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Ballard Spahr LLP

Supreme Court Urged to Hear Case With Potential to Alter Materiality Standard for Alleging Securities Fraud Against Auditors

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The Supreme Court is currently deciding whether to hear a case that could have significant implications for auditors, law firms, and other professional services companies that assist public companies. Amicus briefs filed on...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Texas Enacts Liability Shield From Punitive Damages for Certain Small Businesses That Adopt Cybersecurity Programs

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 2610 into law, joining a growing number of states that aim to incentivize sound cybersecurity practices through legislative safe harbors. Modeled on laws in states like...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Texas Supreme Court Limits Franchisor Liability in Franchisee Sexual Assault Case

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On May 2, 2025, the Texas Supreme Court held that a franchisor owes no duty of care for injuries caused by a franchisee’s employee unless the franchisor retained or exercised control over the hiring of that employee....more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC

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In case arising from ongoing dispute between movie stars Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively, district court dismisses all of Baldoni’s claims for failure to state claim, but grants Baldoni leave to amend as to his implied...more

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Brokers Beware: FAAAA Preemption of Negligent Selection Claims in the Third Circuit

While the concept of preemption dates back almost two centuries, the scope and extent of preemption remains a hot topic of litigation, especially when considering the preemptive effect of the Federal Aviation Administration...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FAIR Business Practices Act Passed by New York Legislature that Bolsters GBL Section 349

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As recently blogged about here, in March 2025, Office of the Attorney General for the State of New York introduced the Fostering Affordability and Integrity Through Reasonable (“FAIR”) Business Practices Act in the State...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Snack Wars: Mondelez Challenges Aldi’s Packaging Design Strategy in Trademark Infringement Lawsuit

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The Aldi supermarket chain has built a loyal and growing following—Aldi is on pace to open more than 225 new stores this year and promotes itself as a lower-cost alternative to traditional brands.  Aldi has previously used...more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

Arizona Business Owners Owe a Duty of Reasonable Safety to Invitees, Unreasonably Dangerous Condition or Not

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The Arizona Supreme Court in a recent opinion held store owners owe a duty to business invitees regardless of whether there was a dangerous condition. In determining whether a duty was owed to a plaintiff business invitee,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Reaffirms Protection of Arm’s-Length Bargaining

On June 17, 2025, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a post-trial finding of aiding and abetting liability against a third-party arm’s-length buyer. In doing so, the court built upon another recent decision and reaffirmed...more

Goodwin

Delaware Court Awards More Than $180 Million for Breach of Commercially Reasonable Efforts Obligation in Drug Development...

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On June 11, 2025, the Delaware Court of Chancery found Alexion Pharmaceuticals liable for more than $180 million in damages to former stockholders of Syntimmune, Inc., following the Court’s September 2024 ruling that Alexion...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Florida’s Evolving Bad-Faith Landscape: What Claims and Insurance Pros Need to Know

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Bad faith litigation has long posed both legal and reputational risks for insurers operating in Florida. With the enactment in 2023 of House Bill 837—a sweeping tort-reform measure—there are important changes to how insurers...more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

California Business Divorce: Partner Fraud and Personal Liability: Important Lessons from Bartenwerfer v. Buckley

The Story Behind the Case - Kate and David Bartenwerfer started their business with a straightforward plan. The couple decided to renovate and sell a house they jointly owned in San Francisco....more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

A Tardy Plaintiff’s Best Friend: The Open Repudiation Doctrine

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Pre-answer motions to dismiss for untimeliness are exceptionally common in business divorce litigation. Statute of limitations analysis can be deceptively simple in theory, but elusively difficult in practice, even for...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Honeywell Strikes Back Against 'Patent Troll' With North Carolina Lawsuit Under Abusive Patent Assertions Act

Honeywell International Inc. has taken a proactive stance against what it describes as "unwarranted and unfounded" patent litigation by filing a declaratory judgment action in the Western District of North Carolina against...more

King & Spalding

Appeals Court Revives Company’s Suit against Blue Cross for Breach of ERISA Fiduciary Duty

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On May 21, 2025, the Sixth Circuit revived a company’s lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) for breaching its fiduciary duties under ERISA as a third-party administrator (TPA). The plaintiff company,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Eli Lilly Strikes Back Against Pharmacy Compounders and Telehealth Platforms

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Telehealth companies selling compounded drugs are making modest inroads into the market for popular weight loss drugs that Big Pharma spent decades and billions of dollars to develop and bring to market. The compounded...more

Perkins Coie

Notable Ruling Roundup - June 2025 #2

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Our notable ruling roundup aims to keep our readers up to date on recent rulings in the food & consumer packaged goods space. John Daly, et al. v. The Wonderful Company, LLC, No. 1:24-cv-01267 (N.D. Ill. – March 3, 2025):...more

Venable LLP

Supreme Court Confirms Jurisdictional Requirement for Foreign Sovereigns

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To resolve longstanding confusion over the scope of foreign countries' sovereign immunity in U.S. courts, Congress in 1976 passed the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act ("FSIA"). The FSIA draws a bright line: "foreign states and...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Employers Beware: Employees Are Seeking Damages for Unenforceable Noncompetes

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We have seen a rise in employees going on the offensive and suing their former employers for damages for not informing them that their noncompete is invalid under the applicable state law or for exaggerating the scope of a...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Coverage Barred by Prior Acts Exclusion Under First Policy; No Coverage Under Second Policy Because Defendant did not Qualify as...

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The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, applying New Mexico law, has held that a prior acts exclusion in a directors and officers policy barred coverage for an investor lawsuit alleging a scheme to...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Excessive Fee Case Against DENSO International

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The Sixth Circuit recently granted an employer win in an ERISA excessive fee case when it affirmed the dismissal of a proposed class action brought by current and former employees of DENSO International America, Inc., a...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Lease Termination Clauses: Know the Target Before Pulling the Trigger

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In the glow of negotiating a commercial lease, no landlord or tenant wants to think about how it might end early. But recent developments again remind us that a nuanced termination clause will significantly affect if, when...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Court of Appeal Holds an Employee Cannot Recover Damages for Defamation Related to a Wrongful Termination Claim

The California Court of Appeal issued an important decision clarifying that an employee cannot recover damages for a defamation claim that is derivative of a wrongful termination claim. Defamation causes of action are often...more

Troutman Amin LLP

TCPA CLASS ACTIONS CONTINUE TO SKYROCKET!!: TCPA Class Action Filings DOUBLE in April, 2025 And That’s Not All…

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Well as TCPAWorld.com readers know well the TCPA class actions continue to pour in. Previously we reported TCPA class action filings were up over 100% YoY through March, 2025....more

K2 Integrity

[Webinar] Information Leaks: How to Respond, Investigate, and Protect Your Business - June 25th, 9:00 am ET

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Information leaks can range from exposures of internal decisions and salary data to the disclosure of intellectual property, strategy documents, or board minutes. Whether accidental or intentional, these leaks demand...more

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