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Fiduciary Duty Breach of Duty Choice-of-Law

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Your Place or Mine? How to Navigate Cross-Jurisdictional Fiduciary Litigation

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Reality television fans are familiar with the trappings of the celebrity lifestyle: jet-setting from home to home, enjoying luxury retail, and traveling in private planes and yachts, all while posting it on social media. Even...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Delaware Choice-of-Law Ruling In Dismissal of D&O Liability Insurance Coverage Dispute

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Stillwater Mining Company v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA et al., No. 24, 2022 (Del. Jan. 12, 2023) - This decision from Delaware Supreme Court addresses choice-of-law questions for D&O insurance...more

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U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether State’s Public Policy Interest Could Sink Insurance Policy’s Choice-of-Law Provision

The rare insurance dispute has appeared on the horizon for the nation’s highest court. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari and agreed to take up the case of Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty...more

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Superior Court Applies “Law Most Favorable” Choice of Law Provision and Finds Investment Fund’s Settlement of a Fraudulent...

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Sycamore Partners Management, L.P. v. Endurance American Insurance Company, C.A. No. N18C-09-211 AML CCLD (Del. Super. Feb. 26, 2021) - The bankruptcy estate of Nine West accused investment firm Sycamore Partners of...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Chapter 15: Decision Reviews Jurisdictional Issues and Bankruptcy Code Section 109

In a recent decision, In re B.C.I Fins. Pty Ltd. (In Liquidation), No. 17-11266, 2018 Bankr. LEXIS 1217 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Apr. 24, 2018), Judge Sean Lane granted a chapter 15 petition after rejecting a challenge to...more

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Who Is My Neighbour? Ontario Court Rejects a Duty of Care to Employees of Foreign Suppliers

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently dismissed a proposed class action arising out of the collapse of a manufacturing facility in Bangladesh. On July 5, 2017, in Das v. George Weston Limited (Das), the court found...more

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