In Teleglobe USA Inc. v. BCE, Inc. (In re Teleglobe Comm’ns Corp.), 493 F.3d 345 (3d Cir.

Your client is getting ready to sign an agreement with another party. Maybe it is a loan document. Maybe it is an offer to purchase. Somewhere near the end of the agreement, you see that there is bold, capitalized language indicating that by signing this agreement, your client will waive its right to a trial by jury.

At the Winter Leadership Conference, the Bankruptcy Litigation Committee and the Commercial Fraud Task Force presented a joint program in the form of a mock hearing on a motion to appoint a trustee. The co-chair of the Litigation Committee Judge Barry Russell, presided, and kept all attendees (and presenters) in suspense until the conclusion of the hearing.

ABI's 26th Annual Spring Meeting, the networking and CLE event of 2008, will be held April 3-6 at Washington, D.C.'s Renaissance Hotel in the Nation's Capital!