On April 21, 2026, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (trade association) voluntarily dismissed its constitutional challenge to the Utah App Store Accountability Act (ASAA). The dismissal follows statutory...more
ASCENDIS PHARMA A/S v. BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC. - Before Lourie, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. A respondent in an ITC proceeding may not seek a...more
On April 10, DOJ and the defendants in a predatory lending and land sales case jointly filed a stipulation of voluntary dismissal with prejudice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division,...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a respondent in a US International Trade Commission proceeding may not seek a mandatory stay of a companion federal district court case under 28 U.S.C. § 1659(a)(2) by...more
In a recent decision from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York, In re Frederica West (January 7, 2026; 24-44469), Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth S. Stong clarified the limits of the automatic...more
As previously reported, on September 25, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the U.S. Court of International Trade’s (CIT) decision upholding the Section 301 China tariffs imposed during President...more
As we last updated, the Wisconsin Supreme Court accepted review of Riffard v. Bank of America, which raised the question of whether the National Bank Act (NBA) preempts the Wisconsin Consumer Act’s (WCA) notice of default and...more
FUTURE LINK SYSTEMS, LLC v. REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION - Before Reyna, Bryson, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The district court’s conversion of the...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that a district court erred in denying fees and costs to the prevailing party (here, the defendant), but upheld the district court’s denial of Rule 11 sanctions. Future...more
As the Supreme Court prepares for its next term to begin October 6, let’s look back on all the SCOTUS cases from the past year that impacted your workplace, industry, and litigation exposure. Here’s a quick guide to 12 times...more
Each month, we publish a roundup of the most important SEC enforcement developments for busy in-house lawyers and compliance professionals. This month, we examine the following matters: • An SEC complaint alleging a Georgia...more
On August 1, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissed without prejudice a case against the CFPB’s medical debt rule (covered by InfoBytes here) following the plaintiffs’ request to withdraw their...more
On May 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voluntarily dismissed its case against PepsiCo alleging price discrimination in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act. Federal Trade Commission v. PepsiCo, Inc.,...more
You likely are aware that Governor Brian Kemp signed Georgia’s tort reform legislation (SB 68) on April 21, 2025, which made a number of changes to Georgia law. This article summarizes some of the major changes under that...more
Since the publication of “Rum and Coke: The FTC Targets Soft Drinks and Alcohol in the Revival of Robinson-Patman Act Enforcement–What’s Next?”, new developments have continued to shape the enforcement landscape of the...more
In recent years, Georgia has earned a prominent—and troubling—spot on the American Tort Reform Association’s annual “Judicial Hellholes” list, drawing national attention to the state’s increasingly unpredictable and...more
On May 29, 2025, the New Jersey Court of Appeals reversed dismissal in Satz v. Starr, No. A-2785-23, 2025 WL 1522032 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. May 29, 2025), holding that the plaintiff’s voluntary dismissal of his claims did...more
On May 29, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore filed a notice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland to voluntarily dismiss their case against the CFPB and Russell Vought. As previously covered by...more
A new Supreme Court decision just made it easier for employees to revive lawsuits they voluntarily dismissed – in some cases, even after the statute of limitations has expired. In Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, the...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions today: Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers, Inc., No. 23-900: The Court held that in awarding the “defendant’s profits” to the prevailing plaintiff in a...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied a patent owner’s motion to voluntarily dismiss the appeal following the Federal Circuit’s decision to vacate and remand the case to the Patent Trial & Appeal Board but...more
In the case of N. Ridgeville v. Zilka, 9th Dist. Lorain No. 23CA012047, 2024-Ohio-2468, Ohio’s Ninth District Court of Appeals addressed the ability of a property owner in an eminent domain action to recover attorney fees...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s ruling that a copyright holder’s voluntary dismissal of its claims did not render the defendant a prevailing party entitled to attorneys’ fees under...more
Not infrequently, a plaintiff loses interest in pursuing litigation without being willing to discontinue or settle, or starts litigation to preserve a limitation period without being committed to pursue it. Rule 22-7(7) of...more
On December 13, 2023, Variety reported that Luke Combs stated he was “sick to [his] stomach” to learn he won a $250K judgment in Illinois federal court against a Florida woman who earned $380, selling 18 handmade Luke...more