Kirk Hartley (LexBlog Germany)

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  • Germany – A Judicial Hellhole, for VW

    As Professor Coffee pointed out in his new article, mass tort claiming has indeed gone global, as some of us expected. More evidence of that reality arrived with new data about $9 billion of claims through about 1,400 lawsuits –  in Germany – against VW. The numbers are from a September 21, 2016 article in...

  • Possible $ 1 Billion Settlement in Germany for Claims Related to Business Failure

    In non-US claiming news from litigation in Germany, the Wall Street Journal and others are reporting a possible $ 1 billion settlement by Deutsche Bank of claims related to the bankruptcy of the Kirch Group. The reported settlement follows several years of litigation, and ancillary arguments regarding whether investigators acted improperly. Sounds rather like US litigation....

  • Bounced from U.S. Courts Under Morrison, Securities Plaintiffs Sue Porsche in Germany

    Securities plaintiffs previously sued Porsche in the US for alleged fraud related to the merger with VW. Their claims were bounced out of the US on jurisdictional grounds under the Morrison decision. Plaintiffs have now sued Porsche in Germany – the suit is described in this press release and in an AmLaw article by Nate...

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