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The Modern Discovery Traps that Are Upending Cases
Key Points - • District of New Jersey permits direct patent infringement claims to proceed based on adequately pleaded allegations involving a “class” of accused software products, without element by element detail. •...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
A summary of the important professional liability topics by our expert team members for the first quarter. USPS POSTMARK PROCEDURE CHANGE- The U.S. Postal Service has implemented a significant operational change that...more
In a significant and practical win for public employers, the First Circuit reaffirmed a core constitutional limit on federal courts: once challenged conduct stops, affected employees are made whole, and institutional policies...more
The North Carolina Supreme Court’s decision in Warren v. Cielo Ventures, Inc. (filed March 20, 2026) is a significant decision for the construction industry but also carries major implications for the aviation industry as...more
A federal court’s March 30, 2026 ruling in Farlow v. L3 Communications Integrated Systems LP offers a sharp lesson for employers and their counsel: a plaintiff who refuses to produce his own EEOC charge of discrimination...more
On April 8, a three-member panel of the D.C. Circuit denied Anthropic’s emergency motion for a stay regarding the Department of War’s designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk under FASCSA (41 U.S.C. § 4713). ...more
Bill C-223, a private member’s bill that would amend the Divorce Act, has passed second reading in the House of Commons and been referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. This alert is intended to...more
The shrapnel flew fast and far, and some fragments wound both sides. Which is why a subsequent federal ruling, Warner v. Gilbarco, Inc. out of Michigan, matters. It did not defuse the original bomb, and it did not neutralize...more
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), including Generative AI (GenAI), is fast becoming an established part of legal practice. In September 2025, it was reported that 61% of lawyers in the United Kingdom use a form of AI...more
A federal court in Ohio denied both sides’ summary judgment motions after finding genuine factual disputes over whether Overhead Door, a manufacturer of Wayne-Dalton doors, reasonably attempted to cure allegedly defective...more
A recent decision from the Eleventh Circuit highlights the difficulty employers will have eliminating employment discrimination or retaliation claims before trial in those jurisdictions that apply the "convincing mosaic"...more
As lawyers’ AI use dramatically expands, courts have begun to address both types of evidentiary protections for AI-related communications and results. Popular public AI service providers’ ugly disclaimers of confidentiality...more
Over the years, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has moved from the margins of legal practice to its center. According to the State of ADR 2026 report, commissioned by JAMS and conducted by Law.com, 99% of practitioners...more
Last week, a deeply skeptical US Supreme Court heard oral argument in Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, where the court was asked to decide whether a district court that compelled a lawsuit to arbitration still has...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a respondent in a US International Trade Commission proceeding may not seek a mandatory stay of a companion federal district court case under 28 U.S.C. § 1659(a)(2) by...more
ComplexDiscovery Editor’s Note: AI-generated hallucinations in court filings have crossed the threshold from embarrassing anomalies to a measurable enforcement trend. In the first quarter of 2026, U.S. courts imposed at least...more
Depositions can make or break your case long before you ever step into the courtroom. Telling a story is a key priority in any effective litigation strategy, and depositions present a valuable opportunity to bring this story...more
A key determinant of the success of legal proceedings is not only the identification of assets through online methods but also collecting other intelligence and evidence to support the proceedings. This includes evidence to...more
Attorney Who Assisted Decedent in Signing Will Not Disqualified as Witness to Execution of Will - Matter of Nires, 241 A.D.3d 555 (2d Dep’t 2025) - If an attorney assists a client in signing his will, is that attorney...more
A growing body of case law is beginning to define when artificial intelligence (AI)-generated materials may be protected and when they will not. In addition to United States v. Heppner, three cases decided before and...more
In People of the State of Illinois ex rel. Illinois Department of Labor v. Quality Therapy & Consultation Inc. et al., 2024 IL App (1st) 241953, the Illinois Appellate Court, in an opinion containing very strongly worded...more
Last month’s legal developments in the area of independent contractor (IC) misclassification and compliance reflect the ever-widening variety of businesses that are subject to legal challenges by plaintiffs’ class action...more
On April 6, 2026, Atmus Filtration filed a notice of dismissal in its challenge to the IEEPA tariffs. Atmus Filtration v. United States, CIT #26-01259 (“Atmus”) was selected as the lead case by the U.S. Court of...more
Mobile devices have become one of the most important sources of evidence in modern litigation and investigations. Yet the legal framework governing discovery obligations was written long before smartphones became the primary...more
