Monthly Archives: January 2017
Time to Reform Multi-District Litigation
More than half of all lawsuits pending in federal courts across the country are docketed as multi-district litigations (“MDLs”). The concept of MDLs were created by Congress and became codified in 28 U.S.C.A. §1407. Sub-section (a) of this statute states that “when civil actions involving one or more common questions of fact are pending… Read More »
Check Your Ego at the Door – How Courts Can Haul Corporations into Court on Alter Ego Jurisdiction
Your company is based in Brownsville, Texas. It has done business primarily in Texas for decades. Nevertheless, your company owns a small subsidiary in Nevada that oversees different tasks largely unrelated to the core business in Texas. However, you discover suit has been filed against the Texas corporation – in Nevada. How is that… Read More »
Self-Driving Automobiles and Liability
Traditionally, in automobile insurance defense litigation, there is a plaintiff alleging harm from a collision involving another driver who was allegedly operating their vehicle negligently. That driver’s automobile insurance policy is exposed to paying out a damage award to the plaintiff. But what if there is no negligent driver? What if the plaintiff was… Read More »
Purchasing Assets from a Third Party Manufacturer – Legal Issues You Need to Be Aware Of
It is a common practice in the business world – a company purchases the assets of a third party manufacturer, or sub-contracts the manufacture of its product to a third party company. Making such deals are likely good for business, but also raise a myriad of legal issues that need to be addressed including… Read More »