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Pennsylvania Superior Court Applies a Stricter Burden of Proof to Enforce "Browsewrap" Arbitration Clauses, Departing From Other...

On 19 July 2023, the Pennsylvania Superior Court established a set of requirements for companies that rely on “browsewrap” agreements in order to secure consumers’ consent to arbitration. In a departure from other courts that...more

Litigation Minute: The Next Wave of Website Privacy Lawsuits (Pixel Tool Litigation Series: Part One)

What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less - The rise in session replay litigation has paved the way for a new wave of website privacy lawsuits: pixel tool litigation. Plaintiffs have increasingly challenged the use of this...more

US Supreme Court Holds Business Registration Subjects Out-of-State Companies to General Personal Jurisdiction

On 27 June 2023, in a plurality opinion authored by Justice Gorsuch, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., holding that a company’s decision to register to do business...more

US Supreme Court Holds that an Appeal from a Denial of a Motion to Compel Arbitration Stays the District Court Proceeding

The US Supreme Court has settled the question of whether an interlocutory appeal of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) automatically stays the district...more

ESG and the Sustainable Economy Handbook - Overview

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and the sustainable economy are concepts that often overlap and frequently intertwine. Whether viewed separately or together, they have significantly changed global investing and...more

Disaster Preparedness Toolkit

While the onset of a natural disaster is generally unpredictable, we can proactively prepare with mitigation efforts and emergency response procedures. As we experienced throughout 2020, and through present day, natural...more

Litigation Minute: Legal Considerations for Supply Chain Disruptions

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted supply chains around the world requiring many companies to adjust operations and their business. Supply chain litigation has not erupted as...more

Proposed Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(B)(6) Introduce a Meet-and-Confer Obligation in Advance of Corporate...

INTRODUCTION - Unless Congress intervenes, the first-ever substantive amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6) will take effect on 1 December 2020....more

COVID-19: Legislation Seeks to Establish a Federal Reinsurance Program to Insure Future Pandemic-Related Business Interruption...

As the insurance industry resists providing coverage for the spate of business interruption claims arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, and coverage lawsuits are starting to spring up around the country, some federal...more

Modern Slavery and Transparency Legislation in the U.S. – States May Follow Suit

In January 2012, California’s Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 took effect, and many non-California businesses simply shrugged. The California law could easily be cast as an outlier: It was one of the first supply...more

New York Court Rejects Insurer’s Defenses to Coverage for Asbestos Claims Arising Out of the Construction of the Original World...

On November 29, 2017, the New York Supreme Court issued an important ruling benefiting policyholders seeking insurance coverage for toxic tort claims. In American Home Assurance Company v. Port Authority of New York & New...more

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