Podcast - Not a Level Playing Field
Mediation Matters: Where Preparation Meets Resolution
Negotiation Tips for Business Owners
From Early Case Assessment to Early Case Intelligence
The Role of an Expert Witness
Podcast - Victories and "Losses" in the Courtroom
Introducing LighthouseIQ: Where Intelligence Meets Performance
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 541: Listen and Learn -- Injunctions and Restraining Orders (Civ Pro)
Podcast - Finding Humor in Law
Podcast - Keeping Your Vessel Stable During Cross-Examination
Podcast - Del juez al árbitro: Una nueva ruta para ejecutar obligaciones
Podcast - Reading the Room
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 75 - Who’s in Charge? Navigating Uncertainty in New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney’s Office
Building a Quantifiable Business Case for AI in Corporate Legal Departments
Identifying Good and Bad Use Cases for AI for Law Firms
AI's Impact on Litigation
The Modern Discovery Traps that Are Upending Cases
Podcast - Telling the Whole Story
The "Lesser-Included" Email Debate: What Does Rule 34 Really Require for Production?
Trust Is Key
Fifth Circuit Holds Plaintiff Not Entitled to Overtime Unless Company Had Actual or Constructive Knowledge of Time Worked - Following a jury verdict finding the plaintiff in Merritt v. Tex. Farm Bureau, __F.4th __ (5th...more
Just last week, in Sorokunov v. NetApp, Inc., No. A171964, 2026 WL 590943 (Cal. Ct. App. March 3, 2026), the Fourth District Court of Appeal held that an employee lacked standing to prosecute a PAGA claim for Labor Code...more
When seeking a default judgment, parties often assume that an unanswered complaint puts them in the driver’s seat for a quick and early victory. But as practitioners in the Commercial Division are well aware, courts retain...more
William Hasset v. Amick Farms, LLC, IAB No. 1562391 (Dec. 2025) - In this case, the employer, Amick Farms, has offices in Maryland and Delaware. The claimant lives in Delaware and was hired to work out of employer’s Delaware...more
A recent federal court ruling has delivered a significant wake-up call to anyone who has used an artificial intelligence (AI) platform to research legal issues, understand their rights, or prepare for a conversation with an...more
As generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude become more common in litigation strategy and internal analysis, courts are beginning to confront a pressing question: Does using AI waive attorney-client privilege or...more
Budd v. Jandrew Enterprises LLC, (1D2024-3161, January 30, 2026) (OJCC# 23-004984) - The First District Court of Appeal recently issued a per curiam affirmed (PCA) ruling concerning the perennial issue of major contributing...more
In February, the Department of War (DoW) announced a significant procedural change affecting mergers and acquisitions in the defense sector. Under new guidance implementing Section 857 of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense...more
Across key jurisdictions, the “gatekeeping” phase in collective redress—whether certification or collective authorization—continues to define who gets into court and on what terms, with materially different thresholds shaping...more
Every document production to the Department of Justice (DOJ) contains some variation of the disclaimer “FOIA Confidential Treatment Requested Pursuant to Rule 6(e).” But how much protection does this language actually...more
Our Patent Case Summaries provide a weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial...more
On Aug. 1, Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law the Illinois Receivership Act, making Illinois the 16th state to adopt the Uniform Law Commission‘s Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act. Originally published in...more
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances—commonly known as PFAS—have become one of the most fertile grounds for class action litigation in the United States. What began as a focused wave of environmental contamination suits has...more
Key point: (1) Courts grapple with nonstatutory damage claims in “broken banner” cases; (2) Courts dismiss CIPA claims where plaintiffs failed to explain delays; (3) New privacy litigation trend takes off as two courts deny...more
The Texas Business Court continues to develop its role in resolving disputes arising out of arbitration proceedings. In BNSF Railway Co. v. Level 3 Communications, LLC, Judge Bouressa denied an application to vacate an...more
The Supreme Court of Texas approved amendments to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 166a, modifying Texas’s summary judgment procedure in several important ways....more
As a member of a Pennsylvania Limited Liability Company (“LLC”), you may encounter disputes over company management, conflicts with outside vendors, disagreements among members, or concerns about LLC assets. In these...more
In a significant application of Second Circuit “class standing” doctrine to ERISA service-provider litigation, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling in Carfora v. Teachers Insurance...more
Editor’s Note: Modern discovery workflows rely heavily on advanced technology, yet the ethical and operational responsibilities surrounding document review remain firmly in human hands. In this article, seasoned eDiscovery...more
It is a basic principle of corporate law that shareholders should not be responsible for a corporation’s liabilities and similarly, one corporation cannot be liable for another corporation’s debts. The purpose is to...more
On October 13, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 261 (SB 261) into law, strengthening enforcement of unpaid wage judgments obtained through the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE). ...more
On 5 March 2026, we wrote about the UK Supreme Court's judgment (following appeals by Spain and Zimbabwe) confirming that Contracting States to the ICSID Convention cannot invoke sovereign immunity to prevent the registration...more
In The Serendipity Centre Limited v Susan Tinson [2026] EWHC 349 (Ch), the High Court held that a company could not withhold legal advice from a former director who had already lawfully seen its contents. The information was...more
At the Westminster Legal Policy Forum conference on 26 February 2026, the dominant theme was urgency. The justice system is dealing with backlogs, rising complexity and an evidential environment shaped by digital data at...more
The Law Court typically may only consider an appeal of a “final judgment”—that is, a decision that fully decides and disposes of the parties’ entire case and leaves no further questions for consideration. However, this “final...more
