Worldwide: Sovereign Immunity: Public Sector Government

On March 21, 2012, the California Supreme Court denied the petition for review and requests for depublication of the Second District Court of Appeal’s opinion in Ballona Wetlands Land Trust et al. v. City of Los Angeles (2011) 201 Cal.App.4th 455 (Ballona Wetlands).

A lawsuit was filed on Friday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on behalf of nationwide and Ohio-only classes of consumers.

Plaintiff employee of defendant suffered injuries on the job, which she immediately reported to the defendant and requested medical attention. Two weeks passed before she saw the company doctor who restricted her lifting. A specialist thereafter further reduced the maximum weight she was to lift.

A year after the uncertainty created in the Canadian corporate debt financing world by the Ontario Court of Appeal's pensions-friendly decision in the Indalex CCAA restructuring matter, the Quebec Superior Court, in April 2012, determined in a lengthy and well-reasoned decision that the key restructuring and pensions law principles underpinning Indalex do not apply in Quebec when considering the treatment of defined benefit amortization payment and deficit claims in a restructuring.

The Federal Court of Appeal ("FCA") upheld the judicial review decision of the Federal Court ("FC") in "Livaditis v. Canada Revenue Agency".

On 10 May 2012 European Court of Justice has given a significant judgment (Santander) concerning withholding tax.

In a case very closely watched by the financial services industry, the Supreme Court yesterday unanimously rejected the effort to broaden the reach of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act ("RESPA").

A person who receives an automated debt-collection call on his cellular phone in violation of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act can choose to file a lawsuit.

Last Term, the US Supreme Court held in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011),

The UK Supreme Court's decision in Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (In Administration) caps the extensive litigation.

In a consolidated class action in the Manhattan federal court, General Electric and more than 40 other defendants are accused of violating the Securities Act of 1933 and the Exchange Act of 1934.

On May 29, 2012, the Supreme Court issued its decision in RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank, resolving a controversial issue that had divided the courts of appeals: