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Two years on from its launch, how has the UPC impacted European patent litigation in the life sciences sector?

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The UPC has been reshaping European patent litigation since its launch in June 2023. More than 480 patents have now been litigated in the court, and the number of actions is steadily increasing. Initially, major...more

ModeOne

BYOD Collection Without the Drama

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Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is no longer a trend. It’s the default. But while the way we work has evolved, the way we collect mobile data in litigation and investigations… hasn’t....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry

“Baby Shark” and the Hague Service Convention: The Second Circuit Limits Email Service Abroad

Many readers will be familiar with the viral kid’s song “Baby Shark,” with its catchy, sing-along refrain. In an unexpected legal crossover, the tune recently surfaced in a Second Circuit case about the use of email to serve...more

Troutman Amin LLP

STOP IT: AliBaba Big TCPA Loser After Making Absurd Argument that Maybe a Different AliBaba Made Harassing Robocalls

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A consumer received an allegedly unwanted call from “Alex from Alibaba.” So he sued Alibaba. Alibaba’s literal response: it could have been any Alibaba, how do you know it was us?...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025 Signed Into Law, Rebukes Supreme Court Ruling on Sovereign Immunity for Nazi-era...

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President Donald J. Trump signed the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025 into law yesterday, April 13, 2026. The law extends the provisions of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act (HEAR Act) of 2016 with...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

In re Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan) Patent Litigation (Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. MSN Labs. Private Ltd.

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In a previous case, the court entered final judgment that MSN’s ANDA product infringed claims 1-4 of the ’659 patent. In the current case, Novartis accuses MSN of infringing the same patent....more

Hicks Johnson

The Fifth Circuit Reminds Litigants: A Good Appeal Starts Before the Verdict

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In In the Matter of South Coast Supply Company, No. 25-20176 (Richman, Duncan, Oldham, JJ.), the Fifth Circuit delivered a straightforward lesson in error preservation: If you want to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Alternatives to Horizontal Stare Decisis

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Suppose the Supreme Court of North Carolina jettisoned In re Civil Penalty—the case requiring panels of the Court of Appeals to treat earlier Court of Appeals panel opinions as binding precedent. What system would take its...more

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Anti-SLAPP Update: Federal Judges Increasingly Agree That Fee-Shifting Applies in Federal Court

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Late last month, the U.S. Southern District of New York issued a pair of decisions finding that the fee-shifting provision of New York’s anti-SLAPP law, N.Y. C.R.L. § 70-a, applies in federal court....more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

From Competence to Judgment: How AI Compresses Litigation Work and Why That Makes Judgment More Important

Artificial intelligence has entered legal practice with unusual speed and reach. Within a brief period, tools that can organize information, generate analysis, and structure legal arguments have become embedded across...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

B.C. Court of Appeal Clarifies the Standard of Review for Appeals of Arbitral Awards

In its recent decision in Vancouver School District No. 39 v. Kingsgate Property Ltd., the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) clarified that the appellate standards of review, including correctness for questions of law,...more

Integral Consulting Inc.

Benefit Transfer And Meta-Analysis In Environmental Litigation: Methodological Concerns And Practical Limits

Abstract - Environmental and natural resource litigation increasingly relies on economic valuations derived from benefit transfer and meta-analysis techniques. These methods are often considered legitimate shortcuts to...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Chief Judge Enforces Judicial Preferences Requiring Pre-Motion Letter

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Every patent litigator knows the importance of following the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. But a judge’s individual preferences — particularly when published as mandates on the court’s website — carry just as much...more

Morgan Lewis

Washington State Supreme Court Clarifies Injury Plaintiffs Must Show to Bring State CPA Claim

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The Washington State Supreme Court has issued an important decision regarding the type of injury that a plaintiff must allege for a claim under the Washington Consumer Protection Act. In Montes v. Sparc Group LLC, the court...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Australia’s High Court Clarifies the Limits of Waiver of State Immunity Under the New York Convention

The High Court of Australia has delivered an important judgment in CCDM Holdings LLC v The Republic of India [2026] HCA 9 on the interaction between sovereign immunity and the New York Convention, confirming that a State’s...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

New York Lien Law and “Creative” Liens: When Your Client Tries to Lien for Showering and a Barbecue

mAs construction attorneys, we often come across exaggerated mechanic’s liens and sometimes “creative” liens. We also know that Lien Law § 3 is our north star, protecting those who perform labor or furnish materials for...more

Robinson Bradshaw

Fourth Circuit Provides a Procedural Roadmap for Early Class Certification Motions

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 23(c)(1)(A) requires district courts to decide whether to certify a class at “an early practicable time.” When defendants seek to strip a suit of its class allegations at the earliest...more

Morgan Lewis

California Legislature Proposes Major Cartwright Act Expansion with ‘Single Firm Conduct’ Provision

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The California legislature is considering Assembly Bill 1776 (AB 1776), which seeks to materially expand the Cartwright Act by creating an express single-firm conduct prohibition under California state antitrust law. AB...more

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Supreme Court of Texas Reaffirms Strict Constructive‑Notice Standard in Slip‑and‑Fall Cases

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In a significant decision for premises owners and occupiers, the Supreme Court of Texas has reaffirmed (and strictly enforced) the evidentiary burden plaintiffs must meet to establish constructive notice in slip‑and‑fall...more

Ankura

Trusted Administration of a Landmark Wireless Tax Settlement

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A major telecommunications provider was subject to a landmark consumer class action that resulted in nearly $1 billion being recovered from more than 1,500 taxing jurisdictions nationwide. Filed on behalf of a class of nearly...more

Mayer Brown

Navigating Complexity in US Consumer Financial Services: A Look Back at 2025

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Mayer Brown’s broad Financial Services practice has a long history of providing meaningful insights on how rapidly evolving environments for financial products may affect their business activities through both thought...more

Haynes Boone

Federal Circuit’s Holding on Patent Eligibility for Engineered Host Cells Dovetails With PERA

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U.S. Supreme Court opinions in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. and Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. V. CLS Bank International et al., have...more

Marshall Dennehey

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Narrows Who May Seek Recourse Through the Workers’ Compensation Act’s Fee Review Process

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Scomed Supply v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company and Sedgwick Claims Management Services (Bureau of Workers' Compensation Fee Review Hearing Office), No. 79 C.D. 2025 (Pa. Cmwlth. March 16, 2026) - On March 16, 2026,...more

Haynes Boone

Generative AI in Litigation: Are Prompts, Outputs and AI-Assisted Drafts Discoverable?

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming litigation practice—reshaping how cases are investigated, analyzed and litigated. While there is no doubt that these tools can offer significant efficiencies, they also...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

A Cross-Country Trio of Appellate Decisions Tackles Novel LLC Disputes

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As I have written in the past, and repeat here, the statutes and judge-made law governing disputes among co-owners of closely held entities can vary significantly from state to state. Depending on the state, there also can be...more

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