Publications

• U.S. Contractual “Outs” and COVID-19: Force Majeure, Material Adverse Effect and Frustration of Contract
  19 March 2020
  John S. Kiernan
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  Shannon Rose Selden
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  William H. Taft V
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  Erich O. Grosz
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  Joshua B. Pickar
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  Clifton B. Fels
• Debevoise Coronavirus Resource Center Collates Latest Insights and Resources
  16 March 2020
  Jennifer L. Chu
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  Lord Goldsmith QC
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  Mark Johnson
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  John S. Kiernan
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  Jonathan E. Levitsky
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  Peter J. Loughran
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  Jeffrey E. Ross
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  Shannon Rose Selden
• Handling State AG Parens Patriae Actions Now That the Supreme Court Has Rejected Federal Court Removal
  21 January 2014
  Mark P. Goodman
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  John S. Kiernan
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  Maura Kathleen Monaghan
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  Erica S. Weisgerber
• Supreme Court to Review “Fraud on the Market” Presumption of Reliance in Securities Class Actions
  21 November 2013
  Mark P. Goodman
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  John S. Kiernan
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  Shannon Rose Selden
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  William H. Taft V
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  Edwin G. Schallert
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  Gary W. Kubek
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  Maeve O'Connor
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  Colby A. Smith
• Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provision And Court's Broad Interpretation
  27 October 2012
  The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
  Jyotin Hamid
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  Mary Beth Hogan
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  John S. Kiernan
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  Colby A. Smith
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  Jonathan R. Tuttle
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  Ada Fernandez Johnson
• No Shortcuts to Class Notice: Third Circuit Orders Sprint to Spend More Time and Money Identifying More Potential Class Members
  2 July 2012
  Jeremy Feigelson
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  John S. Kiernan
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  Maura Kathleen Monaghan
• "Multiple Indicia of Collusion" Doom Bluetooth Headset Class Settlement That Would Have Paid $800,000 to the Lawyers and Nothing to the Class
  22 August 2011
  John S. Kiernan
• Sippy Cup Case Shows the Downside of Defeating Multi-State Class Certification: The Beast Just Grows Multiple Heads
  6 July 2011
  John S. Kiernan
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  Michael B. Mukasey
• Supreme Court Adopts Rule Curtailing Private Securities Fraud Actions against Outside Advisors Who Assist in the Preparation of Disclosures
  15 June 2011
  Maeve O'Connor
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  Kenneth J. Berman
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  John S. Kiernan
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  Gary W. Kubek
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  Peter J. Loughran
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  Joseph P. Moodhe
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  Edwin G. Schallert
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  Colby A. Smith
• Supreme Court Upholds Arbitration Clauses in Consumer Adhesion Contracts, Including Clauses Prohibiting Class Arbitration
  27 April 2011
  John S. Kiernan
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  David W. Rivkin
• Mutual Fund Fees: The Supreme Court Adopts the Gartenberg Standard
  1 April 2010
  Kenneth J. Berman
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  Woodrow W. Campbell, Jr.
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  Marcia L. MacHarg
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  Gregory T. Larkin
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  John S. Kiernan
• True to Word: AGs Curtailing Coupon Settlements
  8 January 2010
  Product Liability Law360
  John S. Kiernan
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  Maura Kathleen Monaghan
• True to Their Word: State Attorneys General Move to Block Another Class Action “Coupon Settlement”
  4 January 2010
  John S. Kiernan
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  Maura Kathleen Monaghan
• Recent SEIU Demand Letters Concerning Executive Pay Raise Key Considerations for Responding Boards of Directors
  22 April 2009
  John S. Kiernan
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  Colby A. Smith
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  Bruce E. Yannett
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  Gary W. Kubek
• Court Preemptively Denies Class Certification before Discovery
  19 March 2009
  John S. Kiernan
• Courts Refuse to Give Full Faith and Credit to Nationwide Products Settlement
  11 March 2009
  Mark P. Goodman
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  John S. Kiernan