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In Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, No. 24-171, 2026 WL 815823 (U.S. Mar. 25, 2026), the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the circumstances in which a company may be held contributorily liable for copyright...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
In Paramount Global v. State of Rhode Island Office of the General Treasurer, the Delaware Supreme Court resolved an open question under Delaware law: Can stockholders rely on post-demand evidence to prove that they have a...more
The “catalyst theory” of California law governing attorney’s fees sometimes allows a plaintiff to obtain fees even in the absence of a favorable judgment, if the plaintiff can show that the lawsuit was the catalyst for a...more
A U.S. appellate court recently issued a cautionary decision for lenders depending on unsecured guarantees by parent companies and affiliates of their borrowers. In Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP v. Advantage Capital...more
In 2024, the Illinois General Assembly amended the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) to clarify that an individual cannot seek recovery for multiple alleged violations of BIPA when those violations concern...more
The Federal Circuit recently issued a nonprecedential decision in Puradigm, LLC v. DBG Group Investments LLC, affirming summary judgment of noninfringement in a patent dispute involving air purification technology. The patent...more
Courts may refuse to enforce online arbitration clauses when checkout-page design buries notice of mandatory arbitration through cluttered layouts, low-contrast links, and visually dominant purchase buttons....more
When the CCPA was first enacted, it was seemingly clear that its right to private action would be limited to traditional data breaches. Over the past two years, however, some courts have called this interpretation into...more
Bless its heart. Even though I represent employers, I am not a big fan of the motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, also known as the Rule 12(b)(6) motion. A 12(b)(6) motion is usually filed at the very...more
As artificial intelligence (AI) tools become embedded in legal workflows, critical questions around privilege have emerged. How will courts treat privilege claims over AI-generated content, or over prompts and documents...more
When workplace disputes move from behind the scenes to the front page, the script doesn’t change as much as one might expect. Last week, the Southern District of New York issued an opinion in Blake Lively v. Justin Baldoni...more
Last week, the Seventh Circuit gave a significant victory to defendants facing claims under the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (“BIPA”), holding that a 2024 amendment limiting damages available to a prevailing plaintiff...more
In Clay v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit predicted that the Illinois Supreme Court would hold that the legislature’s amendment to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy...more
In Exafer Ltd. v. Microsoft Corp., the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s decision to exclude Exafer’s damages expert’s report and vacated summary judgment for Microsoft based on the absence of a remedy....more
On March 30, 2026, Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell of the District of Colorado issued a ruling in Morgan v. V2X, Inc. that is the most consequential AI-in-litigation decision we have seen yet. Originally...more
Commercial disputes are an inevitable part of doing business, whether they arise from contractual disagreements, shareholder conflicts, financing arrangements or development projects. In the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI),...more
In Willis Electric Co. v. Polygroup Ltd., the Federal Circuit affirmed the denial of judgment as a matter of law on obviousness and denial for a new trial on damages in a dispute over pre‑lit Christmas trees....more
If your or your client’s facility has a release or threatened release of hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607 (CERCLA), knowing how removal and...more
On March 16, 2026, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey issued a significant ruling in In re Multi-Color Corporation, et al., Case No. 26-10910 (MBK), denying motions to dismiss or transfer a...more
In litigation and investigations, timelines matter. When legal teams need mobile data, they’re rarely asking for it because everything is calm and predictable. ...more
We outline the certification status of CPO applications filed at the CAT since the introduction of the new opt-out regime...more
A broad coalition of California businesses, nonprofits, healthcare providers, and community organizations formally launched a campaign this week to push for reform of the state law being weaponized against businesses that use...more
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
