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
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 72 - Beyond the Headlines: Unpacking a Pivotal Case on Privilege Protections
Curtailing Civil RICO: The Rise and Fall of Securities Fraud Claims Under the PSLRA — RICO Report Podcast
Podcast - Part II: Recent Changes in Jury Dynamics and How to Prepare Your Expert Accordingly
Podcast - Miss Lillian "Testifies": The Importance of Witness Preparation
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 70 - Fireside Chat With Rachel Barkow and Casey Michel
Key Discovery Points: Think About Who Has Control Over a Hyperlinked File
K. Dyton v. A. Ahern, 2025 WL 3232911 (Del. Super. Ct. Nov. 19, 2025), re-argument denied, 2025 WL 3496991 (Del. Super. Ct. Dec. 5, 2025) - In what the court stated was a matter of first impression, the Delaware Superior...more
The argument for AI-powered document review is all but over. Large language models are smarter, faster, more consistent, and less expensive than human review teams. I made that case in an earlier article published by EDRM and...more
When does an expert report merely clarify a previously disclosed theory, and when does it cross the line into providing an impermissible new one? In two January 2026 opinions in Jazz Pharmaceuticals v. Lupin, U.S....more
February 16 is the end of the public comment period on recently proposed federal rule changes affecting remote testimony and remote depositions. The rules revisions would make clear that federal trial courts have authority to...more
More than half of the US states require the filing of an affidavit or a certificate of merit as a prerequisite to advancing a professional malpractice or liability claim. Failure to submit the required documentation may...more
Court: United States District Court for the Central District of California - Plaintiffs filed suit against multiple Defendants, including Lockheed Martin Corporation, due to decedent Alice Faulk’s asbestos exposure,...more
In Lonsdale Quay Market Corporation v. Klondike Contracting Corporation (Lonsdale Quay Market), the British Columbia Court of Appeal issued a clear caution to owners who receive notice that a subcontractor has filed a lien....more
The Alabama Supreme Court issued its weekly release list on Friday, February 6, which included the following opinion of potential interest to the Alabama business community...more
A federal contractor whose contract award is challenged in a bid protest often faces a dilemma: whether to intervene and participate in the litigation. Intervention generally requires an awardee to retain counsel who can be...more
Disputes among company owners can arise where minority owners feel excluded or suspect mismanagement. Under the North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act and the North Carolina Business Corporation Act (the “Acts”),...more
SCOTUS’s recent adoption of a stricter standard for issuing unfair labor practice injunctions did not prevent Region Four of the NLRB from securing an injunction against a residential treatment facility’s subcontracting the...more
Beginning in 2026, California attorneys will face a new requirement during the annual license renewal: the obligation to re-attest each year to a civility oath. The oath—simple in language yet significant in purpose—states: ...more
On January 29, 2026, U.S. District Judge W. Scott Hardy of the Western District of Pennsylvania (W.D. Pa.) unsealed his January 8, 2026, opinion dismissing price-fixing claims against two foreign corporations for lack of...more
On November 26, 2025, the New York Appellate Division, Second Department reversed a trial court order denying Plaintiff Citibank, N.A.’s motion for summary judgment for breach of contract, breach of a personal guaranty, and...more
In a first, the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) issued proposed rulemaking on Feb. 6 concerning interpretation of the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The regulations come after...more
On January 30, 2026, Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery granted defendants’ motion to strike but denied a motion to terminate a derivative action asserting fiduciary breach claims against...more
On February 4, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed in part a decision from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington granting a motion to dismiss a putative...more
By April 18, 2026, New York construction litigation will operate on a faster—and far less forgiving—timeline. The Avoiding Vexatious Overuse of Impleading to Delay (the “AVOID Act”), signed into law on December 19, 2025,...more
On January 13, 2026, the Competition Tribunal published its first decision interpreting the new “public interest” pathway for private access under s. 103.1(7) of the Competition Act. In Martin v. Alphabet Inc., Google LLC,...more
In the past, a new presidential administration meant the beginning of a series of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) decisions that overruled prior precedents. While the White House flipped in January 2025, the...more
It’s hardly a win for the little guy against The Man, but in San Patricio County Appraisal District v. Gunvor USA LLC (consolidated with a similar suit against Devon Gas Services, agent for Glencore Ltd.), a Texas court...more
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to visit the legal soundness of McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973), a seminal decision that has outlined the burdens of proof in employment discrimination cases,...more
More than three decades defending food companies in labeling class actions has made one thing abundantly clear: when a class action theory weakens, the plaintiffs’ bar doesn’t disappear; it evolves -- -- with...more
On January 30, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota dismissed with prejudice a proposed class action lawsuit brought by two investment-account holders challenging the interest rates paid through a...more
Overview and Key Takeaways - An Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) subpoena is one of the most serious enforcement tools the U.S. Treasury uses in sanctions investigations. While it is administrative in form, it...more
