Litigation

Proposed Rule On Mass Torts Doesn’t Please Defense Attorneys

Proposed Rule On Mass Torts Doesn’t Please Defense Attorneys

After prolonged debate, the U.S. Judiciary Conference’s Advisory Committee on Civil Rules issued a proposed rule last March that would […]

Data Compiler Sued For ‘Anti-Competitive’ Information Exchange

Data Compiler Sued For ‘Anti-Competitive’ Information Exchange

Citing the Sherman Act, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against data compiler Agri Stats Inc., […]

Health Data Clearinghouse Settles Multi-State Litigation

Health Data Clearinghouse Settles Multi-State Litigation

Multi-state litigation over a data breach that happened in January 2019 but wasn’t reported for three months, and then in […]

Circuits, Supreme Court Justices, Split On Extraterritorial Reach

Circuits, Supreme Court Justices, Split On Extraterritorial Reach

On October 10 the U.S. Supreme Court denied cert in Elbaz v. United States. The order preserves a decision of […]

$49.5 Million Settlement For Blackbaud Data Breach

$49.5 Million Settlement For Blackbaud Data Breach

Blackbaud has settled another case related to a May 2020 ransomware attack and resulting data breach, as reported by Bleeping […]

EEOC Hits Five-Year High with Merit Lawsuits

EEOC Hits Five-Year High with Merit Lawsuits

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has significantly increased its litigation filings for fiscal year 2023. Christopher DeGroff and Andrew Scroggins […]

The Challenge to Non-Compete Laws: What You Need to Know

The Challenge to Noncompete Laws: What You Need to Know

Recent noncompete agreements have instituted more changes than any other area of employment law, according to William Kishman of Squire […]

Musk Refuses SEC’s Failure To Disclose Probe

Musk Refuses SEC’s Failure To Disclose Probe

Elon Musk, owner of the social network X, acquired Twitter shares worth about $3 billion before he took it over, […]

C-Suiters Can’t Use Apex Doctrine to Avoid Deposition In Washington

C-Suiters Can’t Use Apex Doctrine to Avoid Deposition In Washington

The so-called “apex doctrine” has been used in many jurisdictions to shield C-suite executives from being deposed in litigation. Recently, […]

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Ruling Redefines “Rule of Reason” in McDonald’s Antitrust Case

No-poach agreements are a hot topic in antitrust. Both government agencies and private plaintiffs have challenged such agreements. Recently the […]

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