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   "text": "The WCAM's structural limits could reduce the number of successful settlements: while the largest cases such as Shell and Fortis give plaintiffs enough leverage to force large settlements, smaller cases may not be successfully settled in Dutch courts.",
   "abstract": "While the largest cases, such as Shell and Fortis, would probably still provide sufficient lev- erage for the plaintiffs to result in large settlements with de- fendants, smaller cases may not be successfully settled in Dutch courts.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, Richard W. Painter, Forum Competition and Choice of Law Competition in Securities Law after Morrison v. National Austral (2012). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2029983",
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   "text": "In the hand selected sample of cases, the ranking of causes of action differs from the full search results: fiduciary duty leads, followed by negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract.",
   "abstract": "Unlike Figure 4, in the hand-selected sample of cases in Figure 5, the leading causes of action were by order of preference: (1) fiduciary duty, (2) negligent misrepresentation, (3) breach of contract.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, Private Fund Investor Due Diligence – Evidence from 1995 to 2015 (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2811718",
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