JURIST

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Federal Ministers of Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations, Patty Hajdu and Marc Miller respectively, along with Attorney General of Canada David Lemetti, released a statement late Friday night announcing that they have agreed with FN groups to come to a resolution on the outstanding issues in the litigation by December of this year.

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Law 360

JUNE 28, 2024

Recent federal court decisions in the Fearless Fund and Hello Alice cases shed new light on the ongoing wave of challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, with opposite conclusions on whether the plaintiffs had standing to sue, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

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Law 360

JUNE 20, 2023

Supreme Court's decision in Polansky v. Executive Health Resources reaffirms that the government has final say in False Claims Act cases, allowing for meaningful guardrails that deter private litigators from seeking to regulate industries that Congress has delegated to expert administrative agencies, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

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Law 360

MAY 10, 2024

Electronically stored information on cellphones, and in particular text messages, can present unique litigation challenges, and recent court decisions demonstrate that counsel must carefully balance what data should be preserved, collected, reviewed and produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Gonzalez — The annual Enforcement, Litigation, and Compliance Conference put on by the Food and Drug Law Institute (“FDLI”) took place in Washington this week. FTC Supreme Court decision stripping FTC of its ability to obtain restitution or disgorgement under Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act. By Steven J.

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Law 360

JANUARY 5, 2024

Supreme Court ruling addressing states' jurisdiction over out-of-state companies and a key ruling in sprawling multidistrict litigation against Silicon Valley's biggest companies over social media addiction are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases for 2023.

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Intelligize Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The fallout has led many companies to consider revising their DEI initiatives to stave off the threat of litigation, particularly concerning board diversity requirements. The post Supreme Court Decision Complicates Diversity Disclosure Landscape appeared first on Intelligize.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

While a recently enacted California law makes it possible for cases to proceed to trial in state court even while appeal of an arbitration denial is pending, the legislation may be preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act and a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, says Benny Osorio at Signature Resolution.

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Law 360

JULY 11, 2024

Supreme Court's decision to eliminate federal agencies' ability to rely on the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine to defend their interpretations of ambiguous laws will likely trigger more litigation against the IRS. But that doesn't mean the agency is completely defenseless against such suits.

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Law 360

JUNE 28, 2024

Supreme Court's decision on Friday overturning Chevron deference is expected to have wide-ranging impacts, but its effect may be less harsh on international trade litigation where the field is virtually clear of cases invoking the now-defunct standard.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 12, 2022

The first week of July 2022 brought on several major developments in climate litigation in the Netherlands, with possibly significant ramifications for a new type of global climate litigation. This “splash” of misleading advertisement cases (rather than a “wave”) seems to be a fairly new phenomenon in climate litigation.

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Law 360

JULY 5, 2024

Supreme Court's decision to overturn Chevron deference could impact litigation involving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations.

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LPB Network

MARCH 11, 2022

This morning, the Supreme Court of Texas issued its decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. It is the latest development in the litigation over Texas’s abortion law, S.B. Supreme Court’s decisions in December (covered here), After the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Guest Commentary: An Unexpected Success for Czech Climate Litigation. On June 15, 2022, the Prague Municipal Court, a first instance administrative court, decided in favor of the plaintiffs in the first Czech strategic climate case ( Klimatická žaloba ?R 2022 Prague Municipal Court Decision. Eva Balounová *.

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Law 360

APRIL 10, 2023

Delaware Chancery Court decisions last week touched on foot powder litigation, an AMC settlement and in-person signage as damage control for a postponed hearing. New cases ranged from Amazon sales centers to a fibrosis drug.

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Law 360

AUGUST 13, 2021

Supreme Court's decision in Facebook v. Although the U.S. Duguid closes one door to potential Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuits, Florida's newly amended state law — featuring a broader autodialer definition — has opened another, say attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll.

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Law 360

MAY 2, 2024

A New York federal court's decision to exclude all plaintiff experts in a multidistrict litigation concerning prenatal exposure to Tylenol highlights a number of expert testimony pitfalls that parties should avoid in product liability and mass tort matters, say Rand Brothers and Courtney Block at Winston & Strawn.

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Law 360

APRIL 23, 2024

Tax Court decision that prevented him from deducting $303,000 in advertising expenses tied to his automobile racing, saying the lower court incorrectly ruled that the costs were related to a hobby rather than his litigation practice. A Colorado attorney asked the Tenth Circuit to reverse a U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 21, 2022

However, despite allowing the Minister’s appeal, the Court rejected the Minister’s argument that the primary judge made findings based on evidence of climate change that were unfounded. The decision has significant implications for future climate litigation claims in Australia. 2021 Federal Court Decision .

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Law 360

APRIL 26, 2022

Supreme Court's decision on Monday to take up a case about the reach of a Pennsylvania law could have a "seismic impact" on corporate litigation if the justices rule that a state can exercise jurisdiction over companies registered to do business there, legal experts told Law360.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 19, 2021

Overturning a district court's decision that had earlier vacated the Medicare Advantage Overpayment Rule, the DC Circuit opened a Pandora's Box of DOJ False Claims Act litigation last week.

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Mondaq

JULY 1, 2022

Oklahoma is the latest to join states like Florida in placing restrictions on telephonic sales calls in the wake of the United States Supreme Court's decision in.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Appellate courts issued a bevy of important decisions applying federal benefits law in 2023, including a recent Second Circuit ruling in favor of Cornell University that deepened a circuit split and a Tenth Circuit finding that an Oklahoma law regulating pharmacy benefit managers was preempted.

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Law 360

AUGUST 11, 2023

The Ninth Circuit on Friday revived litigation from a Chinese company suing under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act over a California supplement maker's allegedly defective products, citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision in concluding a domestic injury was suffered since the pills were delivered in Los Angeles.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Amid a surge in data breach class actions over the last few years, several federal court decisions indicate that arbitration clauses and class action waiver provisions can be possible alternatives to public court battles and potentially reduce the costs of privacy litigation, say Mark Olthoff and Courtney Klaus at Polsinelli.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It is titled: CSA Okoli, A Yekini & P Oamen, “The Igiogbe Custom as a Mandatory Norm in Conflict of Laws: An Exploration of Nigerian Appellate Court Decisions.” Litigation on the custom has been described as a matter of life and death. This custom is a mandatory norm in conflict of laws.

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Law 360

JANUARY 25, 2024

it wouldn't reverse a Michigan federal court's decision "willy-nilly" at oral arguments Thursday, when the firm sought to prevent partial reimbursement for underlying stock valuation litigation while its insurer continued to fight for total payback. A Sixth Circuit panel told investment firm Stout Risius Ross Inc.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The court then reasoned that the Supreme Court's decision in Barr v. AAPC cannot be applied retroactively.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

In other words, FDA needed to determine whether the initial biosimilar litigation—pre-interchangeable supplemental approval—counts towards the FIE expiration date calculation.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The case is in the US District Court for the Central District of California. The judge based his ruling on the two-part test from the US Supreme Court decision last year in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. This is not the only litigation involving California gun laws.

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Law 360

MAY 11, 2023

California courts have been creating little in the way of clarity when it comes to the employment status of gig workers — and a recent federal court decision in Lawson v.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 14, 2022

The South Carolina Supreme Court issued two decisions late in 2021 that may impact employers' and co-workers' potential liability in litigation arising from an employee's discharge.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 11, 2021

Could prior Supreme Court decisions help eliminate uncertainties in the recall process? That’s an interesting question, because the only court decisions regarding a gubernatorial recall aren’t published in the official reports and their precedential effect is questionable.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Eighth Circuit backed a lower court's decision denying a law firm's bid to disqualify an expert in a suit claiming it is being harassed because of its representation of a patent owner in infringement litigation, saying Tuesday there was indeed no risk of a conflict of interest against the firm.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 4, 2024

This week, we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether the 2nd Circuit’s decision in December granting the state an early-stage victory in the litigation ran afoul of the Second Amendment. Agreeing with the challengers, the lower courts put different parts of the law on hold.

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Law 360

JUNE 27, 2022

Abortion providers and officials in Illinois are preparing for potential interstate conflict and litigation as they expect a flood of patients to cross the state's borders following Friday's U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade that could clear the way for every surrounding state to outlaw the procedure.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Facially, the service looked much like that offered by Aereo, which the Supreme Court determined seven years ago violated federal copyright law by retransmitting TV stations without first obtaining the consent of the copyright holders (see our article here on the Aereo Supreme Court decision).

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