Newsletter: September 2019

Firm Announcements:

• International Arbitration Specialist Mark McNeill Joins QE in
  New York
• Susheel Kirpalani Receives St. Francis Award by Catholic
  Renewal

Lead Article:

• French Defenses Against Foreign Legal Proceedings May Be Getting a Boost

Noted with Interest:

• “Do’s” and “Do Not’s” for Electronic Communications and Litigation

Practice Area Notes:

• Bankruptcy Update: Rights Offerings, Backstop Commitments and Private Placements—Understanding
  Pacific Drilling and the Eighth Circuit’s Peabody Decision
• Securities and Structured Finance Update: CMBS Fair-Value Purchase Option Litigation: Current Issues and Trends
• Life Sciences Update: Federal Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc in Contentious Case Involving Patentability of
  Diagnostic Testing

Victories:

• Precedential Victory for Oyster Bay in the Second Circuit
• NAFTA Tribunal Upholds Jurisdiction Over All Claims and Awards Interim Legal Costs