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

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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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

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, 2024

Supreme Court victory over investors who accuse the company of downplaying its reliance on the crypto mining market, arguing that a lower court decision allowing the case to move forward "eviscerates the guardrails that Congress erected to protect the public from abusive securities litigation."

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Law 360

JULY 9, 2024

Supreme Court's decision overturning Chevron deference is that individuals, contractors and companies bringing procurement-related cases against the government will have new pathways toward success, say Joseph Berger and Andrés Vera at Thompson Hine. The net result of the U.S.

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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

JULY 17, 2024

Supreme Court's decision may signal a general trend away from agency deference even on the complex technical issues that often arise, say Kayleigh Scalzo and Andrew Guy at Covington.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel on Monday upheld a lower court's decision to cut more than $2 million from plaintiff's firm Cooper & Kirkham's $3.452 million fee award in a multidistrict litigation settlement over alleged cathode ray tube price-fixing litigation.

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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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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. ” ( Kowis v. 4th 888, 891.)

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 7, 2022

This post is an abridged adaptation of my recent article, Private International Law and Substantive Liability Issues in Tort Litigation against Multinational Companies in the English Courts: Recent UK Supreme Court Decisions and Post-Brexit Implications in the Journal of Private International Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 4, 2024

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Last January, the Supreme Court refused to disturb an order by the U.S. That dispute is now back before the court. But the court did not specify exactly what history courts must look to.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In recent weeks, decisions of a US District Court judge in the Southern District of New York led to the suspension of service by the Internet streaming company Locast, which built its business on streaming local television stations generally without obtaining the consent of TV stations or the copyright holders in the programs they broadcast.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A wave of ESG-related litigation and regulations have led some companies to retreat altogether from any public statements about their ESG goals, a trend known as "greenhushing" that was at the center of a recent D.C. court decision involving Coca-Cola, say Gonzalo Mon and Katie Rogers at Kelley Drye.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit allowed the action to proceed, and the Supreme Court agreed to review the matter. At issue in the case is the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, a statute adopted in 1995 to stem securities class actions.

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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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Patently O

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Liu was decided by the recently Beijing Internet Court. The court decides internet related cases using online tools. Although the court uses AI judges in some cases, this one was decided by humans. Robert Brauneis: Li v Liu Beijing Internet Court 20231127 with English Translation. Li sued for copyright infringement.

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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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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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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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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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Patently O

JUNE 17, 2022

Litigants shouldn’t get to choose the judge who decides their case. Judge shopping, we’ve argued elsewhere , raises concerns about court bias and capture and can make litigation unnecessarily costly and inefficient. This is the second in a new series on venue transfer requests and mandamus at the Federal Circuit.

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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

MAY 22, 2023

Supreme Court's decision last week in Amgen v. Sanofi — the first to enforce the patent enablement requirement in a biotech setting — will be enormously impactful, affecting patent drafting, litigation and licensing, and investment in research and development for life-changing therapies, says Irena Royzman at Kramer Levin.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2023

Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in California that had rejected a party’s efforts to force a putative class action out of court and into arbitration. Coinbase thinks that its user agreement forces the customers into arbitration, but the district court disagreed. Provident Consumer Discount Co. ,

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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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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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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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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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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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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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JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in three new cases Wednesday, including two cases about compensation for student-athletes. The court consolidated the cases National Collegiate Athletic Association v. ” The court also granted certiorari in TransUnion LLC v. Alston and American Athletic Conference v.

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Law 360

AUGUST 29, 2022

Recent state court decisions mirroring procedures employed by the Delaware Chancery Court to short-circuit the adjudication of disputes concerning ultra vires corporate acts are a welcome sign for parties who are required to litigate their corporate disputes outside of Delaware, say attorneys at Akerman.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 21, 2022

On March 15, 2022, the Full Federal Court of Australia, an intermediate appellate court, unanimously overturned the primary judge’s decision in Sharma and Others v. The decision has significant implications for future climate litigation claims in Australia. 2021 Federal Court Decision .

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 5, 2024

Supreme Court held that a district court’s failure to comply with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(b)(2)(B)’s After a jury convicted McIntosh, the District Court imposed a forfeiture of $75,000 and the BMW at the sentencing hearing. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. In McIntosh v.

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2024

The Nevada Supreme Court upheld a 2021 state ban on ghost guns Thursday, overturning a lower-court decision that declared the law unconstitutional for being vague. Stiglich authored the opinion of the court. That year, a US District Court also upheld the law, ruling that it did not violate the Second Amendment.

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