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In March 2026, the Northern District of Texas considered the requirements for a “reasoned award” in LGC Global Inc. v. Eagle Contracting LLC. The Eastern District of Louisiana enforced the arbitration provision of a clickwrap...more
“Gambit”: A calculated move, a stratagem. An example might be to buy a mineral interest with a long and complicated title history from the incarcerated son of a deceased parent and to bet on a court favoring your...more
While California’s wiretapping statute, the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), tends to dominate the conversation about the recent rise in wiretapping litigation, plaintiffs are also turning to other states’...more
The rapid emergence of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) is not simply accelerating change in the legal industry; it is exposing the structural fault lines that have long existed within it. Traditional law firm...more
The UPC has been reshaping European patent litigation since its launch in June 2023. More than 480 patents have now been litigated in the court, and the number of actions is steadily increasing. Initially, major...more
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is no longer a trend. It’s the default. But while the way we work has evolved, the way we collect mobile data in litigation and investigations… hasn’t....more
Many readers will be familiar with the viral kid’s song “Baby Shark,” with its catchy, sing-along refrain. In an unexpected legal crossover, the tune recently surfaced in a Second Circuit case about the use of email to serve...more
A consumer received an allegedly unwanted call from “Alex from Alibaba.” So he sued Alibaba. Alibaba’s literal response: it could have been any Alibaba, how do you know it was us?...more
President Donald J. Trump signed the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025 into law yesterday, April 13, 2026. The law extends the provisions of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act (HEAR Act) of 2016 with...more
In a previous case, the court entered final judgment that MSN’s ANDA product infringed claims 1-4 of the ’659 patent. In the current case, Novartis accuses MSN of infringing the same patent....more
In In the Matter of South Coast Supply Company, No. 25-20176 (Richman, Duncan, Oldham, JJ.), the Fifth Circuit delivered a straightforward lesson in error preservation: If you want to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence...more
Suppose the Supreme Court of North Carolina jettisoned In re Civil Penalty—the case requiring panels of the Court of Appeals to treat earlier Court of Appeals panel opinions as binding precedent. What system would take its...more
Late last month, the U.S. Southern District of New York issued a pair of decisions finding that the fee-shifting provision of New York’s anti-SLAPP law, N.Y. C.R.L. § 70-a, applies in federal court....more
Artificial intelligence has entered legal practice with unusual speed and reach. Within a brief period, tools that can organize information, generate analysis, and structure legal arguments have become embedded across...more
In its recent decision in Vancouver School District No. 39 v. Kingsgate Property Ltd., the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) clarified that the appellate standards of review, including correctness for questions of law,...more
Abstract - Environmental and natural resource litigation increasingly relies on economic valuations derived from benefit transfer and meta-analysis techniques. These methods are often considered legitimate shortcuts to...more
Every patent litigator knows the importance of following the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. But a judge’s individual preferences — particularly when published as mandates on the court’s website — carry just as much...more
The Washington State Supreme Court has issued an important decision regarding the type of injury that a plaintiff must allege for a claim under the Washington Consumer Protection Act. In Montes v. Sparc Group LLC, the court...more
The High Court of Australia has delivered an important judgment in CCDM Holdings LLC v The Republic of India [2026] HCA 9 on the interaction between sovereign immunity and the New York Convention, confirming that a State’s...more
mAs construction attorneys, we often come across exaggerated mechanic’s liens and sometimes “creative” liens. We also know that Lien Law § 3 is our north star, protecting those who perform labor or furnish materials for...more
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 23(c)(1)(A) requires district courts to decide whether to certify a class at “an early practicable time.” When defendants seek to strip a suit of its class allegations at the earliest...more
The California legislature is considering Assembly Bill 1776 (AB 1776), which seeks to materially expand the Cartwright Act by creating an express single-firm conduct prohibition under California state antitrust law. AB...more
In a significant decision for premises owners and occupiers, the Supreme Court of Texas has reaffirmed (and strictly enforced) the evidentiary burden plaintiffs must meet to establish constructive notice in slip‑and‑fall...more
A major telecommunications provider was subject to a landmark consumer class action that resulted in nearly $1 billion being recovered from more than 1,500 taxing jurisdictions nationwide. Filed on behalf of a class of nearly...more
Mayer Brown’s broad Financial Services practice has a long history of providing meaningful insights on how rapidly evolving environments for financial products may affect their business activities through both thought...more
