Litigation

Polls Show Waning Support for the Supreme Court As Presently Constituted

May 15, 2020

A Marquette School of Law survey found that 52 percent of “very conservative” respondents have high confidence in the Supreme […]

Companies Pledge To Forego IP Rights For Covid Projects

May 14, 2020

Sixteen Japanese companies, including Toyota, Honda and Canon, as well as two major diagnostic firms that provide Covid-19 testing, have […]

State Courts Have Turned Into Bill Collectors

May 13, 2020

Over a period of about three decades, the way state courts are used has fundamentally changed. In 1990, they typically […]

9th Circuit Considers the Casting Couch

May 13, 2020

California’s Civil Code 51.9 was enacted decades ago to codify a woman’s right to work free from unwanted sexual advances, […]

A Warning To Companies About Breach Notification

May 12, 2020

It’s become common wisdom – gleaned in part from witnessing some disastrous missteps by companies like Yahoo and credit reporting […]

$150,000 Settlement for Junk Science, An Incompetent Investigation, and a Publicity Stunt,

May 12, 2020

In 2012, the Leawood, Kansas, home of a married couple (former CIA employees) and their two young children was raided […]

Assessing The Contractual Impacts of COVID-19

May 11, 2020

How are contract obligations affected in times of extreme uncertainty? This post looks first at the force majeure clause and how it might apply when contract non-performance is the result of supply chain…

Status Report: Pandemic-Related Class Actions In Four Areas

May 11, 2020

In the banking sector, small businesses and some individuals have claimed lenders are imposing their own criteria for processing PPP loans, in addition to those mandated by the CARES Act. The first of these targeted….

Problems When Transactional Counsel Act as Trial Counsel

May 8, 2020

“Your company’s agent for service of process delivers a lawsuit involving a contract that your company’s law firm drafted. Given […]

Hedge Fund Finances Streaming Service Lawsuit

May 7, 2020

Elliott Management Corp., a hedge fund, is financing a lawsuit against the streaming service Quibi. Plaintiff Eko, an interactive video […]

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