Last week the US Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutionality of state laws requiring businesses to consent to lawsuits in the state after registering with state authorities to conduct business there. In Mallory v. Norfolk...more
On Monday, the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split and issued a long-awaited decision holding that broad U.S.-style discovery under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 is not available in private foreign arbitrations. In the past decade,...more
Back in June, we analyzed the Supreme Court’s decision in Goldman Sachs Group v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, which examined the extent to which a corporation’s arguably generic public statements could form the basis...more
In a critical ruling for businesses concerned by the threat of growing class-action litigation, the Supreme Court decided on May 16, 2016 that plaintiffs must allege a concrete injury-in-fact to maintain statutory class...more
In a ruling that could have far-reaching implications for criminal defendants’ right to counsel of their choice, the Supreme Court decided on March 30, 2016 that the government cannot freeze “untainted” assets that are not...more
Resolving a question left open by its 2013 decision in Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk, as well as a split among the circuit courts, the Supreme Court on January 20, 2016 held that defendants cannot moot and defeat class...more