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Troutman Pepper

EDVA Reaffirms its Aversion to Litigation Between Out of State Companies in Recent Venue Decision

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From the mid-1990s until the mid-2010s, the EDVA typically ranked among the top 10 federal districts for patent litigation. See Gugliuzza, Paul R. and Anderson, Jonas, Why Do Judges Compete for (Patent) Cases? at 24-25...more

Maron Marvel

Norfolk Southern Railway Co., United States Government Urge Supreme Court of the United States to Shorten the Reach of...

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Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., docket number 21-1168 originating from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, has far-reaching implications which could impinge on the booming forum-shopping industry. Any defendant who...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Labor Code Section 925: A Word of Caution for Out-of-State Employers of California Employees

Employers faced with an apparent trade secret misappropriation by former employees must decide what jurisdiction to bring suit in.  For an employer headquartered outside of California who employs California residents  working...more

Dechert LLP

California Superior Court Enforces Federal Forum Selection Provision Under California Law

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In the first test outside of Delaware, a California court ruled that federal forum selection provisions enacted by Delaware corporations should be enforced so long as they are not unreasonable, meaning they do not alter...more

Fisher Phillips

Choice-of-Law and Choice-of-Forum May Depend on the Choice of Where to File and When: Multi-State Employers Continue to Face...

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Employers who operate in a multi-state environment should take note of a recent case out of the Sixth Circuit (which governs employers that operate in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.) Stone Surgical, LLC v. Stryker...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Full Federal Circuit Denies En Banc Review of Jurisdictional Decision with Important Implications for BPCIA Litigation

On June 20, 2016, the full Federal Circuit denied Mylan’s petitions for rehearing en banc in Acorda Therapeutics Inc. v. Mylan Pharms. Inc., 817 F.3d 755 (Fed. Cir. 2016), leaving intact the panel’s decision affirming two...more

Bracewell LLP

Delaware Court Approves Out-Of-State Forum Selection Bylaw Adopted At Time Of Merger

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In City of Providence v. First Citizens BancShares Inc. et al., C.A. No. 9795-CB (Del. Ch. Sept. 8, 2014), the Delaware Court of Chancery (Bouchard, C.) held that a minority shareholder's claims against a Delaware...more

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