First Republic Executives Fail in Attempt to Recover Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan Assets
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s judgment of invalidity and grant of summary judgment of noninfringement, concluding that even if excluded portions of expert testimony were...more
Introduction - Nationwide injunctions - Comparing the June 27, 2025 Supreme Court Trump v. CASA decision to a Seventh Circuit decision in Spring, 2025, Republic v. BBK underscores the distinction between the...more
In Kober v. Nestampower, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 06609 (2d Dept. Nov. 26, 2025), the Appellate Division, Second Department, decided an appeal involving disputes over membership interests in a limited liability company. After a...more
Eastern District Finds Ongoing Operations Exclusion Is Unambiguous And Precludes Coverage For Worker’s Lawsuit- Steven Rodriguez owns property in Queens and leased one of the storefronts to a restaurant. Without...more
On October 30, 2025, Husch Blackwell secured a significant win for client Kurtex Logistics, Inc. (Kurtex) in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin. The court dismissed with prejudice all state law claims and...more
In Ohio Environmental Council v. State of Ohio, Case No. 23-CV-002403, the court of common pleas of Franklin County, Ohio addressed certain claims brought by environmental groups seeking to challenge the state land leasing...more
On July 8, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss claims brought by AHP Capital Management LLC against Oak Harbor Capital LLC, Western...more
On September 10, 2025, the Court of Appeals of Georgia decided the case of Kinnaird v. Morningview Homeowners Association, Inc. In this case, Kinnaird (homeowner) applied to the Association’s Architectural Review Committee to...more
A charter school's lawsuit against Pennsylvania education officials could alter the funding requirements imposed on school districts under the Charter School Law (CSL). In the case, Penn Hills Charter School of...more
In a case that will resonate with many developers, MQMF Hyde Park LLC secured court-ordered approval for a 204-unit apartment complex at 990 American Legion Highway in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood following years of...more
A Pennsylvania trial court has found in favor of the owners of a residential construction project who sued their builder for failing to comply with the Architects Licensure Law, rendering the project’s contract void and...more
Ohio AG Dave Yost led a group of 19 Republican AGs in sending a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, asking him to ensure the continuation of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) amid the...more
On October 24, 2025, Vice Chancellor Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery denied motions to dismiss in a high-profile challenge to asbestos trust data-retention policies, allowing asbestos defendants’ claims to proceed...more
In Direct General Insurance Co. v. Creamer, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida determined whether the safe harbor provision of Florida Statutes section 624.155(4)(a), enacted in March 2023, applied to...more
Once again, a Texas court has barred a lawsuit because the plaintiff waited too long to file. And once again, perhaps, the suit was a Hail Mary after alternatives failed. In Hobson v. Commissioners Court of Palo Pinto...more
Steamboat Willie, the cartoon best known as the debut of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, is the subject of a new legal controversy. The law firm Morgan & Morgan created a commercial based on the iconic cartoon and is seeking a legal...more
In Sparta Insurance Company v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company, Civ. No. 21-11205-FDS (D. Mass. Sept. 30, 2025), the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts held that the obligations of...more
In Brandt v. Superior Court, 37 Cal.3d 813, 817 (1985), the California Supreme Court recognized an insured’s right to seek recovery of attorneys’ fees incurred to compel the payment of policy benefits unreasonably withheld by...more
An Illinois Appellate Court, applying Illinois law, has held that a professional liability insurer had no duty to indemnify its insured because the insured was not “legally obligated to pay” any amount under the settlement...more
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals, applying Wisconsin law, reversed a circuit court’s order granting an insurer’s motion for declaratory and summary judgment that its policy’s prior notice exclusion barred coverage for certain...more
On 24 September 2025, the High Court handed down judgment in the case of African Distribution Company v Aastar Trading Pte Ltd. By his judgment, His Honor Judge Tindal (sitting as a Judge of the High Court), took the...more
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has held that an insurer has no duty to defend a lawsuit alleging that an insured law firm fraudulently induced its client to wire money to the firm...more
In April, the Texas Supreme Court set a favorable precedent for Uninsured and Underinsured (UM/UIM) insurers when it held that an insured seeking to recover UM/UIM benefits must secure a judgment to establish the UM/UIM...more
As litigation relating to PFAS exposure grows significantly across the US, companies have increasingly requested that their insurance carriers cover related defense and indemnity costs. The recent PFAS decision in Fire-Dex,...more
A bankruptcy court in New Jersey recently granted a debtor’s motion to dismiss the counterclaims of two creditors who purchased a percentage of the debtor’s future receivables prepetition. The court rejected the creditors’...more