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The Magic Carpet Ride Comes to an End: PAGA Claims Can No Longer Be Stricken on Manageability Grounds

On January 18th, the California Supreme Court in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc. ruled that defendants sued under the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) may no longer strike unmanageable claims.  PAGA claims are...more

Carlton Fields

“Petty” Behavior: Sometimes Overlooking An Opponent’s Technical Violation Is The Best Course Of Action

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Should an attorney always seek to have an opponent's late-by-a-few-minutes filing stricken in order to pursue the timing issue? No, according to Judge R. David Proctor, who recently issued a caustic order in Whitworth v....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Game Over when Expert Fails to Use Correct Claim Construction

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that a district court did not abuse its discretion in striking expert testimony where the testimony did not rely on an agreed and court-adopted claim construction....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

California Appeals Court Opines on Interplay Between Employment Discrimination Claims and Anti-SLAPP Laws

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A California appellate court last week issued a decision in Wilson v. CNN, applying and interpreting the scope of last year’s Supreme Court ruling in the same case, which had itself resolved a circuit split in the state as to...more

Knobbe Martens

Coda Development v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber

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Federal Circuit Summary - Before Prost, Wallach, and Hughes. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for N.D. Ohio. Summary: On a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, a district court cannot judicially notice facts that are subject to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - November 2017/ Volume 9 / Issue 4

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between August 2017 and October 2017....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Indiana Reaffirms Relaxed Rule for Med Mal Complaints

In Indiana a medical malpractice plaintiff doesn’t proceed directly to court. First, a proposed complaint goes to the Indiana Department of Insurance, and the case is heard by a Medical Review Panel consisting of physicians....more

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Court Rules On Pre-Trial Motions To Strike

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Andrews, J. Three motions to strike and one motion to preclude untimely evidence from trial are granted in part, denied in part, and dismissed as moot in part. The court has ruled in plaintiffs’ favor for each issue...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

Federal Reserve, OCC, FCA, FHFA and FDIC Adopt Joint Final Rule on Swap Margin Requirements - On October 22, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC"), the Federal Reserve Board (the "Board"), the Farm...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Fast Five: Rhode Island Appellate Practice - July 2014

With the dog days of summer upon us, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has concluded its Spring 2014 term, leaving practitioners with new guidance on a variety of trial and appellate practice issues. In one of its last...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Appellate Court Notes - Week of December 13

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AC34918 - Cuozzo v. Orange - AC34918 Dissent - Cuozzo v. Orange - This is a case where a little more effort should have gone into a Motion to Dismiss. The Appellate Court held that the Trial Court improperly...more

Perkins Coie

Experts In Patent Cases: Getting The Most Out Of Your Star Witness

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In This Issue: - Introduction - Selecting the Right Expert(s) ..The Testifying Expert ..Non-Testifying “Supporting” Experts - Fed. R. Civ. 26 Rules Governing Interactions Between Counsel and Experts ...more

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