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Seven years after the Supreme Court injected a “plausibility” standard in Twombly, that ruling has started to reshape the standard for pleading several other non-conspiracy elements of antitrust claims. As a collection of recent federal cases show, standards have begun to emerge for what it means to plausibly allege other, non-conspiracy elements of a federal antitrust claim.
Texas’ Supreme Court in a recent opinion found sufficient basis under the FAA to vacate an arbitration award, finding an arbitrator had shown “evident partiality” due to misleading “partial” disclosures of his contacts with the law firm representing the claimant.
As the plaintiff learned in a recent patent case, “all things are presumed against a spoliator,” and the failure to resolve any discrepancies can trigger heightened scrutiny during discovery.
The Supreme Court found that the Federal Circuit’s standard for “indefiniteness” in a patent needs to be revisited. “Insolubly ambiguous” […]
Lawyers for the Silicon Valley-based group Students Matter cleared a major hurdle in overturning what they deemed the “status quo” […]
NWP Services Corporation’s board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Ron Reed to the role of president […]
BitPay has named Tim Byun as its Chief Compliance Officer. Byun formerly worked for the Anti-Money Laundering/Anti-Terrorist Financing Officer of […]
One of the Justice Department’s original leaders in the Criminal Division’s special unit investigating the financial services industry’s compliance with […]
David Marcus, the head of eBay’s PayPal unit, is leaving the company for Facebook to lead mobile messaging products there. […]
A three-judge Second Circuit panel reversed and remanded Judge Jed S. Rakoff’s order rejecting a settlement between the SEC and […]
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