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Pennsylvania Superior Court Vacates Summary Judgment Due to Procedural Error in Response Time

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Jordan v. Lynde, 330 A.3d 817 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2024) - The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to grant the appellants the 30-day response period required under Pa. R.Civ.P....more

Carlton Fields

More on Competent Summary Judgment Evidence: The Rule Does Not Just Apply to Affidavits

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We previously wrote about the requirements many jurisdictions impose for affidavits or declarations submitted in conjunction with motions for summary judgment, including that they must be based on personal knowledge, show the...more

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Sometimes One Bite at the Apple is All You Get

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Today’s Blog involves motions to renew and reargue and successive motions for summary judgment. When a motion is denied, a movant has several options.  One can accept the loss and move on.  An appeal can also be pursued. ...more

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In Dupree, Supreme Court Unanimously Decides “Purely Legal” Issues Decided at Summary Judgment are Preserved for Appeal

On May 25, 2023, the US Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dupree v. Younger, which resolved a split among the courts of appeals concerning whether “purely legal” issues raised at the summary-judgment stage must be re-raised...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Dupree v. Younger

On May 25, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Dupree v. Younger, No. 22-210, holding that a purely legal question raised in a motion for summary judgment is preserved for appellate review, even if the issue is not renewed...more

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SCOTUS: Must “Purely Legal” Issues Rejected at Summary Judgment Be Re-Raised at Trial to Be Preserved for Appeal?

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On April 24, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Dupree v. Younger, in which it delved into the question of whether a “purely legal” issue that was rejected at the summary judgment stage must be reasserted...more

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Fourth Circuit Agrees that Navient’s Records Established TCPA Plaintiff Had Not Revoked Consent

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It is well established that TCPA plaintiffs have a right to revoke their consent and are often given a fair amount of latitude in exercising their revocation rights. And, not surprisingly, courts are often reluctant to grant...more

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NJ Appellate Narrows the Road in Auto Dealership’s Sexual Harassment Case

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On May 18, 2021, in McBride v. Atlantic Chrysler Jeep, the New Jersey Appellate Division revived a Sales Consultant’s hostile work environment case against a car dealership after the Law Division previously dismissed it in...more

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Indiana Court of Appeals Rejects Gamesmanship by Defendant in Summary Judgment Briefing

The Indiana Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion in In re the Matter of the Estate of Dean C. Krieger, reversing summary judgment dismissal of a will contest. The appellate court found that the opposing party presented...more

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Federal Court continues recent trend of granting summary judgment in appropriate patent proceedings

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In a recent decision, Flatwork Technologies LLC v Brierley (2020 FC 997), the Federal Court granted summary judgment in favour of the Plaintiff, Flatwork Technologies, LLC (Flatwork), in respect of its patent impeachment...more

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The Sixth Circuit Limits the Meaning of ATDS Under the TCPA

Recently, the Sixth Circuit in Gary v. Trueblue, Inc., No. 18-2281, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 26959 (6th Cir. Sep. 5, 2019), weighed in on the meaning of Automatic Telephone Dialing System (“ATDS”) under the Telephone Consumer...more

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Federal Circuit Review - July 2019

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Broad Claim Language and Unpredictability in the Art Lead to Non-Enablement - In Enzo Life Sciences, Inc. v.  Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-2498, -2499, -2545, -2546, broad patent claims were invalid as...more

Payne & Fears

No "End Run" Around Brinker Under Section 17200

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The California Court of Appeal has affirmed a complete victory by Safeway Inc. over a certified class of wage-and-hour plaintiffs. Esparza v. Safeway Inc., et al., B287927 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC369766, June 10,...more

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Federal Circuit Review - April 2019

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Just Because Something May Result From a Prior Art Teaching Does Not Make it Inherent in that Teaching - In Personal Web Technologies, LLC v. Apple, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1599, the Federal Circuit clarified that the mere...more

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Key California Employment Law Cases: February 2018

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Rojas v. HSBC Card Services Inc., 228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 640 (2018)- Summary: Installing recording device and recording calls on company phones renders actions intentional under California Invasion of Privacy Act. ...more

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Gavel to Gavel: Summary judgment, or letting the judge do her job

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Justice is blind, but judges are not. That is why judges are empowered, through a process called summary judgment, to decide whether a case deserves to go to trial. But while the law trusts trial judges to discern...more

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