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Not Yours for the Taking: Settlement and Unreachable Assets

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Smart plaintiffs’ attorneys know to look into a defendants’ assets before pursuing claims for damages.  Wise attorneys know to check how those assets are structured, titled and domiciled, lest they prove unreachable even if...more

Goldberg Segalla

Motion to Preclude Witnesses Offered Outside Discovery Deadline is Denied

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Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - Plaintiffs Erica Dandry Constanza and Monica Dandry Hallner allege decedent Michael P. Dandry Jr., while an employee for Avondale, was exposed...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Plaintiffs’ ‘Strategic Decision’ to Respond to Expert’s Untimely Invalidity Theories Dooms Motion to Strike

In an ANDA litigation, the District of Delaware recently denied the plaintiffs’ motion to strike portions of the defendants’ expert reports and related deposition testimony. Although the defendants’ invalidity contentions did...more

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Delaware Decides Equity is Valid Consideration

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Our Labor & Employment Group discusses a Delaware Supreme Court decision to enforce a restrictive covenant that required forfeiture of equity stock....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Vinson & Elkins Secures Major U.S. Jurisdictional Victory for Chinese Parent

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On January 8, 2026, Vinson & Elkins LLP secured a decisive jurisdictional victory for Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (“Wanhua China”) in the long-running In re Diisocyanates Antitrust Litigation, a multidistrict litigation...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Safety as a Threshold Issue: What the New Custody Statute Requires and What It Does Not

One of the most significant changes to New Jersey’s custody statute is the legislature’s elevation of safety to a central role in custody and parenting-time determinations. The amended statute now declares that judicial...more

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A Decade of Litigation: Key Takeaways from the Johnson v. Comodo Group TCPA Settlement

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The recent final approval of a class action settlement in Johnson v. Comodo Group, Inc. demonstrates the substantial risks companies face when facing allegations of engaging in automated telemarketing without proper consent....more

Lathrop GPM

Florida Federal Court Dismisses TVPRA Beneficiary Liability Claim Against Hotel Franchisor’s Parent Company, Vicarious Liability...

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A federal court in Florida granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss brought by the parent company of the franchisor of the Days Inn brand. The complaint alleged violations of the Trafficking Victims Protection...more

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Minnesota District Court Grants Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings for Minnesota Franchise Act Claims Based on Broad Release in...

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The Minnesota district court granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings by John Golle, the CEO and an owner of the Urbanize Farms franchise system, and dismissed with prejudice all claims brought by former franchisee Big...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

NY Attorney General brings action against former Emergent BioSolutions CEO

On January 15, 2026, Letitia James, the New York attorney general (NY Attorney General), filed a complaint against Robert Kramer, the former CEO of Emergent BioSolutions Inc., alleging insider trading in violation of the...more

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Hughes Hubbard Secures Complete Dismissal for Maxeon Solar Technologies

Hughes Hubbard successfully represented Maxeon Solar Technologies and two of its former senior executives, achieving a complete dismissal in a putative securities class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern...more

Offit Kurman

The Role of an Expert Witness

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Join Anders Sleight and Niall McMillan from Offit Kurman as they explore the significance of expert witnesses in commercial litigation. This episode of Litigators Lounge explains the difference between fact witnesses and...more

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UPC Court Fees

The Administrative Committee of the UPC has issued an updated Table of Court fees with a new fees schedule in force from 1 January 2026. See also the Explanatory Note provided, by the UPC Administrative Committee (AC), with...more

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FLSA Releases: When Employers Might Get the Benefit of Their Bargain

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It has long been established that, to be enforceable, a release of a FLSA claim must be approved by either the Department of Labor or a court. While courts in the Second and Eleventh Circuits have consistently adhered to this...more

Harris Beach Murtha

National Mass Torts: 2025 Year in Review

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Harris Beach Murtha attorneys Abbie Fuchs, Dan Strecker and Alessandra Ash review and analyze key judicial holdings and legal developments in federal court and tort hot spots across the country that have affected the industry...more

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Public/Private Nuisance: Alabama Circuit Addresses Preliminary Injunction Request Involving Quarry

The Circuit Court of Limestone County, Alabama (“Circuit Court”), addressed in a January 23rd Order issues involving an alleged public and/or private nuisance. See New Beginnings Covenant Ministries, v. Stoned LLC, No....more

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Can a party seek to delay the publication of a final judgment in the Cayman Islands?

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Understanding open justice in the Cayman Islands: Guidance from Jafar v Abraaj - The Grand Court’s judgment in Jafar v Abraaj Holdings [2025] CIGC (FSD) 69 confirms that delaying publication of final judgments after an...more

Morris James LLP

Chancery Declines to Compel Discovery Concerning Alleged Personal Misconduct in the Context of a Broken Deal Case

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Albertson Cos. Inc. v. The Kroger Co., C.A. No. 2024-1276-LWW (Del. Ch. Sept. 12, 2025) - The discovery process is meant to shed light on the issues in a case and provide information relevant and necessary to arguing the...more

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Japan’s Reemergence in Global SEP Disputes

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The Tokyo District Court recently released Guidelines for Standard Essential Patent (SEP) Infringement Litigation and SEP Mediation Procedures. Our Antitrust Team is tracking the potential impact these developments may have...more

Troutman Amin LLP

JUST GETTING STARTED?: ETN America Settles TCPA Class Action With Wolf– Ordered To Give Up Name of Lead Supplier

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You folks might remember I covered a story about ETN America and officer Shlomi Cohen being sued by the Wolf in a TCPA class action. ETN responded by issuing a press release doubling down on its TCPA compliance efforts, which...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Not So Fast: Judge Hellerstein Seeks More Evidence Before Finding Inequitable Conduct

Recently, United States District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein accepted in part the report and recommendation of Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo. A detailed summary of Judge Figueredo’s decision was the subject of a prior...more

Butler Snow LLP

Flood Claims Under the SFIP: How Failing to Comply with Strict Policy Deadlines Can Sink Your Flood Claim

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Many insureds—including sophisticated corporate policyholders—assume that FEMA’s Standard Flood Insurance Policy (“SFIP”) functions like a traditional commercial property policy. It does not....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Method steps must be done in order where there is logical dependency

In a second appeal, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s summary judgment of noninfringement based on an implicit ordering of steps in a method claim after disagreeing with the lower...more

K&L Gates LLP

Litigation Minute: Is AI-Generated Content Discoverable? What Companies Need to Know in 2026

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Artificial intelligence tools are rapidly reshaping how ESI is created and stored, particularly with respect to content generated by large language models. As companies adopt generative AI (GenAI) tools for drafting,...more

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TRAIN Act targets transparency in generative AI training practices

Representatives Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) introduced a bipartisan bill entitled the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act in the US House of Representatives....more

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