News & Analysis as of

Civil Procedure law-news General Business

Read Civil Procedure updates, alerts, news, and legal analysis from leading lawyers and law firms:
Jones Day

Mexico's Judicial Reform and AMLO Party's Bills Call for Caution and Business Risk Assessment

Jones Day on

The Details - This reform will modify the judiciary by providing for the democratic election of all judges in Mexico, including judges on the Supreme Court of Mexico and those serving on other state and federal tribunals....more

Carlton Fields

Aerial Overview: Recent Developments in Life, Accident, and Long-Term Care Litigation

Carlton Fields on

In Meyer v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado entered summary judgment for an insurer after video evidence showed that the insured was not entitled to the benefits...more

Winstead PC

Court Affirmed Order Reinstating Receivership While Case Was On Appeal

Winstead PC on

In Bogle v. Bass, a trial court granted a motion for receivership in a trust dispute under “under the rules and principles of equity” under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 64.001(a)(6). No. 03-23-00491-CV, 2024...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Two August Decisions Assess Privilege Protection for Employee-to-Employee Communications

McGuireWoods LLP on

Corporate litigants’ privilege logs often trigger privilege disputes about internal corporate communications not involving a lawyer — because the log does not mention a lawyers’ participation. But there are at least two...more

Morgan Lewis

Florida District Court Finds FCA Qui Tam Provisions Unconstitutional in Outlier Opinion

Morgan Lewis on

On September 30, 2024, US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of the Middle District of Florida held in United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, LLC that the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act...more

Kennedys

Pennsylvania Supreme Court finds no coverage for COVID-19 business interruption losses

Kennedys on

In a long-awaited decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in favor of the insurance companies in two appeals involving the availability of business interruption insurance coverage for losses stemming from the COVID-19...more

Perkins Coie

Strike Force Cases Highlight Focus on National Security Priorities and Need for Strengthened Cybersecurity

Perkins Coie on

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced criminal charges in five cases in connection with the Disruptive Technology Strike Force (Strike Force) on September 16, 2024. Launched in February 2023, the Strike Force is...more

McDermott Will & Emery

No Boundaries? European UPC Confirms Its International Jurisdiction

McDermott Will & Emery on

The Court of Appeal (CoA) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) ruled that the UPC has international jurisdiction for alleged infringement actions that originate outside the UPC’s Member States. Dish and Sling v. AYLO, Case No....more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Common Mistakes to Avoid When Filing an Auto Accident Claim in Florida

If you have a claim after an auto accident in Florida, it is up to you to make sure you receive the financial compensation you deserve. You need to take action promptly, but you also need to be very careful to avoid mistakes...more

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &...

District Court Declares FCA Qui Tam Provision Unconstitutional

On September 30, 2024, in U.S. ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates LLC, Judge Kathryn Mizelle in the Middle District of Florida dismissed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) on the basis that the...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

FTC Focus: How Scrutiny Of PBMs And Insulin May Play Out

Proskauer Rose LLP on

This article is part of a monthly column that considers the significance of recent Federal Trade Commission announcements about antitrust issues. In this installment, we discuss the FTC's complaint on PBMs' conduct around...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

District Court Vacates CFTC Prohibition on Trading "Congressional Control Contracts" Predicting Election Results

On September 6, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of KalshiEx LLC ("KalshiEx"), lifting a September 2023 order issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") prohibiting...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Harmful Products/Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: U.S. District Judge Dismisses U.S. Department of Justice...

WebProNews reported in an October 1st article that United States District Judge Orelia E. Merchant dismissed a United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) environmental enforcement action that had been filed against eBay,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

No Comity Tonight

U.S. Bankruptcy Court does not enforce an asset freeze order from a Brazilian insolvency proceeding recognized under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code. Recognition of a foreign proceeding under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Half-Zipped: Judge Chen Grants Summary Judgment of Non-Obviousness and Partial Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement on Garment...

United States District Judge Pamela K. Chen (E.D.N.Y.) recently granted Plaintiff Shaf International, Inc. (“Shaf”)’s motion for summary judgment of validity of U.S. Patent No. 10,433,598 (the “’598 Patent”) and Defendant...more

Marshall Dennehey

Class Action Out of Minnesota with Potential Impacts on Litigating and Negotiating Major Case

Marshall Dennehey on

A class action suit is brewing in Minnesota which has the potential for major implications in the way major case investigations are litigated and negotiated. In Taqueria El Primo LLC et al. v. Illinois Farmers Ins. Co. et...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Trekkies, Rejoice: Judge Schofield Denies Motion in Limine Regarding Star Trek Materials

Judge Schofield recently resolved several motions in limine brought by Plaintiff Kewazinga Corporation in a patent infringement lawsuit against Google.  Among the most notable rulings was her denial of a motion in...more

Jones Day

Federal Court Holds False Claims Act's Qui Tam Provisions Unconstitutional

Jones Day on

In a potentially seismic development, a federal district court held that the False Claims Act's qui tam provisions violate the Constitution's Appointments Clause—a ruling that, if upheld, would upend the landscape of FCA...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

You Snooze, You Lose: Judge Liman Grants Stay Pending Not-Yet-Instituted IPR When Plaintiff Waited Too Long to File Suit Against a...

On September 9, 2024, Judge Lewis J. Liman granted a motion to stay pending the resolution of a U.S.P.T.O. inter partes review (“IPR”) filed by Defendant Tommy John, Inc. challenging the patentability of Plaintiff Pakage...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Lawyers for the...

Arbitration Clause in Attorney-Client Agreement Deemed Unenforceable Due to Lack of Informed Consent

Bryan Dick-Ipsen v. Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, P.C., et al., 2024 IL App (1st) 241043 - Brief Summary - The First District Appellate Court in Illinois affirmed the trial court's denial of a defendant law firm's motion to...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

A Rent-Seeking Laboratory and the Genesis of Many Mass Torts

Over the past decade, mass tort litigation involving de minimis levels of impurities has skyrocketed.  One need only turn on the evening news to see advertisements for litigation related to allegedly carcinogenic or...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Robins Kaplan Justice Report - Vol. 18, No. 3

Robins Kaplan LLP on

MAKING THE WHOLE TRUTH PUBLIC: THE FIGHT TO RELEASE BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE IN SECTION 1983 LITIGATION - Body-worn cameras were heralded as a promising innovation in the fight against crime and police misconduct. But in...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Ninth Circuit Addresses State Sovereign Immunity for Claims Based on Dismissed Involuntary Petitions

When an involuntary bankruptcy petition is dismissed, section 303(i) of the Bankruptcy Code permits a debtor to seek reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs from the petitioners, and, if the petition was filed in bad faith,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FCA Whistleblowers – No More?

Yesterday, a federal district court in the Middle District of Florida issued a decision that threatens the federal government’s continued reliance on the False Claims Act (“FCA”) as the most powerful weapon in the Department...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Court Holds That False Claims Act’s Qui Tam Provision Is Unconstitutional

McDermott Will & Emery on

On September 30, 2024, the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida dismissed a False Claims Act (FCA) case on the grounds that the qui tam provision of the FCA is unconstitutional. This ruling will almost...more

77,049 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3,082

"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