Specialty Group: Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

By: James PattenClarkslegal LLP (Reading, England)In the recent case of Coventry (T/A RDC Promotions) & Others -v- Lawrence & Others [2012] EWCA Civ 26, the Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision made in fa ...

By: Mark S. Thomas & Robert W. ShawWilliams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)In Tussey v. ABB, Inc., No. 2:06-cv-04305 (Western District of Missouri, March 31, 2012), a class action case brought by present and fo ...

Contact: Vivien Chan & Co. (Hong Kong)As a defendant, there is usually no incentive to rush the case for the plaintiff. In fact, unless there is a very good defence or where important business interests are at stake, ...

By: Mark S. Thomas and Robert W. ShawWilliams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)A federal district court recently applied the U. S. Supreme Court’s decision in CIGNA Corp. v. Amara (2011), in a practical setting ...