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Supreme Court Rejects Heightened Evidentiary Burden For “Reverse Discrimination” Title VII Plaintiffs

On June 5, 2025, in a unanimous ruling authored by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the U.S. Supreme Court revived the employment discrimination claims of an Ohio woman who contends that she was the victim of “reverse…more
 /  Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law

Judge Román Dismisses Infringement Claims Based “Upon Information and Belief” in Surgical Instruments Case

Judge Nelson S. Román (S.D.N.Y.) recently dismissed a patent-infringement complaint for failure to state a claim, emphasizing the requirement that plaintiffs plead factual allegations rather than legal conclusions. Endobotics,…more
 /  Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property

Update: FTC Drops In-House Challenge of Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition After Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Preliminary Injunction

After years of litigating its attempt to block Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently dropped its in-house challenge following the Ninth Circuit’s decision affirming…more
 /  Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions

New DOL Guidance for Retirement Plans on Cryptocurrency and ESG Investments

The new administration has recently taken steps to revise guidance with respect to two retirement plan investment options: cryptocurrency, and funds focusing on environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors. These two…more
 /  Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Finance & Banking

Barton Strikes Again: Nominal “Individual” Claims Don’t Excuse Non-Compliance

Joshua Jordan was the CEO of Prehired LLC (“Prehired”), a “members-only workforce accelerator.” In December 2023, Jordan logged into Prehired’s Wells Fargo bank account online. He transferred $74,000 to the account of another…more
 /  Bankruptcy, Business Torts, Civil Procedure

The Divestiture Rule Explained: A Judge-Made Doctrine Doesn’t Necessarily Deprive a Lower Court of Ongoing Subject Matter Jurisdiction

The filing of an appeal in federal court generally divests the lower court of jurisdiction. This rule of appellate jurisdiction applies both to appeals from a district court to a court of appeals and from a bankruptcy court to a…more
 /  Bankruptcy, Civil Procedure, Finance & Banking

DOJ Announces Guidance on White Collar Enforcement Priorities and Corporate Cooperation

On May 12, 2025, Matthew Galeotti, the Head of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), announced changes to DOJ’s white collar enforcement priorities and corporate cooperation policy. During a speech on May…more
 /  Business Organizations, Criminal Law, International Law & Trade

Plaintiff Shipping Company Appeals Ruling That It “Failed To Deliver the Goods” in Antitrust Suit Against Its Only Competitor in U.S.-Guam Route

On March 11, 2025, Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a shipping company’s motion for summary judgment, dismissing an antitrust case brought by the only other company that…more
 /  Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Maritime Law, Transportation

Judge Engelmayer Gets a Handle on “BlenderBottle” Patent Claims and Rejects Assertion of Indefiniteness

Judge Paul A. Engelmayer (S.D.N.Y.) recently construed claim terms at issue in a patent litigation between Plaintiffs Trove Brands, LLC, d/b/a The BlenderBottle Company, and Runway Blue, LLC (collectively, “Trove”) and Defendant…more
 /  Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property

Trump Administration Announces False Claims Act Investigation Into Harvard

On May 15, 2025, the New York Times reported that the Trump Administration has opened a False Claims Act (“FCA”) investigation into Harvard University’s admissions procedures. Michael C. Bender & Michael S. Schmidt, Trump…more
 /  Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Contracting

Not a Repeat Offender: Magistrate Judge Bloom Declines to Sanction “Ernest” Pro Se Plaintiff for Re-filing Dismissed Case in a Proper Venue

On April 4, 2025, Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom (E.D.N.Y.) declined to sanction a pro se plaintiff for failing to conduct an adequate pre-suit investigation of whether his patent was infringed. Plaintiff initially filed a…more
 /  Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property

Claims May Bend But Are Not Broken: Judge Locke Rejects Indefiniteness Arguments in Fiber Optic Cables Case

In a patent-infringement case involving fiber-optic-cable assemblies, Magistrate Judge Steven I. Locke (E.D.N.Y.) recently rejected defendants’ arguments that two terms in the patent claims were indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112:…more
 /  Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology

Second Circuit Holds No Irreparable Harm from Hospital’s Poach of Care Providers, Despite Non-Solicitation Clause

Last month, the Second Circuit rejected the effort of an association of anesthesiology service providers to enjoin a Syracuse-based hospital from recruiting and hiring local anesthesiology providers. The association, American…more
 /  Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Health

Supreme Court Resolves Section 544 Sovereign Immunity Question

We have previously blogged about the Tenth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Miller, a case that concerns the relationship between section 544(b)(1) and section 106(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. As we explained in our prior…more
 /  Bankruptcy, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law

Not for the Faint of Heart: Magistrate Judge Wicks Recommends Dismissal of Heart Monitoring Patent Case for Failure to Join a Necessary Party and under Section 101

United States Magistrate Judge James M. Wicks (E.D.N.Y.) recommended that Defendant Apple Inc.’s (“Apple”) motion to dismiss Plaintiff Joseph Wiesel’s (“Wiesel”) action for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,020,514 (the “’514…more
 /  Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
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