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Another Court Rejects a Company’s Attempt To Avoid Mass-Arbitration Fees

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The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the latest court to require a company to pay millions of dollars in fees to adjudicate mass arbitrations. Judge Harry D. Leinenweber compelled Samsung...more

Marshall Dennehey

Superior Court: Yes, We Actually Mean Actual Authority for an Actual Settlement of a Civil Case

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Driscoll and King were partners in a venture operating a restaurant. Their relationship soured, and so as not to sour matters for their customers, they sought to separate amicably. The deal was to be that King would buy out...more

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Supreme Court Requires Stay Pending Appeal of Arbitration Denial

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On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal district courts must stay all proceedings pending appellate review of an order denying a motion to compel arbitration. Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, 599 U.S. ___, 2023 WL...more

Morgan Lewis

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Ruling on $7.2B Claim Affects Fraudulent Transfer Defense, Valuation Litigation

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In a decision likely to have a knock-on effect for future fraudulent transfer defense and valuation litigation, the Delaware bankruptcy court recently ruled that the price agreed in the sale of an oil and gas company closed...more

Perkins Coie

The Number of False Claims Act Cases Reach Record High, But DOJ’s Recoveries Drop to $2.2 Billion in Fiscal Year 2022

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained more than $2.2 billion in civil False Claims Act (FCA) judgments and settlements in fiscal year (FY) 2022, the lowest such annual total since 2008 and a significant drop from a...more

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California Consumer Privacy Act Litigation Year in Review 2021

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California has the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020, and regulates any “business” that does business in California. The CCPA...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Mandatory Settlement? Close, But Not Quite.

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In December 2020, the New York Law Journal commented on the measures the New York State court system would enact to handle the recent $300 million budget cut.  These measures included “adopting a strict hiring freeze,...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Commercial Division Rejects Disclosure-Only Settlement

On February 8, 2018, Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich of the Commercial Division rejected a disclosure-only class action settlement in City Trading Fund v. Nye, 2018 BL 44689 (Sup. Ct. Feb. 08, 2018)....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Two Commercial Division Rulings Put Payday Further Out of Reach for Russian Businessman

Justice Anil Singh of the New York Commercial Division recently issued two decisions related to the long-running litigation between Russian businessmen Alexander Gliklad and Michael Cherney. ...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Takeover Litigation Sharply Declines in Last Quarter of 2015

Matthew D. Cain, of the SEC, and Professor Steven Davidoff Solomon of the University of California, Berkeley – School of Law, published a report analyzing preliminary statistics for takeover litigation in 2015. According to...more

Brooks Pierce

A Million Dollars In Fees For Class Counsel in Wachovia/Wells Fargo Merger Lawsuit

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When I first looked at Judge Murphy's (unpublished) Order in Ehrenhaus v. Baker earlier this month awarding attorneys' fees to the class action attorneys who sued Wachovia and Wells Fargo over their merger in 2008, I was...more

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The Overlooked Characteristic of the Most Effective Business Litigators

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When lawyers and laypersons alike think about the qualities of outstanding litigators, certain words and images invariably spring to mind: passionate and zealous oral advocacy; a meticulous and thoughtful strategist; or...more

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