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A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (which covers Florida, Georgia, and Alabama) provides an important reminder for employers: courts must look at the “entire picture” when deciding...more
Emily Laughlin v. Miami-Dade County, Florida, No. 24-13284, 2025 WL 3633853 (11th Cir. Dec. 15, 2025) - Emily Laughlin, a 12-month probationary employee with Miami-Dade County’s Animal Services Department, began experiencing...more
Clark v. The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, 2025 WL 3516770 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 8, 2025) - The plaintiff, a clinical pharmacist, alleged race-based discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42...more
Recently, United States District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein accepted in part the report and recommendation of Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo. A detailed summary of Judge Figueredo’s decision was the subject of a prior...more
Court: United States District Court for the Central District of California - Plaintiffs filed suit against multiple Defendants, including Lockheed Martin Corporation, due to decedent Alice Faulk’s asbestos exposure,...more
The Alabama Supreme Court issued its weekly release list on Friday, February 6, which included the following opinion of potential interest to the Alabama business community...more
The Ninth Circuit’s decision in Healy v. Milliman, Inc., No. 24-3327, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 71863 (9th Cir. Jan. 9, 2026), carries significant implications for class action defense and litigation strategy across the Ninth...more
Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, 2026 WL 145483 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 20, 2026), is the latest in a long line of discovery and other decisions in this matter. The court wrote: “Before the Court are various requests for sealing and...more
A recent Ninth Circuit decision held that both named and unnamed class members in a class seeking monetary damages must come forward with sufficient evidence of Article III standing at the summary judgment stage—not merely at...more
In Healy v. Milliman, Inc., — F.4th —-, 2026 WL 71863 (9th Cir. Jan. 9, 2026), the Ninth Circuit addressed a key Article III standing question left open by the Supreme Court in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 594 U.S. 413 (2021) –...more
In Stone v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Northborough (“Stone”), plaintiffs residing across the street from a proposed 20,000 square foot warehouse appealed a decision by the Northborough Zoning Board of Appeals (the “Board”)...more
The Ninth Circuit recently answered an important open question in the class action context that may provide defendants an additional exit ramp, specifically, whether “following class certification, both named and unnamed...more
In a significant decision for school districts and institutional defendants, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, granted a writ of mandate reversing a trial court’s denial of summary adjudication in Rancho...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently clarified how courts must evaluate an employee’s claimed religious beliefs when assessing requests for religious accommodations. In Gardner-Alfred v. Federal Reserve...more
The Eleventh Circuit’s recent decision Ismael v. Roundtree, No. 25-10604 (11th Cir. Dec. 5, 2025) reversed the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia’s grant of summary judgment in favor of...more
Universal X Rays, Corp. v. United Auto. Ins. Co., Fla. 3rd DCA, No. 3D24-0777, Oct. 8, 2025 - After a motor vehicle accident, the insured received medical treatment from the plaintiff and assigned all his rights under his...more
Judge Mary F. Walrath recently issued an opinion that provides a comprehensive overview of how preference actions work and certain defenses to such actions. Miller v. Indus. Finishes & Sys. (In re CalPlant I, LLC), Adv. No....more
In the recent decision, of Lewis v. Kalbhen, 2025 IL App (1st) 242110, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, reaffirmed and meaningfully expanded the scope of the absolute litigation privilege, providing important...more
Three former employees of Circle K Stores sued, alleging age discrimination based upon Circle K’s denial of a promotion. The employees alleged that despite their “impressive track records” and indications on their part of...more
The Eleventh Circuit has further downplayed the importance of the lock-step McDonnell Douglas framework for evaluating summary judgment in employment discrimination and retaliation claims, in its latest decision in Ismael v....more
In August 2025, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision to exclude an expert’s causation opinion as unreliable and grant summary judgment in favor of a herbicide manufacturer.The case, which arose from claims...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Bastias v. US Att’y Gen - immigration - Casa Express v. Venezuela - judgment execution, ancillary jurisdiction - Saadi v. Maroun - judgment execution, fraudulent transfers...more
Staley v. Price Chopper Market 32, docket no. 3908 CIVIL 2024 (Pa. Com. Pl. Aug. 11, 2025) - The plaintiff alleged that she slipped and fell in the women’s restroom of the defendant’s grocery store. The plaintiff claimed she...more
Slatowski v. Sig Sauer, Inc., 148 F.3d 132 (3d Cir. 2025) - Product liability suits often involve complex machinery or detailed questions of product design and engineering. Thus, when defendants seek to preclude a plaintiff’s...more
The BVI Commercial Court (the "Court") has recently granted summary judgment in favour of Access Bank plc (the "Bank") against Dr Ambrosie Bryant Chukwueloka Orjiako ("Dr Orjiako"), together with his wife and eight BVI...more