictions, plaintiffs have the luxury of carefully selecting venues that are known to be plaintiff-friendly and have a history of large awards.

• Current Issues Regarding Corporate Governance and Multinational Corporations ( October 2004 )
  Cheryl Jerome Moore of Patton Boggs LLP Attorneys at Law

  Daily headlines underscore how crucial the issue of trust in the governance of America's corporations has become since Enron. The heightened public awareness, the importance of good corporate citizenship and confidence in the world's financial markets has spawned new corporate governance regulations in America, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, that have a ripple effect throughout the global economy.

• Tort Reform ( August 2004 )
  Wells Marble & Hurst, PLLC

  On June 16, 2004, Mississippi governor Haley Barbour signed House Bill No. 13 into law, bringing significant reform to Mississippi’s civil justice system. Prior to the reform, Mississippi’s civil justice system had been ranked as the worst litigation environment in the United States by the United States Chamber of Commerce.

• Tedford v.Warner-Lambert: Diversity Removal More Than One Year After Filing ( November 2003 )
  Lucy C. Lisiecki of Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP

  Class action defendants, particularly in cases of national scope, often prefer to litigate in federal forums, while plaintiffs often prefer state court. A recent decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, <i>Tedford v. Warner-Lambert Co.</i>, 327 F.3d 423 (5th Cir. 2003), will assist class action defendants removing cases to federal forums.

• Patent Litigation: Views from the Bar and Bench ( June 2003 )
  Ronald J. Schutz of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.

  Ronald Schutz, Chairman of the Intellectual Property Litigation Department at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., engaged the audience in a lively panel on Patent Litigation: Views from the Bar and Bench on Strategy, Tactics, Trends and Concerns, together with Judge Saris of the Massachusetts District Court and Matthew Lowrie, Chair of the Litigation Practice Group at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

• Products Liability Update: Legislative Update--A Return to Modest Proposals ( January 1999 )
  Brobeck Phleger & Harrison LLP

  This products liability report focuses on the legislative proposals that have been recently made.

• U.S. Negotiation of Foreign Patent Licenses May Mean a Foreign Corporation Places Itself Within U.S. Court Jurisdiction ( August 1999 )
  Carl G. Love of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  A recent decision by a U.S. district court seems to ignore the realities of international contract negotiations an.