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Foley Hoag LLP

Foley Hoag Files Amicus Briefs Before U.S. Supreme Court in Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación CIMEX

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On January 16, 2025, Foley Hoag filed two amicus briefs on behalf of leading U.S. and international jurists on foreign sovereign immunity before the U.S. Supreme Court in Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación CIMEX, S.A. (Cuba)....more

Marshall Dennehey

Legal Updates for Lawyers’ Professional Liability - Case Law Update

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Florida Court Warns Attorneys: Verify AI-Generated Citations or Face Discipline - Russell v. Mells, Fla. 2d DCA, No. 2D2024-1560, 2025 WL 3533637, Dec. 10, 2025  - More and more, judges are referring attorneys to the bar for...more

Marshall Dennehey

Pennsylvania Bar Association Formal Opinion 2025-100 Reinforces Written Fee Agreements as Essential for Compliance and Risk...

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In Formal Opinion 2025-100, the Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility emphasizes the importance of written fee arrangements. The recent Opinion clarifies the minimum...more

Haynes Boone

Shipping and Energy: Year in Review 2025

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Welcome to the Shipping and Energy Year in Review 2025 from the London office of Haynes Boone. As editor of our quarterly newsletter, I am delighted to bring together, in one place, the alerts, articles, publications and...more

Gray Reed

Texas Supreme Court Justice Throws a Lifeline to Mineral Rights Owners

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In Ageron Energy LLC v. ETC Texas Pipeline, LTD Justice Busby authored a concurring opinion in the denial of a petition for review to the Supreme Court in which he criticized the majority opinion of the Court of Appeals...more

Baker Donelson

Preserving the Attorney-Client Privilege in Third-Party Liability Claims: What Captive Groups Need to Know

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In the context of third-party liability claims, a familiar arrangement arises when an insurer retains defense counsel for its insured: the tripartite relationship among the insured, the insurer, and defense counsel. While...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Ninth Circuit Says Class Members Must Demonstrate Standing at Summary Judgment for Certified Damages Classes

A recent Ninth Circuit decision held that both named and unnamed class members in a class seeking monetary damages must come forward with sufficient evidence of Article III standing at the summary judgment stage—not merely at...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

SEC May Ban Defendants From the Securities Industry Despite Supreme Court's Jarkesy Precedent

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on January 8, 2026, rejected arguments by two former investment advisers that they could be permanently banned from the securities industry only after a jury trial....more

Fox Rothschild LLP

NJ Appellate Panel Clarifies Scope of the Ending Forced Arbitration Act

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The New Jersey Appellate Division has ruled that arbitration agreements are unenforceable whenever a lawsuit includes an adequately pled claim of sexual harassment or sexual assault because a federal law requires that the...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Effective Advocacy 101 in the Age of eDiscovery and AI: A Guide for Lawyers and Their Clients

The fundamental building blocks of effective trial advocacy are remarkably unchanged, despite vast changes in how information is found, analyzed, and presented in courtrooms, hearing rooms, arbitrations, and mediations. In...more

DLA Piper

Congress Introduces ERISA Litigation Reform Act: Key Provisions

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Congressman Randy Fine (R-FL) recently introduced the ERISA Litigation Reform Act (HR 6084), proposing that the bill would ensure retirement plan sponsors and participants operate under a more predictable and effective legal...more

Hissey, Mulderig & Friend, PLLC

Ozempic Blindness Lawsuits: Legal Claims Allege GLP-1 Drugs Linked to NAION Vision Loss

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist drugs (commonly referred to as GLP-1 agonists) have become widely prescribed for type 2 diabetes and weight loss. Medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and other GLP-1 drugs...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

When the Rules Shift Under Your Feet: DOL’s New Stance on ERISA Litigation

If there’s one thing retirement plan sponsors learn quickly, it’s that “settled law” in ERISA litigation is often as stable as quick-sand. The latest example comes from the U.S. Department of Labor — and it’s a move that...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Pick-Your-Partner Principle

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They say inertia is the strongest force in the universe. It can be the strongest force in litigation too, where business owners sometimes have to endure endless years, countless dollars, and incalculable torment just to...more

Mayer Brown

UK Supreme Court Unanimously Allows Providence v. Hexagon Appeal

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In November 2025, the UK Supreme Court heard the appeal in the case of Providence Building Services Limited v Hexagon Housing Association Limited [2026] UKSC 1 concerning termination provisions in the JCT Design and Build...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Eighth Circuit Vacates Preliminary Injunction in Choreo v. Compound Planning, Emphasizing Irreparable Harm Standard

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On January 12, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued a notable decision in Choreo, LLC v. Kevin Lors et al., vacating a preliminary injunction granted by the Southern District of Iowa. This ruling...more

JAMS

The Mediation Timing Dilemma: Four Factors Every General Counsel Should Consider

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One of the last things any general counsel wants is a notice of a lawsuit against their company. Many thoughts enter your mind, including what’s the lawsuit about? Are we liable? Who are the company’s witnesses? How much will...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Class Standing Redux: Ninth Circuit Holds Plaintiffs Must Present Evidence of Class Member Injury at Summary Judgment

In Healy v. Milliman, Inc., — F.4th —-, 2026 WL 71863 (9th Cir. Jan. 9, 2026), the Ninth Circuit addressed a key Article III standing question left open by the Supreme Court in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 594 U.S. 413 (2021) –...more

Freeman Mathis & Gary

Objection SustAIned: Artificially Generated Evidence Makes its Way into the Courtroom

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Odds are, you’ve caught yourself doing it: you see something so outrageous online that it couldn’t possibly be true (could it?), and your gut reaction is to brush it off as a product of artificial intelligence. Heightened...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Pitch - December 2025

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

U.S. Supreme Court denies certiorari in discrimination case

On January 12, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it had denied certiorari in a case challenging a 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that addressed issues under the Fair Housing Act, including standards for equitable...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Two and a Half Years of the UPC – Trends And Turning Points

Welcome to our latest briefing, in which we look back at Unified Patent Court (UPC) developments in the last six months (July to December 2025) since our last briefing (The UPC Two Years On – published July 2025) and consider...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FAA Governs Arbitration Agreements When Parties Expressly Agree

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The California Court of Appeal rejected the argument that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) cannot apply absent evidence of interstate commerce, emphasizing that arbitration under the FAA is a matter of consent. Thus, the...more

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Dismissal for Flushing Bank in Patent Litigation

Hughes Hubbard successfully achieved dismissal with prejudice for Flushing Bank in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by DigitalDoors concerning methods for data processing, storage, and security. DigitalDoors alleged...more

Offit Kurman

Power, Proof, and Perception in the Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni Litigation

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This blog provides an update on the ongoing litigation involving Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. If the original blog explored how this case began, this chapter is about what it has become....more

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