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Why ‘Bristol Myers’ Doesn’t Apply to Class Actions

By Tal J. Lifshitz and Rachel Sullivan
July 10, 2018

Class action defendants are attempting to rewrite longstanding principles of personal jurisdiction, trying to defeat certification of nationwide classes by arguing that a court lacks personal jurisdiction over out-of-state class members’ claims where the defendant does not reside in the court’s forum state.

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On Bitcoin and Ponzi Schemes

By Tal J. Lifshitz  

July/August, 2021

Bernie Madoff died in federal prison a few months ago with the dubious distinction of being the mastermind of the largest and most infamous Ponzi scheme of all time. Madoff stole tens of billions of dollars from thousands of investors over the course of 17 years. He received a 150-year prison sentence for his crimes and was ordered to forfeit $170 billion in assets. Madoff’s scheme collapsed in 2008, but the recovery and distribution of assets pursuant to the unwinding of the scheme, and the inevitable litigation accompanying that process, continue today.

Satoshi Nakamoto’s legacy remains to be determined. Most know him as the man behind the curtain—the anonymous founder of Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that has gone from a cypherpunk electronic cash experiment to a digital asset, which, at its all-time high, has already surpassed a $1 trillion
market cap.

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Vehicle Defect Class Actions Recent Trends in Arbitration

February 23, 2021
By Robert Neary

The three main arguments that manufacturers make when seeking to compel arbitration.

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The Ten Commandments of Landlords and Commercial Tenants in Bankruptcy

June 25, 2020

David Samole provides provides an in-depth overview of crisis management and key takeaways between landlords and commercial tenants dealing with financial distress in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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11th Circuit Historical News Volume XVI, Number 3

Judge Raymond B. Ray retires after 27 years as a bankruptcy judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Presenting Your Best Evidence

By Mindy Y. Kubs

“Presenting Your Best Evidence” – for use at the 22nd Annual Advanced Bankruptcy Seminar, December 2007.

The Top Ten Things Attorneys Should Know When the Worlds of Class Action Litigation and Bankruptcy Collide

By Mindy Y. Kubs

“The Top Ten Things Attorneys Should Know When the Worlds of Class Action Litigation and Bankruptcy Collide” – for use at the CLE International Conference: Class Actions – Prosecuting and Defending Complex Litigation, October, 2007.

Top Ten Things a Governmental Unit Needs to Know About That Dirty Little Word . . . Bankruptcy

By Mindy Y. Kubs

“Top Ten Things a Governmental Unit Needs to Know About That Dirty Little Word . . . Bankruptcy” – for use at the Florida Municipal Attorneys Association’s 16th Annual Seminar in June, 2007.

The Mediation Protocol: The United States Olympic Committee’s Experimental Trial with Mediation as a Form of Doping-Control Dispute Resolution

By John I. Criste, Jr

Author, The Mediation Protocol: The United States Olympic Committee’s Experimental Trial with Mediation as a Form of Doping-Control Dispute Resolution, 7 American Journal of Mediation (2014).

Abercrombie and the Question of Commercial Speech Rights of Employers

By Dwayne A. Robinson

Abercrombie and the Question of Commercial Speech Rights of Employers, INSIDECOUNSEL, Apr. 7, 2015.