The BLR Buzz Blog
Ireland Will Shut a Tax Loophole Used by Apple and Other Major Companies
Sasha Boshart On October 15, 2013, Ireland announced as part of its 2014 budget that it planned…
FINRA’s Shedding Light in the Dark of Off-Exchange Markets
By Thomas Ahmadifar, Associate Managing Editor On September 30, 2013, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) filed a…
Keeping the BPAI in Check: Rambus Inc. v. Rea, 2013 WL 5312505 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 24, 2013)
Ronny Valdes On September 24, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed-in-part,…
Shooting and Missing with Arkansas Teacher
Caleb Jones In Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Countrywide Financial Corporation[1](Arkansas Teacher), a derivative claim arising out…
Gambling in the Litigation Marketplace: Third Party Litigation Financing Evens the Playing Field
Stephen Weiss Third party financing in commercial litigation is a billion dollar industry and it provides a…
Atar S.r.l. v. United States, No. 2013-1001, 2013 WL 4826340 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 11, 2013).
Laura Aboulhosn On September 11, 2013, the Federal Circuit Court held in Atar S.r.l v. United States[1]…
Joffee et al. v. Google, Inc., 2013 WL 4793247 (9th Cir. 2013)
Breanne M. Hoke In Joffe et al. v. Google, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth…
Anna Nicole Smith’s Eternal Bankruptcy Legacy
This week, the New York Opera and the Brooklyn Academy of Music are featuring the U.S. premier…
How High Must a Pig Jump? Assessing the Hurdles Facing the Smithfield-Shuanghui Acquisition
Hunter Deeley Shuanghui International Holdings Limited and Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced in May that Shuanghui would acquire…
Costly Contracts under the FAA: An Analysis of American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant
Kendra L. Clark In American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant,[1] the United States Supreme Court held…
