Above The Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Once a little-known option, litigation funding has become an 'increasingly standard practice,' according to our annual survey. The post The 2023 Litigation Finance Survey Report appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The post 2023 Litigation Economics: How Today’s Law Departments Are Finding New Value appeared first on Above the Law. A new study explores the approach of top GCs in managing costs, maximizing recoveries, and working with law firm partners.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

This is sufficient at this stage of litigation because the central inquiry is whether the case merits further proceedings for examination. A similar BIPA lawsuit was filed against Amazon in September 2023. The court’s order requires Target to respond to the complaint by December 13, 2024.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

1 Judicial Hellhole; Cook County, Illinois; California; New York City and South Carolina asbestos litigation ranked second through fifth”: Everett Catts of The Daily Report of Fulton County, Georgia has this article. You can access the American Tort Reform Foundation’s 2023/2024 Judicial Hellholes Report at this link.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Attorneys filed fewer patent suits in district courts in 2023 than in any year for more than a decade, and the amount of America Invents Act petitions at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board fell to a 10-year low as well. The Western District of Texas also lost its place as the most popular patent litigation venue in the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Climate litigation in Germany has achieved another major victory. On November 30, 2023, the Higher Administrative Court Berlin-Brandenburg ruled in DUH and BUND v. Against this backdrop, the decision of the Higher Administrative Court must also be understood as part of a new wave of climate litigation.

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ABA Journal

JULY 15, 2024

Litigators in the national’s capital outpaced all other litigators on billing rates in 2023, according to a recent survey from the National Association of Legal…

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 25, 2025

The subsequent 2023-2024 El Nio event proved even deadlier, with 5 fatalities out of 127 reported cases of heat-related illnesses. While no provision prohibits litigation related to the Act, it does create obstacles to using litigation as a means of government accountability. Malaysia regularly experiences high temperatures.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The post The Top Biglaw & Boutique Firms Headed Upmarket In Litigation (2023) appeared first on Above the Law. Which firms made the cut according to clients?

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Above The Law

JULY 18, 2023

The post 3 Takeaways From The 2023 Lex Machina Trade Secret Litigation Report appeared first on Above the Law. This year’s report helps to give us a more accurate picture of how current trade secret claims are adjudicated, both at the trial court and on appeal.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 10, 2024

The key to accelerating your career in 2024 is learning eDiscovery and this blog is going to give you a 3-step plan for litigation paralegals to follow to make it happen. I feel so passionate about litigation paralegals learning about eDiscovery because I’ve seen what it can do for litigation paralegals’ careers.

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Paralegal.edu

AUGUST 15, 2023

On Saturday, August 26, 2023, at 10:00 AM Central, Center for Advanced Legal Studies (CALS) will hold its 72nd Commencement Ceremony for graduates of its paralegal programs. The commencement address will be presented by Mischa Montgomery, Esq. Mischa became an attorney in 2019. We are delighted Ms.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

On August 28, 2023, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) published General Comment No. The consultation, which was part of the first drafting phase of the GC, included a thematic workshop with several experts on climate change law, climate change litigation, and their intersection with the rights of children.

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Law 360

JANUARY 11, 2023

Questions about whether traditional antitrust analysis should apply to labor market abuses will continue to define litigation over agreements restricting employment this year, as courts grapple with the sufficiency of pleadings, parties' evidentiary burdens, affirmative defenses and jury instructions, say Manly Parks and Randy Kim at Duane Morris.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 21, 2023

Credit: Tobias Reich, Unsplash The Sabin Center’s Global Climate Change Litigation Database currently lists over 2000 cases. And what do they say about the future of climate litigation in the country? The country also has a strong tradition of public interest litigation , with roots in the anti-apartheid struggle.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The request for an advisory opinion from the ICJ was submitted in March 2023, following the unanimous adoption of Resolution 77/276 by the UN General Assembly. This opinion has set a precedent for future climate-related litigation and may influence the ICJ’s forthcoming decision.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 25, 2023

Candidate | Università degli Studi di Verona] The Summer School on Transnational Litigation has been organized since 2019 within the Ravenna Program on Cross-Border Disputes by the University of Bologna, Department of Juridical Sciences – Ravenna Campus (Italy), under the direction of Prof. Applications are open until 6 July 2023 (h 23.59

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 4, 2024

States’ inadequate responses to the climate crisis have driven the rise of litigation cases against national and sub-national governments. Reflecting these developments, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found that “ climate litigation can affect the stringency and ambitiousness of climate governance ”.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

On June 20, 2023, the Spanish Supreme Court handed down its final ruling in the case of Greenpeace v. The decision, formally communicated to the parties on July 27, marks a pivotal moment in climate litigation. This blog post analyzes the Supreme Court’s decision and its implications for climate litigation efforts in Spain and beyond.

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LawSites

APRIL 1, 2024

Called Litigation Footprint, it provides a visual overview of the federal and state courts across the country in which a party has litigated, derived from the litigation histories of parties in over 27 million cases filed in 94 federal district courts and over 1,300 state courts in 34 states and the District of Columbia.

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JURIST

MARCH 27, 2024

A three-judge panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a controversial Texas law, Senate Bill (SB) 4 , will remain on hold as litigation continues. SB4, the controversial Texas law that is the subject of this continued litigation, was originally signed into law in December 2023.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 27, 2023

Today, the United Nations Environment Programme (“UNEP”), with support from the Sabin Center, has published a survey of global climate change litigation that provides an overview of existing cases and a discussion of their key legal issues: Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review (“Report”).

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Law 360

APRIL 11, 2024

A proposed class of data-breach victims asked a California federal judge Thursday to greenlight an $8 million settlement with Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in litigation over a March 2023 data breach that purportedly exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information of more than 638,000 individuals.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The post Elite Litigation Firm Is Handing Out Bundles Of Money! Up to 360k in bonuses?! appeared first on Above the Law.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. In other types of cases, however, climate litigation saw important advancements this year. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The post Litigation Powerhouse Offers Up Super ‘Kool’ Bonuses For Associates appeared first on Above the Law. Everything is bigger in Texas, including the year-end bonuses.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The discussion at this year’s LF Dealmakers confirms how relevant litigation funding is in today’s IP litigation field. The post 3 IP Takeaways From The 2023 LF Dealmakers Forum appeared first on Above the Law.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

24, 2023) (Shashi H. Kewalramani), the Central District of California denied Defendant Netflix’s attempts to compel Plaintiff GoTV Streaming to provide documents and further information as to the source of the litigation funding that GoTV received in conjunction with the patent litigation. Netflix, Inc.,

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The post Brand New Litigation Boutique Beats The Market Standard On Salaries And Bonuses appeared first on Above the Law. This firm knows what it takes to make associates happy: more money!

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JURIST

AUGUST 17, 2022

Additionally, there are state court cases filed against GSK in California and Illinois set to begin in February 2023. The post First plaintiff in Zantac litigation drops suit against drug manufacturers appeared first on JURIST - News. Bayer’s case was set to begin Monday in an Illinois state court.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

(Photo by Bill Clark/Getty Images) Back in 2023, when Judge Paul Watford of the Ninth Circuit announced that he would be resigning from the bench to return to private practice, the legal world wondered where he would land. 17 on the most recent Am Law 100 — where he’ll work as a business litigation partner.

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Intelligize Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Additionally, they will forego stock option compensation from 2021 to 2023 worth as much as $184 million. It is the fourth-largest fee in Delaware shareholder litigation history, Reuters reported. Tesla CEO Elon Musk did not receive compensation in his role as a director.

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Patently O

JUNE 7, 2023

2023) , the Federal Circuit once again granted a writ of mandamus , ordering a patent infringement case to be transferred out of Judge Albright’s courtroom in the Western District of Texas (WDTX). states, including Texas, is no stranger to litigation in the Lone Star state. This decision was made under the provisions of 28 U.S.C.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 7, 2022

These firms are home to the most cutthroat litigators out there. The post The Biglaw Firms That Strike Fear In The Hearts Of Opposing Counsel (2023) appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JULY 16, 2024

The lawyers said the new criminal laws are draconian and in opposition to litigants’ interests. Thousands of lawyers in the Indian capital city of Delhi protested against provisions of three new criminal laws on Monday.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 7, 2023

What if, instead of making a big list of all the things that you want to accomplish in 2024, you just took a moment to celebrate what you’ve accomplished in 2023? We help litigation and personal injury paralegals cut the learning curve and fast-track their careers. I want you to do something a little different this year.

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