September, 2013

General Jurisdiction, “Corporate Separateness,” and the Rule of Law

Sep. 26, 2013—General Jurisdiction, “Corporate Separateness,” and the Rule of Law Burt Neuborne, Inez Milholland Professor of Civil Liberties, New York University School of Law; Legal Director, Brennan Center for Justice

Jurisdictional Imputation in DaimlerChrysler AG v. Bauman

Sep. 26, 2013—Jurisdictional Imputation in DaimlerChrysler AG v. Bauman: A Bridge Too Far Linda J. Silberman, Martin Lipton Professor of Law, New York University School of Law

The JOBS Act and SEC Rulemaking (Fall 2013)

Sep. 16, 2013—In this Roundtable our authors looked at the rulemaking authority of the Security and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the JOBS Act of April 2012 and proposed some recommendations to the SEC. Professor Andrew A. Schwartz and practitioner Douglas S. Ellenoff have each considered the public policy rationales, legislative history, and congressional intent of Title III...

DaimlerChrysler AG v. Bauman (Fall 2013)

Sep. 16, 2013—DaimlerChrysler AG v. Bauman was argued at the Supreme Court in the October 2013 term. In Bauman, the Court considered whether a U.S. District Court may exercise general personal jurisdiction over DaimlerChrysler AG, a foreign company, based on the alleged acts of its Argentine subsidiary. None of the alleged actions occurred in California, but Respondents argued that...