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In the EU, the surge in private damages actions following the transposition of the Private Damages Directive (PDD) at member state level has brought to the fore several novel legal questions, prompting national courts to...more
In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the recent federal circuit decision in BearBox LLC v. Lancium LLC. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed that parties seeking correction of...more
A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court solidified the evidentiary standard of proof for federal wage law disputes where employers seek to establish their employees are appropriately classified as exempt under the Fair...more
The Supreme Court just handed businesses a win when it weighed in on how much evidence an employer needs to show a court to prove it correctly classified employees as exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay. As we correctly...more
In E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Cabrera, issued on January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court held that the “preponderance of the evidence” standard—and not the more difficult-to-satisfy “clear and convincing evidence” standard—applies...more
On July 26, 2022, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion interpreting the standard for the causal link the government must show to establish that a “false or fraudulent” claim under the False Claims Act...more
Long before the AIA, declarations were a tool that was available during patent prosecution to put evidence, e.g., post-filing data and expert opinions, in front of an Examiner to rebut obviousness or lack of enablement...more
Houston partner John K. Edwards recently argued before the Texas Supreme Court on behalf of a newspaper and reporter in an important libel case that started in 2003 concerning an article published in a Fort Bend County...more
In a precedent-setting ruling, the Washington Court of Appeals in Thomson v. Doe refused to grant a motion to compel brought by a defamation plaintiff who had subpoenaed the lawyer-review site Avvo.com seeking the identity of...more
On October 17, New York’s highest court held that an insured could recover for a “vandalism” loss without showing that the vandal in question intended to damage the insured’s property. Indeed, proof of intent to cause...more