Jones Day Talks: Women in IP: The Supreme Court's "Copyright Day"
On July 12, 2023, the Appellate Division, Second Department, in U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. v. Rahman, addressed an issue that has been confusing lawyers for quite some time involving 22 N.Y.C.R.R. §202.48 – “Submission of orders,...more
Ohio- Liquidated Damages- Pacetti’s Apothecary v. Rebound Bracing & Pain Sol. Inc., 2d Dist. Greene, No. 2023-Ohio-93. In this appeal, the Second Appellate District affirmed the trial court’s decision finding that a late...more
In a recent decision, the Washington Court of Appeals established a new equitable exception to the American rule for attorneys’ fees, which generally denies an award of fees and costs to a prevailing party absent a...more
Real Property Update - Development Orders / Proper Defendant: Executive director of the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) was not a “proper defendant” in a declaratory action challenging the constitutionality of...more
The Appellate Law Practice Group of Roetzel & Andress represented clients in a wide variety of cases in both state and federal courts, appealing adverse trial court rulings and successfully defending lower court victories on...more
Lucoff v. Navient Solutions, LLC, Case No. 19-13482 (11th Cir. 2020). A person who consents online to be contacted regarding past due debts (even though he earlier advised the company he did not wish to be contacted) has, as...more
Lenders who prevail on claims arising from a deed of trust can always recover their attorney fees from the losing party as long as the deed of trust says something about fee recovery, right? It’s not that simple....more
Supreme Court Advance Release Opinions: SC19384 - State v. Carter - SC19282 - State v. Peeler - Appellate Court Advance Release Opinions: AC37262 - Dumbauld v. Dumbauld - AC37262 Concurrence -...more
One of the most common questions I get from my clients is whether they can recover their legal expenses for having to defend a meritless case. The short answer is that in most cases, no. That may seem unfair, especially...more