Jurisdiction, Joinder

Legal Update for Insurance Agents & Brokers – CASE LAW UPDATE

Marshall Dennehey on 8/5/2025

Federal Court Applies Blumberg to Distinguish Accrual of Negligence and Fiduciary Claims in Insurance Agent Dispute - Romero v. Kinsale Ins. Co., No. 25-20084-CIV, 2025 WL 837820 (S.D. Fla. Mar. 18, 2025) - In a recent...more

Texas Supreme Court To Review Joinder Issue In A Trust Dispute

Winstead PC on 12/20/2023

In In re Tr. A & Tr. C, Established Under Bernard L. & Jeannette Fenenbock Living Tr. Agreement, Dated Mar. 12, 2008, a co-trustee of a family trust transferred stock from the trust to her personal trust and then sold the...more

Private Client & Trust Bulletin – Fall 2021

Conyers on 11/16/2021

Welcome to the sixth edition of our Private Client Bulletin, bringing you the latest private client and trust news and insights from Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, BVI and Asia. This edition features articles on offshore...more

Trust and Estates Law & Tax Journal Article – When can an offshore court act as an auxillary court?

Conyers on 10/14/2021

Offshore: What is appropriate? Robert Lindley and Wesley O’Brien discuss cases where offshore family courts act as auxiliaries to those onshore - Generally, for a foreign judgment to be capable of enforcement in an...more

Revised ICDR 2021 Rules Are Now In Effect

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/30/2021

Like some other international arbitration institutions, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (“ICDR”) recently adopted amendments to its International Dispute Resolution Procedures (the “2021 ICDR Rules”). The...more

The Mere Presence of Patent Issues in a Contract Dispute Does Not Create Federal Jurisdiction

Knobbe Martens on 10/8/2020

ANTENNASYS, INC. v. AQYR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Before, O’Malley, Bryson, and Reyna. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire - Summary: The Federal Circuit held that claim construction issues...more

Federal Circuit Has Jurisdiction to Review Joinder Decisions in IPRs

Knobbe Martens on 9/10/2020

FACEBOOK, INC., V. WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS LLC Before Prost, Plager, and O’Malley. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The Federal Circuit has jurisdiction to review challenges to the Board's joinder...more

Seventh Circuit Considers Diversity Jurisdiction in Trust Dispute

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/19/2018

In Doermer v. Oxford Fin’l Group, Ltd., No. 17-1659 (7th Cir. Mar. 7, 2018), the Seventh Circuit had before it an example of what Chief Judge Diane Wood called a “depressingly common” type of litigation: “[f]amily disputes...more

New York Enforcement Update

King & Spalding on 5/21/2016

New York has long been a critical enforcement venue for parties holding unsatisfied arbitral awards and/or judgments. New York is the financial capital of the United States, and that reality, coupled with the state’s expert...more

The Class Actions Global Guide, France

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/7/2015

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF CLASS/COLLECTIVE ACTIONS IN YOUR JURISDICTION? ARE THEY POPULAR AND WHAT ARE THE CURRENT TRENDS? Definition of class/collective actions - The types of collective action addressed in this...more

The Class Actions Global Guide, Spain

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/7/2015

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF CLASS/COLLECTIVE ACTIONS IN YOUR JURISDICTION? ARE THEY POPULAR AND WHAT ARE THE CURRENT TRENDS? Definition of class/collective actions - There is no specific definition of...more

Family Law: Corporate And Trust Challenges To Service Of Process And Jurisdiction

Carlton Fields on 12/17/2013

The president of a corporation, manager of a limited liability company, trustee of a family trust, or principal of another business entity receives a summons in a Florida divorce case. One spouse contends the other’s...more

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