Investors are given powerful tools to recover for shareholder fraud, both by way of class action suits brought under the federal securities laws and derivative suits. Recent Supreme Court decisions however that favor mandatory arbitration may allow companies to compel their stockholders to forgo...

The possibility of wide ratification of and accession to the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements presents important issues for those drafting international commercial contracts. Transactions lawyers have rather easily justified the inclusion of arbitration agreements in...

Standards often require the use of patented technologies. Holders of standard-essential patents (SEPs) typically commit to make their patents available on "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory" (FRAND) terms. National competition authorities increasingly intervene against perceived FRAND...