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McDermott Will & Emery

Credibility at Issue? Court May Compel Party Representative to Appear In Person

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Addressing for the first time whether a district court can compel a witness to appear in person for testimony involving fraud on the court, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Seventh Circuit: Sending Pleading Directly to Debtor Did Not Violate FDCPA Where Attorney Had Not Entered Appearance

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that because the plaintiff’s attorney had not yet filed a written appearance or pleading with the Illinois state court where the defendant law firm had filed a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Contracts with Foreign Companies May Require a Rewrite

A recent California case may force companies doing business with foreign entities to reconsider—and maybe rewrite—their contracts. In Rockefeller Tech. Invs. (Asia) VII v. Changzhou Sinotype Tech. Co., No. B272170, 2018 WL...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

EPC Contractors Procuring from Foreign Companies need to Reconsider their Contracts

A recent California case may force engineering, procurement and construction companies doing business with foreign suppliers to reconsider—and maybe rewrite—their contracts. In Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII v....more

Rumberger | Kirk

When Does a Claim for Legal Malpractice Accrue in the Litigation Context

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The long understood rule of law in Florida is that a cause of action for legal malpractice accrues in the litigation context when the litigation is concluded by a final judgment, and the final judgment becomes final when the...more

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