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Early Case Assessment Best Practices

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The 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, once told a captivated audience that ”Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.”...more

Baker Donelson

Mid-Year 2025 Financial Services Litigation Update

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Litigation against banks and other financial services firms is always evolving. This mid-year 2025 update discusses trends from recent case filings and decisions and highlights the importance of awareness of new legal...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

When AI Productivity Collides With Professional Reputation

Are you feeling “left behind” or possibly irrelevant because you’ve yet to integrate artificial intelligence into your law firm’s operations? You could easily feel that way after reading the 2025 Future of Professionals...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Texas Supreme Court announces new method of calculating maximum interest for commercial transactions

On May 23, 2025, the Texas Supreme Court redetermined the method for calculating the maximum allowable interest for commercial loans under Chapter 306 of the Texas Finance Code. The decision is a radical change in how...more

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Two California District Judges Rule That Using Books to Train AI is Fair Use

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Two days apart, two judges in the Northern District of California decided on summary judgment that two examples of using copyrighted works to train AI models were transformative, and ultimately fair use under US copyright...more

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Supreme Court Limits Nationwide Injunctions, but Does Not Decide on Birthright Citizenship Challenge

In a closely watched decision issued on June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Trump v. CASA, Inc., No. 24A884, that federal district courts lacked authority to issue universal (nationwide) injunctions...more

Kaufman & Canoles

Title Insurance Client Alert - Important Court of Appeals of Virginia Opinion Concerning the Ownership and Use of Certain...

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Last week, the Court of Appeals of Virginia issued a significant 24-page opinion in David Tidwell, et al. v. Kenneth. M Goldsmith, et al., Record No. 0629-24-1 and Record No. 0666-24-1, in consolidated cases concerning the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Hague Judgments Convention Enters into Force in the UK

On 1 July 2025, the Hague Convention of July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (the “Convention”) came into force in the UK. The Convention allows civil and commercial...more

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Five Tips for Preparing to Testify at a Deposition

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Preparing for a deposition can be challenging whether it is a person’s first or hundredth time testifying under oath. Being questioned frequently causes anxiety. But the experience does not have to be so daunting with...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

When Your Life Sciences Are on the Line: IP Litigation and Trials

Morrison Foerster partners Kate Driscoll and Nate Mendell, both former federal prosecutors and members of the firm’s Investigations + White Collar Defense Group, hosted the tenth episode of When Your Life Sciences Are on the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The Employee Retention Credit: A court challenge to IRS guidance

Case: Stenson Tamaddon LLC v. IRS, No. CV-24-01123-PHX-SPL, 2025 WL 1725942 (D. Ariz. June 20, 2025) On June 20, 2025, the US District Court for the District of Arizona denied a motion for summary judgment that was filed...more

Adams & Reese

Florida Appeals Court Reverses Mortgage Foreclosure for Lack of Specific Findings

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A Florida Appeals court ruled that specific findings are required in mortgage foreclosure summary judgments – generic orders are not sufficient. Lenders and foreclosure attorneys must provide detailed, record-based...more

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Supreme Court Holds Universal Injunctions Exceed Courts’ Statutory Authority

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On Friday, June 27, the Supreme Court held that so-called universal injunctions (sometimes called nationwide injunctions) likely exceed federal courts’ equitable authority as granted by the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Court...more

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US Supreme Court Grants Review in One ERISA Case, and Has Now Called for Views of the Solicitor General in Two Other ERISA Cases

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Fresh off its April 17, 2025 decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University, the US Supreme Court is setting the stage to delve back into ERISA issues next Term. On Monday, the Court granted certiorari to resolve a circuit...more

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Supreme Court Halts Nationwide Injunctions with Major Implications for Ongoing Litigation

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On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held, in a 6-3 decision in Trump v. Casa, that federal courts lack the authority to issue nationwide injunctions under the Judiciary Act of 1789 (Judiciary Act). In doing so, the Court...more

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Ninth Circuit Confirms Bristol-Myers’ Rule Applies to Notice in FLSA Collective Actions

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The Ninth Circuit has now joined a growing number of appellate courts holding that, in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions, personal jurisdiction must be determined on a claim-by-claim basis when general...more

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Global Enforcement And Asset Recovery Series - Series Article 2: Asset Disclosure

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In the context of asset recovery, a successful outcome largely depends on the ability of a claimant to garner sufficient disclosure of assets that are amenable to enforcement. This, in turn, explains why the powerful...more

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Appeals Court Clarifies Limits on Deportation Following Denaturalization for Fraud

On June 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated a removal order, holding that a naturalized U.S. citizen could not be deported following denaturalization for fraud, where he failed to disclose a recent...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Ends Heightened Evidentiary Hurdle for "Majority Group" Plaintiffs in Title VII Discrimination Cases

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On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court decided Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services and held that a "majority group" plaintiff in a Title VII case need not satisfy a heightened evidentiary burden to establish a prima-facie...more

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Supreme Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Ruling – Just How Much Will It Change the Litigation Landscape for Schools, Their...

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The Supreme Court issued its landmark decision limiting the use of universal injunctions last month, with the majority relying largely on originalist principles to support its decision. Trump v. CASA, Inc., et al., No. 24A884...more

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Federal Court Sets Aside Early TPS Termination for Haiti

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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ruled that the Department of Homeland Security Secretary exceeded her authority when announcing the early termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for...more

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Discretionary Denials at the PTAB: Strategic Insights for Petitioners and Patent Owners in a Shifting Landscape

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A set of recently issued memoranda by United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) officials has re-energized the debate around discretionary denials in post-grant trials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”)....more

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How Could the Lower Courts’ Loss of Nationwide Injunction Power Impact Your Business?

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On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its decision on review of three federal court orders that have blocked—on a nationwide basis—implementation of President Trump’s executive order restricting so-called “birthright...more

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Revisiting Vesting Orders in Internet Scam Cases

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In our previous article titled Fraud Cases: Hong Kong Court’s Jurisdiction on the Grant of Vesting Orders, our team discussed the remedy of vesting orders in providing relief to victims of internet fraud in recovering their...more

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Texas Legislature Expands Business Court Role in Intellectual Property Matters with Passage of HB 40

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The 2025 biennial session of the Texas Legislature brought changes to the Texas Business Court that was created in 2023. With the passage of House Bill 40 (HB 40), the legislature expanded the Business Court’s jurisdiction to...more

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