Podcast - Think Outside the Script
How Attorneys’ Views on AI Are Impacting eDiscovery
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 286: Listen and Learn -- Conclusory Pleadings Under Rule 12(b)(6) (Civ Pro)
Trial Advocacy in the Modern World
This Extraordinary Process Called "Trials"
eDiscovery Needs Digital Forensics for a Mobile World
Storytelling in Closing Arguments
Podcast - The Basic Rules for Closing Argument
Closing Arguments: Focus and Organization
Closing Argument: Opportunity and Challenge
Podcast - Refresh vs. Impeach: Know the Difference
The AI Trust Test in eDiscovery
eDiscovery Tips: Helpful Questions to Ask Your Clients
Cross-Examination: The Three C’s of Impeachment
To Unlock AI’s Power, Think Predictive to Generative
Podcast - Cross-Examination: The Importance of Organization
Podcast - DEA Plants the Seed for Rescheduling Marijuana: What's Next?
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 20: Tips for Court Cases with Judge Dennis and Judge Wilkins of Maynard Nexsen
The "Why" of Cross-Examination
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 262: Listen and Learn -- Motions for Judgment as a Matter of Law and Motions for New Trial (Civ Pro)
On November 6, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied in part and granted in part Citibank’s motions to dismiss claims for allegedly aiding and abetting an accountholder’s multi-million...more
The nationwide fight continues between Chrysler owner Stellantis and the United Auto Workers Union (“UAW”) and its local chapters regarding the UAW’s threats to strike if Stellantis does not move forward with planned...more
On December 11, 2024, the Fifth Circuit, in a divided opinion following an en banc hearing, struck down the Nasdaq “show or tell” diversity rules. The Court concluded that the rules, some of which the majority described as a...more
Cytiva BioProcess R&D AB v. JSR Corp., et al., Nos. 2023-2074, -2075, -2191, -2192, -2193, -2194, -2239, -2252, -2253, -2255 (Fed. Cir. (PTAB) Dec. 4, 2024). Opinion by Prost, joined by Taranto and Hughes....more
In June 2024, the Delaware Superior Court granted a motion for summary judgment, requiring an insurance company to defend and indemnify the plaintiff in regard to underlying litigation. In doing so, the court issued a...more
Consistent with precedent in its sister circuits, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in CLO Holdco, Ltd. v. Kirschner (In the Matter of Highland Cap. Mgmt. LP), 102 F.4th 286 (5th Cir. 2024), held that to amend a...more
The Ohio Board of Tax Appeals held that certain financial authorization services, Debit Authorization as described below, are not taxable automatic data processing processing (“ADP) or electronic information services (“EIS”)....more
Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC ("Mirror Worlds") owns U.S. Patent Nos. 6,006,227; 7,865,538; and 8,255,439, which claim methods for storing, organizing, and presenting data in time-ordered streams on a computer system. In...more
In biomodal Ltd. v. New England BioLabs, Inc., No. 24-cv-11697-RGS, Dkt. No. 78 (D. Mass. Nov. 2024), Defendant New England BioLabs, Inc. (“NEB”) filed a motion to dismiss the claims of infringement of five patents as...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s determination that 79 challenged composition claims across three related patents were unpatentable but reversed the Board’s...more
In a summary order, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s orders in a case involving an ownership dispute over the copyrights to certain compositions by Parliament-Funkadelic bandleader...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a letter addressed to the Supreme Court regarding the applications for permission to appeal to the SC and requests for expedition in the recent motor finance commission...more
Affirming the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s final determination that three claims were invalid for obviousness, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that a “plausible alternative understanding” of the prior...more
On November, 22, 2024, the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) delivered a landmark ruling in Panasonic v. Oppo, setting a significant precedent in the realm of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and...more
As we noted in our Fraud and Commercial Loan Transactions: Post-Judgment Legal Strategies Webinar, fraud in commercial loan transactions presents significant challenges for creditors seeking to recover funds. Once a judgment...more
The differing waiver rules governing the fragile attorney-client privilege and the robust work product doctrine protection predictably create stark differences when family members communicate with each other. This type of...more
On Thursday, December 5, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice filed notice that it plans to appeal the nationwide injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Texas Top Cop Shop v....more
On December 3, 2024, Judge Amos L. Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a nationwide preliminary injunction preventing the federal government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency...more
The U.S. Supreme Court held in Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, No. 23-583 (Dec. 10, 2024), that one cannot appeal a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) revocation of an approved visa petition in federal court because such...more
In situations where a bankruptcy court avoids a fraudulent transfer or similar transaction, subsequent transferees who received proceeds of the avoided transaction from the initial transferee can avoid liability in certain...more
The Wagner Law Group continues to monitor the recent flood of retirement plan “forfeiture” litigation. This alert is our eighth update reporting on and analyzing the nature of the claims raised by plaintiffs, the defenses...more
Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s post covers the period of December 1-7. Here’s what’s...more
The rise of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents lawyers with powerful tools and tactical advantages to streamline many aspects of their practice. AI helps lawyers provide more efficient, effective legal services...more
“Expert testimony that does not disclose the underlying facts or data on which the opinion is based is entitled to little or no weight.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.65(a). With that principle in mind, the PTAB recently denied institution...more
After a district court determined that Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London (Lloyd’s) could rescind a directors and officers’ policy issued to Anchor Insurance Holdings Inc. and its subsidiary, Anchor Property Insurance...more