News & Analysis as of

Civil Procedure law-news Business Organization

Read Civil Procedure updates, alerts, news, and legal analysis from leading lawyers and law firms:
Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Mediation After 20 Years on the Chancery Bench: Resolving Complex Business Disputes 

For 20 years, I ruled on a number of complex business disputes. As chancellor, I followed my personal philosophy that time is valuable, and disputes did not get better by letting time drag on. I attempted to keep the lawyers...more

Phelps Dunbar

Southern District of New York Rules that AI-Generated Documents Are Not Protected By Attorney-Client Privilege

Phelps Dunbar on

With the recent emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI), some clients may be asking themselves, ‘Why should I ask a lawyer for legal advice when I can simply ask AI?’ While it is true that AI can be a helpful...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Privilege And AI: When AI-Generated Documents Are Not Protected

Two recent US cases have considered whether communications involving AI tools are protected by attorney–client privilege or the work product doctrine. While these decisions arise under US law, the principles – particularly in...more

BCLP

Paragon Group Limited v FK Facades Limited - Assignees and Adjudication

BCLP on

In this BCLP Insight, Isaac Dundas reviews the recent decision of Paragon Group Limited v FK Facades Limited [2026] EWHC 78 (TCC). Here, the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) had to determine whether an assignee of a...more

Troutman Amin LLP

HUGE CUT: Comodo Group, Inc. to pay $1.6MM to Settle Certified TCPA Class Action–Plaintiff’s Lawyers Received 40% Cut!

Troutman Amin LLP on

In Johnson v. Comodo Group, 2026 WL 296417 (D. N.J. Feb. 4, 2026) the court approved a class action settlement agreement whereby Comodo will pay $1,625,000 to settle the case, with average recovery of approximately $596 for...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Spurgeon & Ors v Capita: High Court Refuses Application to Strike Out Data Breach Compensation Claims

Ropes & Gray LLP on

Spurgeon & Ors v Capita plc [2026] EWHC 241 (KB) (9 February 2026). The High Court has refused an application to strike out compensation claims brought by around 4,000 individuals affected by the Capita data security breach....more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Who Pays When Multiple Parties Are Responsible for a Truck Accident?

Mandelbaum Barrett PC on

Truck accidents rarely involve just two parties like typical car crashes, because the commercial trucking industry operates through complex networks of trucking companies, drivers, cargo loaders, maintenance contractors, and...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

The Fifth Circuit Says You Can’t Write “Written” into the TCPA

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently issued a significant Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) decision in Bradford v. Sovereign Pest Control of TX, Inc., No. 24-20379, Doc. 85-1 (5th Cir. Feb. 25,...more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

Do You Waive Privilege by Using AI? Two Federal Courts Say It Depends

In February 2026, two federal courts issued the first rulings addressing whether materials created using publicly available generative AI tools are protected by the attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine. ...more

TransPerfect Legal

eDiscovery Costs Forecasting: 2 Gates, 2 Metrics, 1 System

TransPerfect Legal on

eDiscovery is expensive—and unpredictable. And that variance wrecks budgets. The fix isn’t cheaper eDiscovery; it’s controlled eDiscovery cost forecasting through an operating model that forces cost-driving decisions upfront....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Shot Clock Violation: Judge Tosses Untimely Construction Defect Claims

In basketball there is a shot clock. Once a team has the ball, it must shoot within 30 seconds. We’re obviously talking about college basketball since its March, but the NBA has a similar 24-second shot clock....more

JAMS

Boomers to Zoomers: Generational Friction in Litigated Employment Mediations

JAMS on

Certain workplace behaviors may be interpreted very differently depending on the generation of the co-worker receiving them. What begins as a minor misunderstanding can escalate into workplace conflict or worse—litigation. By...more

Freeman Mathis & Gary

Massachusetts court holds designating former attorney as expert witness waives attorney client privilege

Freeman Mathis & Gary on

The Massachusetts Superior Court recently issued a notable discovery ruling that serves as an important reminder for litigants who consider naming a former attorney as an expert witness. In Cummings v. Deloitte, the court...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Sixth Circuit Says Ban on Arbitration Applies to Entire Lawsuits Alleging Sexual Assault or Harassment

In 2021, Congress passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (commonly abbreviated as EFAA). The law amended the Federal Arbitration Act to carve out an exception to mandatory arbitration...more

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,...

Standing on Shaky Ground: A Difference of Opinion on What is “Fairly Traceable” in Cases Involving Third-Party Criminal Conduct

Standing seems like a straightforward concept—the plaintiff must suffer an injury in fact fairly traceable to the defendant’s challenged conduct for which the court can provide redress. See Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife, 504...more

Dentons

Landmark AI Rulings Impacting All

Dentons on

Generative AI tools have quietly moved from novelty to fixture in how lawyers and their clients research, write, and prepare for litigation. Two US federal courts just issued the first rulings of their kind addressing the...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

StudioFest LLC v. William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC, et al.

Loeb & Loeb LLP on

District court denies WME’s, Dave Franco’s and Alison Brie’s motion to dismiss copyright infringement suit claiming that their film Together copied StudioFest’s screenplay Better Half, finding that Together and Better...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Federal Judge Holds Generative AI Communications Are Not Privileged in Decision Likely to Impact Litigation and Regulatory...

Troutman Pepper Locke on

As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more prevalent in day-to-day life and in the legal field, in particular, thorny questions arise regarding the implications of that use. One such question is whether exchanges...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Landmark Connecticut Superior Court Decision Holds That Appointment of Receiver Is Mandatory Under UCRERA When Loan Documents...

Pullman & Comley, LLC on

In a decision believed to be the first of its kind in Connecticut, a Connecticut Superior Court judge ruled that the Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act (UCRERA), Connecticut General Statute § 52-619 et seq....more

Hogan Lovells

UK Supreme Court confirms that States cannot invoke sovereign immunity to prevent registration of ICSID awards in the English...

Hogan Lovells on

On 4 March 2026, the UK Supreme Court (“Court”) held that Contracting States to the ICSID Convention (“Convention”) cannot invoke sovereign immunity to prevent the registration of ICSID awards in England and Wales...more

King & Spalding

Second Circuit Reaffirms Rule 9(b) Particularity Standard in FCA Action

King & Spalding on

On February 24, 2026, the Second Circuit affirmed the Eastern District of New York’s dismissal of a qui tam action brought against Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. (“Siemens”). The relator alleged that Siemens delivered...more

Snell & Wilmer

Court of International Trade Signals Potential Coordinated Refund Process for IEEPA Tariffs

Snell & Wilmer on

On March 4, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued an order in Atmus Filtration, Inc. v. United States addressing refunds of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)...more

Snell & Wilmer

Idaho Contractor Registration: Lessons from the Ward v. Bishop Decision

Snell & Wilmer on

The Idaho Supreme Court’s recent decision in Ward v. Bishop Constr., Ltd. Liab. Co., No. 51118, 2025 Ida. LEXIS 143 (Dec. 31, 2025) offers valuable guidance for contractors and construction attorneys navigating the Idaho...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Mental Health Parity: What a New Court Ruling Means for Those Seeking Behavioral Health Treatment

Key Takeaways - Courts are increasingly enforcing mental health parity protections. A recent federal court decision allowed a lawsuit to proceed where a health plan allegedly imposed stricter coverage requirements on...more

Haynes Boone

Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product in the AI Age: Divergent Court Rulings in the Eastern District of Michigan and Southern...

Haynes Boone on

Courts are increasingly faced with deciding whether information litigants share with public artificial intelligence (“AI”) services and the AI’s output (together, “AI materials”) can be attorney-client privileged or protected...more

82,077 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3,284

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide