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Mayer Brown

Arbitration Act 2025 | Part 2: Key Improvements

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The Arbitration Act 2025 is now an official new piece of legislation having received royal assent on 24 February 2025 ("2025 Act"). The new law, which refines and modernises the previous Arbitration Act 1996 ("1996 Act"),...more

BCLP

Building Safety Act: New TCC Case on Building Information Orders

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Section 130 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) allows the High Court to make building liability orders (BLO) if it considers it just and equitable to do so.  Section 132 allows the court to make an information order to...more

Hogan Lovells

Knowledge is power – UK Building Safety Act: information orders and building liability orders

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The Technology and Construction Court has handed down judgment in BDW Trading Limited v Ardmore Construction Limited and others. The judgment confirms that, while a building liability order (which passes liability to an...more

Rodemer Kane Attorneys at Law

Why Your Car Accident Settlement Could Be Delayed

Car accidents are a distressing experience, one that you typically want to put behind you as soon as possible. Trying to settle your claim quickly to cover medical bills, vehicle repairs, and other expenses often feels...more

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Third Circuit Affirms Finding that Withdrawal Liability Assessment Was Untimely

When an employer withdraws from a multiemployer pension plan, the plan’s trustees must notify the employer of the amount of its withdrawal liability and demand payment. Employers assessed with withdrawal liability often...more

IR Global

The human touch - AI’s role in commerce - The Visionaries

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The Productivity Paradox: Does more technology mean less growth? Is there scope to use AI in commercial contracts? Will it save time, or ultimately cost more time in review and pose greater risk?...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Arbitrating at Miles: Miles’ Arbitrators Weigh in on Trends and How to Prepare for Your Hearing

Over the past year, Miles Mediation & Arbitration has revamped and expanded its Arbitration Division to make arbitrations more convenient and cost-effective for the parties involved. Miles now has nearly four dozen...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Damages, Apportionment, Limitation of Liability, and Indemnity in Construction and Commercial Cases

In an earlier article, I summarized important procedural issues in Georgia construction arbitrations. In that piece, specific reference was made to situations where a non-signatory to a contract could be forced to arbitrate...more

Marshall Dennehey

Ohio Reviews Exceptions to Res Judicata for the First Time

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AJZ’s Hauling, LLC v. TruNorth Warranty Programs of North America, 2023-Ohio-3097 - Ohio has recognized that there are exceptions to the application of res judicata in extraordinary circumstances but has never applied such an...more

Marshall Dennehey

Court Grants Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss and Compel Arbitration

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American Rehab Kare, LLC a/a/o Tracy Alexandre v. Plymouth Rock Assurance Preferred Corp., Orange County Case No: 2022-SC-018083-O - This suit was brought as a breach of contract action for failure to pay PIP benefits. In...more

Marshall Dennehey

Superior Court of Pennsylvania Affirms Trial Court’s Refusal to Open the Judgment of Non Pros Against Plaintiff

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Atuahene v. Agondanou, Slip Copy, 2023 WL 2808476 - The plaintiff filed a claim for property damage to her vehicle four years after the date of the accident. The arbitration panel dismissed her claim based on the two-year...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Who’s Liable When Your Cryptocurrency Is Stolen?

One of the asserted advantages of blockchain and cryptocurrency is their operation outside the commercial banking system. However, this very feature poses a challenge when cryptocurrency is stolen—or more accurately,...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Alter Ego Liability for LLC Managers: the Facts Matter

Alter ego liability is a frequent topic covered in The LLC Jungle — see here for a list of all prior “alter ego” related posts. The alter ego doctrine allows a court to disregard a corporate entity (including LLCs) and...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Florida’s Most Comprehensive Tort Reform in Decades and What it Means for Insurers and Bad Faith Law

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This morning Governor Ron DeSantis signed the reforms compiled in Senate Bill 236 and House Bill 837 (“HB 837”). Some of the key aims of HB 837 with respect to insurance include decreasing frivolous lawsuits, altering...more

Goodwin

Litigation Insights - July 2021

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FOREWORD - On behalf of the new and expanding Goodwin London litigation team I am delighted to welcome you to our first ever ‘Litigation Insights’: a series of quarterly updates on important and interesting developments...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Passes COVID-19 Liability Protections for Higher Education Institutions and K-12 Schools

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In a second attempt to pass a COVID-19 liability shield, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed House Bill 605 on April 6, 2021. If signed into law, H.B. 605 would protect (among others) colleges, universities, and...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

Consumer Finance Issues Command Supreme Court's Attention in Volatile Term

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The Supreme Court will consider several cases affecting the consumer financial services industry in its upcoming term, which starts October 5. The cases involve substantive issues of liability to consumers, questions relating...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Practical Tips for In-House Counsel From Recent Cybersecurity Decisions

The possibility of a cybersecurity incident—and ensuing litigation—is a fact of life for almost every business. Even companies that do not process or handle consumer information collect personal information about their...more

Winstead PC

Presentation - Texas Fiduciary Litigation Update: 2018-2019

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David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, discusses Texas fiduciary litigation case law and addresses issues such as merger of trusts, Gun Trusts, statute of limitations, quasi-estoppel,...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

TD Ameritrade Latest Victim Of Head-Scratching Arbitration Award

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I was catching up on my reading and came across a column in Investment News by Mark Schoeff that described the results of a recent FINRA arbitration, results which I found a bit alarming. I caution you: reading too much into...more

Carlton Fields

Decade-Long Battle Between Policyholder, Reinsurer, And Retrocessionaire To Continue As Reinsurer Files Notice Of Appeal

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A Brazilian mining and steelmaking company (Companhia Siderurgica Nacional, S.A. (“CSN”)), a Brazilian insurance company (IRB Brazil Resseguros, S.A. (“IRB”)), and an American insurance company (National Indemnity Company...more

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