While the role of the agent as an intermediary between borrower and lenders is common to both the English and United States syndicated loan markets, the two systems diverge in ways that are highly consequential in practice....more
The Ninth Circuit’s unpublished decision in Shanahan v. IXL Learning, Inc., No. 24-6985, 2026 WL 982855 (9th Cir. Apr. 13, 2026), provides an important roadmap for binding non-signatories to an arbitration agreement under...more
Increasingly, AI agents—in the operational sense, autonomous software designed to execute a range of tasks—can navigate interfaces, execute transactions, interact with customers, and operate across internal and external...more
If agentic commerce is going to work at scale, the market has to solve more than authentication, aka the “identity problem,” as we posited in part two of this series exploring the six fault lines of agentic commerce....more
Greetings TCPAWorld! Did someone say Florida is in the house? This one out of the Southern District of Florida has a little bit of everything....more
Swiss Army knives are known for having a wide variety of tools and accessories included in a compact package. But they are no substitute for a basin wrench when attempting to remove a kitchen sink from a cabinet fixture. As...more
On January 8, 2026, a decisive jurisdictional victory was secured for Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (“Wanhua China”) in the long-running In re Diisocyanates Antitrust Litigation, a multidistrict litigation pending before...more
The Connecticut Appellate Court held that convenience store operators who dispensed fuel as commissioned agents were not “retailers” under the Connecticut Petroleum Franchise Act (CPFA). Branford Quick Mart, LLC v. Aldin...more
The English High Court recently delivered its judgment in the case of A1 & Ors v P [2025] EWHC 3372 in respect of a claim made under Section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996, where the claimants (A1, A2, and A3) sought an order...more
On 19 December 2025, the English High Court delivered judgment in a challenge under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the "Act"), addressing the tribunal's jurisdiction and the authority of a law firm to bind corporate...more
Summary - In a recent judgment concerning the law of agency and specifically the doctrine of undisclosed principal, the Court of Appeal upheld an earlier decision by the Commercial Court that the English courts do not...more
When hostilities break out between individual co-trustees, incumbent trust counsel faces a representation conundrum. In §8.8 of Loring and Rounds: A Trustee’s Handbook (2025), see appendix below, we grapple with the...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - USA v. Alhindi - mootness, competency - Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee - No decisions this week...more
In an external contract-based or tort-based dispute between the trustee and a third party to the trust relationship, the beneficiaries are generally not necessary parties. But all beneficiaries (of an irrev. trust) whose...more
A California federal court granted summary judgment in favor of Red Roof Inns, a hotel franchisor, on sex trafficking claims brought under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, or TVPRA....more
In this blog post, we provide a summary of the different types of agency relationships in the United Kingdom and United States. Agency relationships are legal arrangements where one party—the “agent”—acts on behalf of...more
As a manufacturer, selling your product(s) through an independent distributor is one way to enter the U.S. market without paying U.S. tax. The U.S. will seek to tax you if you have a business presence in the U.S...more
A guest sued the Hampton Inn and Suites franchisee in Nashville, Tennessee and the franchisor’s parent company, Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc. (“Hilton”), claiming race discrimination by a hotel employee. The plaintiff...more
Foley Hoag LLP publishes this quarterly Update primarily concerning developments in product liability and related law from federal and state courts applicable to Massachusetts, but also featuring selected developments for New...more
Recently, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut issued its order in United States v. Hoskins, vacating a jury’s November 2019 conviction of a foreign entity’s executive for violating the Foreign...more
Last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit clarified the application of common-law vicarious liability principles to TCPA class actions in Warciak v. Subway Restaurants, Inc., 2020 WL 559105 (7th...more
On February 26, 2020, the US District Court for the District of Connecticut reinforced the Second Circuit’s recent decision to limit prosecutors’ ability to pursue Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) charges against foreign...more
Two recent rulings in separate foreign bribery cases highlight the continued impact of individual prosecutions on the interpretation of various provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In United States v....more
On February 26, a federal district court in Connecticut acquitted the defendant in United States v. Hoskins on all counts related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). A jury had previously found the defendant guilty...more
On February 26, 2020, a federal judge in Connecticut granted, in part, defendant Lawrence Hoskins’s post-trial motion for acquittal on seven counts relating to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. United States v....more