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Restitution
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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Rothschild descendant claims initial victory in legal battle with Vienna
A Rothschild descendant has "claimed an initial victory" in a legal battle with the City of Vienna regarding the challenge of a medical trust set up by his ancestors. The…
Legal Profession Blog
Blood In The Turnip
The Ohio Supreme Court has accepted an attorney's resignation.Justice Fischer dissented and expressed concerns about restitutionAccording to statistics compiled after a review was conducted of cases over the past ten…
ContractsProf Blog
Virtual Symposium Part II: Andrew A. Schwartz on Impossible Contracts and Force Majeure
COVID-19: Impossible Contracts and Force MajeureAndrew A. SchwartzThe COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 – as well as government orders to contain it – have prevented countless people, babysitters to basketball players,…
FCPA Professor
Potpourri
By Mike Koehler
Agreement in Principle As highlighted in prior posts here and here in 2016 hedge fund Och-Ziff resolved a $412 million Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action concerning improper business practices in various African countries.…
FCPA Professor
Potpourri
By Mike Koehler
Agreement in Principle As highlighted in prior posts here and here in 2016 hedge fund Och-Ziff resolved a $412 million Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action concerning improper business practices in various African countries.…
Consumer Protection Review
Supreme Court to Review FTC Authority to Obtain Restitution
By Amanda Beane, Janis Kestenbaum, Perkins Coie
On July 9, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases to review whether the FTC has authority to seek restitution under Section 13(b) of the FTC Act.…
Policyholder Pulse
Disgorgement/Restitution Defense Continues to Lose Steam in Wake of Supreme Court Decision in Liu v. SEC
By Peter M. Gillon, Sean Williams
Late in June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Liu v. SEC, a closely watched case in which the Court in an 8-1 opinion curtailed the authority of…
Consumer Finance Monitor
SCOTUS to decide whether FTC can seek restitution
Last Thursday, in addition to agreeing to decide an issue of major significance under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Section 13(b) of…
Art Law Perspectives
U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal over Restitution of the Guelph Treasure & Other Stories
By Jana Farmer
UNITED STATES SCOTUS Will Hear Appeal by German Museums over Jewish Heirs’ Claims that the Sale of the Guelph Treasure Was a Genocidal Taking In a lawsuit filed in 2015,…
The Brand Protection Blog
Federal Common Law Governs Availability of Statutory Restitution in Diversity Suit
By Saul Perloff (US), Andre Hanson (US), Leaf Dilts McGregor (US)
The Ninth Circuit held that, irrespective of a state’s own standards for equitable relief, a federal court exercising diversity jurisdiction is bound by federal common law requirements for granting the…