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June 15, 2026 Issue – Lawyer’s Duty to Inform Judge of Basis for Possible Recusal

Q: Dear Ethics Lawyer, I am counsel in a case involving a web of corporate parties on each side. I now have information that our judge’s adult children own a substantial interest in a two of the parties. I do not know whether...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

New Jersey Modified Comparative Negligence: How Your Actions Affect Your Injury Claim

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If you were hurt in an accident in New Jersey and the other party is claiming that you might share some of the blame, your ability to recover compensation is not necessarily lost. New Jersey follows a modified comparative...more

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PA Supreme Court Rules Anti-Referral Provision of Workers’ Compensation Act Does Not Prohibit Physicians From Referring Their...

In a 5-2 decision issued today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the placement of the phrase “goods or services ” immediately following a list of specific medical services provided in Section 306(f.1)(3)(iii) of...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

The Oft-Forgotten Shield: Noerr-Pennington in the Age of Anti-SLAPP

Over the past three decades, anti-SLAPP statutes have become a familiar part of the litigator’s toolkit.  When a lawsuit targets speech or petitioning activity, many lawyers instinctively reach for statutory anti-SLAPP...more

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Supreme Court Shuts the Door on Sheetz

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In 2024, the Supreme Court upended decades of California precedent when it held that legislatively enacted development impact fees must satisfy the “essential nexus” and “rough proportionality” tests established in Nollan v....more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Deposing the Corporate Representative

A corporate representative deposition under Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure does something no individual deposition can: it compels an organization to speak. Corporate representatives testify not about...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Why Quantum Law, and Why Now? Privacy, Proof, and Judgment in the Next Technology Shift to Quantum

Most legal technology shifts do not announce themselves with trumpets. They slip into ordinary practice first. Email was once informal chatter, then became the core of discovery. Predictive coding was once treated as radical,...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Federal Circuit Judicial Council Opposes Judge Newman’s Certiorari Petition

The Judicial Council of the Federal Circuit, represented by the U.S. Solicitor General, recently filed its Respondents’ Brief in Opposition to Judge Pauline Newman’s Petition for Certiorari. While the brief followed its...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Judge Newman Responds to Federal Circuit Judicial Council’s Opposition to Petition for Certiorari

At the beginning of June, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (representing Judge Paulene Newman) filed the Judge’s Reply Brief to the Federal Circuit Judicial Council’s Opposition to her Petition for Certiorari*.  The brief...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Newman v. Moore

The Supreme Court issued an Order this morning denying certiorari in Newman v. Moore. The Court’s Order states that...more

Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP

DOL Opinion Letters are Not Federal Law - But Can Be Helpful for Employers

Since the beginning of 2026, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a slew of opinion letters. In this space, we often comment and provide guidance on those letters. With that said, it is important to remember...more

Troutman Amin LLP

TWO TEXTS, ZERO CLAIMS: New Jersey Federal Court Holds Verification Code Texts Are Not Advertisements Under The TCPA And Orders...

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Hi TCPAWorld! I am Olga Koroleva, one of the newest associate attorneys at Troutman Amin, LLP! And this is my first TCPAWorld post! In Zelma v. Wonder Group Inc., No. 25cv3232 (D.N.J. May 20, 2026), pro se Plaintiff Richard...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A Decade Later, Escobar Is Still Shaping FCA Cases

A decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Universal Health Services Inc. v. U.S. ex rel. Escobar. It was the most consequential False Claims Act decision in years and changed the way lower courts evaluated FCA claims. ...more

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Allen Matkins Team Victorious in Jury Trial with $80 Million Verdict

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Allen Matkins announced yesterday that its trial team — led by lead trial attorney Matthew Sessions, Stacey Villagomez, and Andrew Wood — secured a jury trial victory for Patrick Byrne against Ameris Bank, winning...more

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Federal Circuit Holds That DTSA Statute of Limitations Starts Running When Plaintiff Has Enough Facts to Plead - Not Necessarily...

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We all should know the risks of rushing to file a trade secret misappropriation claim under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) without gathering enough facts. In addition to risking Rule 11 sanctions, for example, a...more

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Pretext or Mixed Motive? Practical Guidance After Robinson v. Marshfield

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) recently upheld a $1.4 million jury verdict in Robinson v. Marshfield in favor of a fire chief who alleged retaliation after complaining that his niece, a probationary...more

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DOJ Seeks to Accelerate Review of Benefits-Fraud False Claims Act Cases

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a significant procedural shift for False Claims Act (FCA) investigations involving alleged fraud against federally funded, state-administered benefits programs....more

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What the new ICC Rules mean for arbitrations seated in England and Wales

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The 2026 ICC Rules of Arbitration (“2026 ICC Rules”) came into force on 1 June 2026 and apply to ICC cases filed from that date. The substantial revisions to the ICC framework encapsulated in the 2026 ICC Rules aim to enhance...more

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What the Scientific Record Leaves Out: Unreported Evidence and Expert Reliability Under Daubert

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This article is the first in a two-part “Law Meets Science” series on how the state of the scientific record can affect the reliability of expert evidence. This installment examines the litigation significance of unpublished...more

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New York Federal Court Grants, in Part, Motion to Seal Documents at Issue in Underlying Arbitration Proceeding

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In Tyson International Co. v. Partner Reinsurance Europe SE, Tyson International Company Limited filed a petition to vacate an arbitration award entered in its favor, and Partner Reinsurance Europe SE cross-moved to confirm...more

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California Court Revives Bad Faith Claim Based on Alleged Claims-Handling Delay

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In Bornoff v. State Farm Gen. Ins. Co., No. B339796, 2026 WL 1194424 (Cal. Ct. App. May 1, 2026), the California Court of Appeal, Second District, reversed summary adjudication of a policyholder’s bad faith claim, holding...more

DOJ’s New FCA Fast Track Could Mean Earlier Whistleblower Litigation

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is changing how it reviews certain False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblower cases, and organizations participating in federally funded benefits programs should take notice. A recently announced...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Not Going to California – Wiretap Claims Dismissed

A recent decision from a California federal court addresses a more straightforward flavor of wiretapping claims than those that have caused a drastic increase in consumer privacy litigation. Below, we discuss: (1) the...more

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One-Sided Game: Florida Supreme Court Limits Defense Role in Punitive Damages Motions

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In Perlmutter v. Federal Ins. Co., ___ So.3d ___ (Fla., June 11, 2026), the Supreme Court of Florida unanimously rejected the decision of the Florida 4th District Court of Appeal In Perlmutter v. Federal Ins. Co., 376 So.3d...more

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Mexico Overhauls Administrative Litigation: What the LFPCA Reform Means for Taxpayers and Businesses

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On June 9, 2026, the Decree amending, supplementing, and repealing several provisions of the Federal Administrative Litigation Law (Ley Federal de Procedimiento Contencioso Administrativo, or LFPCA) was published in Mexico’s...more

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