On August 16, 2014, in a long-awaited decision that is sure to provoke comment and that could fuel disputes in future cases, the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the securities suits hedge fund purchasers of certain swap agreements had filed against Porsche and its executives.
The plaintiffs contended that because they had completed the
IndyMac Coverage Suit Settled, But Oral Argument Will Stay on the Calendar?: As I noted in a recent post (here, second item), the parties in the IndyMac D&O insurance coverage action – that is, the dispute to determine whether or not only a single $80 million tower of insurance applies to the various
As the various forms of social media have become increasingly pervasive, employers have struggled with appropriate responses to employees’ use of the social media sites. One question in particular that has arisen is the extent to which employers can seek to regulate and even discipline employees’ use of social media to comment on the employer