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Marshall Dennehey

The Trial Court Incorrectly Entered Directed Verdict for the Insurer

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Wenzel v. Homeowners Choice Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., Fla. 4th DCA, 4D2023-0088, Apr. 24, 2024 - Following a jury trial, the circuit court entered a directed verdict for the insurer and set aside the jury’s verdict, concluding...more

Marshall Dennehey

Addition of a Definition for the Term “Ttructural Damage” to Section 627.706(2) Does Not Alter an Insured’s Burden of Proof

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Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp. v. Barberan, Fla. 2nd DCA, 2D22-2744, Apr. 3, 2024 - In April, the Second District Court of Appeal affirmed the lower court’s ruling that a statutory change, which added a definition for the term...more

Cornerstone Research

Considerations for Blow Provisions in Securities Class Action Settlements

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Securities class action settlements often include what is commonly referred to as a “blow provision”—a provision designed to give defendants the option to terminate the settlement agreement if a specified threshold of...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Five Strategies to Optimize Exhibits for Remote Depositions

Litigators don’t always have control over the outcome-determinative evidence in their cases. Often, contracts, accident reports, photographic images, and other critical bits of evidence have in most cases already been created...more

Lewitt Hackman

PAGA: Early Evaluation Conference

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This is the final of a three-part series addressing the changes to California’s Private Attorneys General Act. In this part we discuss the Early Evaluation Conference....more

Kennedys

California Court of Appeal clarifies Howell and proceeds to publish Audish v. Macias

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California’s Fourth Appellate District published its opinion in Audish v. Macias, clarifying the collateral source rule in personal injury cases. The Court built on the foundation provided by Howell v. Hamilton Meats &...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Viewpoint: Early Action Key to Mitigating Risk in Professional Liability Claims

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Professional liability claims impact a multitude of professions, including those in the legal, medical, financial and insurance industries. Claims for malpractice, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and related...more

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Mediation and Early Settlement of Disputes – The Expert’s Role

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The early settlement of disputes and mediation was a recurring topic throughout London International Disputes Week (LIDW). Featured on several panel discussions and raised in Q&A, this topic brought into sharp focus the role...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 61

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X Agrees to Stop Processing EU Data to Train its Grok AI - Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) recently filed an urgent High Court application against X (formerly Twitter) for using the personal data of European...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Defending Benzoyl Peroxide Acne Product/Benzene Litigation

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This year, a laboratory issued a report wherein it claims to have tested over-the-counter and prescription acne products containing benzoyl peroxide and found what it deemed to be “unacceptably high” levels of benzene. In...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Supreme Court Review of Trademark Infringement and Corporate Separateness under the Lanham Act

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the 4th Circuit’s damages ruling in Dewberry Engineers v. Dewberry Group, which offers a unique examination of corporate separateness and the protection of trademarks under...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Federal Circuit Rejects Google’s Bid To Shrink ITC Jurisdiction over Post-Importation Acts of Indirect Infringement

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s elimination of “Chevron deference” in the Loper decision, many commentators have suggested that the ITC’s authority over unfair imports under Section 337 might be curtailed. See Loper Bright...more

Lathrop GPM

Virginia Federal Court Rules It has Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over DTSA Claim Because Foreign Bankruptcy Proceeding Only Stayed...

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A federal court in Virginia recently ruled that it had federal question subject matter jurisdiction over a Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) claim, rejecting Defendants’ argument that a foreign bankruptcy proceeding stayed the...more

Marshall Dennehey

District Court Grants Motion for Rehearing but Maintains Its Prior Decision That Affirmed the Trial Court’s Decision in Favor of...

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Universal Property and Casualty Insurance Company a/s/o Perez v. Laguna Riviera Condominium Assn, Fla. 2nd DCA, 2D23-34, Mar. 1, 2024 - In this interesting dispute, the Second District Court of Appeal took the unusual step of...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

From “Dissipation” to Denial: Why Threats of Lost Funds Are Not Enough for an Injunction

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Under CPLR 7502(c), a court in “the county in which an arbitration is pending…[is permitted to] entertain an application…for a preliminary injunction in connection with an arbitration that is pending or that is to be...more

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D.C. Circuit Resolves District Court Split on the Enforcement of Intra-EU Investment-Treaty Awards in the United States

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In a highly anticipated ruling published last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in NextEra Energy v. Spain that U.S. district courts have jurisdiction to enforce arbitral awards issued in intra-EU...more

Downey Brand LLP

California Supreme Court Clarifies Time to Appeal Writ Decisions

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In Meinhardt v. City of Sunnyvale (2024) 16 Cal.5th 643 (“Meinhardt”), the California Supreme Court resolved a split in authorities over a procedural matter that will give CEQA litigants some certainty about when an appeal...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Back to the Future: Expert Can Be Skilled Artisan Based on Later-Acquired Knowledge

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified that a technical expert does not need to have been a person of ordinary skill in the art (POSITA) at the time of the invention. Instead, they may rely on...more

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Even Free Libraries Come With a Cost

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court’s judgment of copyright infringement against an internet book archive, holding that its free-to-access library did not constitute fair use of the...more

White & Case LLP

Lakatamia Shipping: off the hook? High Court finds no third-party breach of a freezing injunction

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Lakatamia Shipping Company Ltd v Su and others [2024] EWHC 1749 (Comm) illustrates how the Babanaft proviso typically included in a worldwide freezing order may serve to limit the liability of foreign third parties who...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Possession, Custody, or Control of Responsive Information by States Suing Meta

The September 6, 2024, decision in In Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation, 2024 WL 4125618 (N.D. Cal. 2024), applies the “legal control” standard to Fed.R.Civ.P. 34 discovery...more

Smart & Biggar

Artificial intelligence (AI) advocacy in the Federal Court

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In April 2023, a curious law professor and lawyer submitted his “Introductory Civil Procedure” exam to ChatGPT, an AI chatbot, to see how it would score. The results were surprising: ChatGPT outperformed over 70% of his...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v. Apple Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2024)

In a joint appeal of two adverse decisions from the District Court, the Federal Circuit on procedural grounds rejected an appeal from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation ("WARF") in Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Second Circuit ‘Swipes Right’ on Notice Requirement for Tinder

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Policyholders frequently are vexed by the nuances of reporting requirements in claims-made policies, which generally provide coverage only for a “Claim” made during the policy period. While this may sound like a...more

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New Jersey Bankruptcy Courts Remain a Strong Option for Debtors Seeking to Obtain a Third-Party Release in a post-Purdue Pharma...

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The restructuring industry held its proverbial breath following the Supreme Court’s decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., which invalidated the nonconsensual third-party release in the debtors’ plan. While various...more

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