Apr 24 2013 |
Federal Court Certifies Class on Liability Claims Despite Differences Among Class Members on Exposure, Damages |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
Apr 24 2013 |
Supreme Court Shoots Down Stipulated Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) Caps |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
Apr 23 2013 |
No Relief Under Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) Section 473 For Missed Filing Deadline In California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Challenge |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Apr 22 2013 |
Private Equity Firms Achieve Only Partial Dismissal of “Buying Club” Antitrust Lawsuit |
McDermott Will & Emery |
Apr 21 2013 |
Missouri Senate Bill 188 on Employment Law Heads to Governor's Desk |
Armstrong Teasdale |
Apr 20 2013 |
Broad Advance Waivers of Future Conflicts and Galderma Re: Rules of Professional Conduct |
Armstrong Teasdale |
Apr 19 2013 |
U.S. Supreme Court Bars Plaintiff from Pursuing FLSA "Collective Action" For Unpaid Wages, After Being Offered Payment on Her Individual Claim |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
Apr 19 2013 |
Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Collateral Estoppel in Multiforum Litigation |
Katten |
Apr 19 2013 |
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Collective Action: Supreme Court Holds Offer of Judgment Moots Claim |
Mintz |
Apr 18 2013 |
Patent Case Transferred from Eastern District of Texas to Northern District of Georgia |
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP |
Apr 18 2013 |
Supreme Court Finds Dismissal of Collective FLSA Action Appropriate Where Named Plaintiff’s Claim is Moot; Leaves Uncertainty Regarding Offers of Judgment |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
Apr 18 2013 |
Employment Rule Book’s Silence Does Not Overcome Presumption of At-Will Employment |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
Apr 18 2013 |
Supreme Court Ducks Mootness Question In Genesis FLSA Collective Action Case |
Faegre Drinker |
Apr 18 2013 |
What are the Strategic Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Genesis Healthcare v. Symczyk? |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
Apr 17 2013 |
The Resuscitation of the Duwamish Recognition Effort Re: Tribal Law |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
Apr 17 2013 |
Supreme Court Finds Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Collective Action Mooted By Offer Of Judgment |
Faegre Drinker |
Apr 17 2013 |
Supreme Court Issues Opinion Reinstating Important Tool for Employers to Defeat Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Collective Actions |
Bracewell LLP |
Apr 17 2013 |
Wisconsin Court Of Appeals Decides "Health Insurance Plan Design" Includes Out-Of-Pocket Costs To Employees and Therefore is a Prohibited Subject Of Bargaining |
von Briesen & Roper, s.c. |
Apr 16 2013 |
Closing the HAMPer II: North Carolina Court Allows Common Law Claims to Proceed and There's Some Mention of HAMP in the Decision too |
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP |
Apr 13 2013 |
Heightened Judicial Deference for Patent Claim Constructions? |
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP |
Apr 13 2013 |
The Unemployed Are Now Protected Under The New York City Human Rights Law |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Apr 13 2013 |
China Law Update |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
Apr 13 2013 |
Supreme Court Rules That SEC Can't Extend Fraud Deadline |
Godfrey & Kahn S.C. |
Apr 12 2013 |
And the Defense Wins Re: Fifth Circuit Weighs in on the Constitutionality of a Statutory Cap on Noneconomic Damages |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
Apr 12 2013 |
A New Front in The Patent Wars: The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Asked for Guidance on Limits to Injunctive Relief |
McDermott Will & Emery |
Apr 11 2013 |
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Class Actions: Recent Seventh Circuit Decision Points To Merger Of Certification Standards |
Mintz |
Apr 10 2013 |
Delaware and California Courts Split as to Whether a Reverse Triangular Merger Results In an Assignment By Operation of Law, Creating Potential Pitfalls for Delaware and Other Foreign Corporations Located in California |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Apr 10 2013 |
Yet Another Zip Code Class Action Filed in Massachusetts |
Mintz |
Apr 9 2013 |
Re-Thinking Arbitration as a Litigation-Avoidance Technique - The Case for Jury Waivers |
Varnum LLP |
Apr 6 2013 |
Southern New York District Court Rejects Evidence from "Confidential Witnesses" as Basis for Securities Class Action |
Katten |
Apr 6 2013 |
Maryland High Court Slashes Billion-Dollar Jury Award and Clarifies Toxic Tort Standards |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
Apr 6 2013 |
Sixth Circuit Rules No False Claims Act (FCA) Liability Based on Violation of Medicare Requirements |
Mintz |
Apr 6 2013 |
Federal Court Dismisses Securities Class Action Alleging Misrepresentations About "Cannibalization" |
Katten |
Apr 5 2013 |
Class Action Lawsuits Target Medical Collections |
Varnum LLP |
Apr 5 2013 |
Constitutionality of Detroit's Emergency Manager Challenged |
Mintz |
Apr 4 2013 |
E.D.N.Y. Judge Reverses Course: Rule 41 Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal in FLSA Action Does Not Require Court Approval |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Apr 4 2013 |
Comcast v. Behrend Strikes Again: Supreme Court Vacates and Remands Ross v. RBS Citizens, N.A. |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
Apr 4 2013 |
Plaintiffs' Bar is Whistling Past the Graveyard on Comcast Re: Supreme Court Anti-Class Certification Decision |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Apr 3 2013 |
Seventh Circuit Finds Menial Tasks, Isolation, and Allegations of Violation Provide Pipeline to Jury Trial |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
Apr 3 2013 |
Hannaford Data Breach Class Action Certification: Denied |
Mintz |
Apr 3 2013 |
Comcast v. Behrend’s Impact Already Being Felt: Supreme Court Vacates and Remands Whirlpool v. Glazer for Reconsideration |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
Apr 2 2013 |
Chicago-Bound: Second of Joao Bock’s 3 Patent Cases Filed in August 2012 Transferred to Another District Court |
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP |
Apr 2 2013 |
Supreme Court Comcast Decision Makes Antitrust Class Action Certification More Difficult |
McDermott Will & Emery |
Apr 2 2013 |
Plaintiff’s Foreign Operations Result in “Lessened” Deference to Choice of Home Forum in Trade Secret Misappropriation Case |
McDermott Will & Emery |
Apr 1 2013 |
Proof of Copying by Circumstantial Evidence Requires More than “Mere Possibility” in Copyright Infringement Case |
McDermott Will & Emery |
Apr 1 2013 |
“FIT U” Fitness Clubs Appeal Preliminary Injunction in Trademark Case to 11th Circuit, but War Rages On in District Court |
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP |
Apr 1 2013 |
Preliminary Injunction Upheld Against Misappropriated Cardiovascular Drug |
McDermott Will & Emery |
Apr 1 2013 |
In Key Decision, Supreme Court Applies "Rigorous Analysis" to FRCP 23(b)(3) Class Determination in Reversing Class Certification Based on Lack of Showing That Damages Can Be Measured On Classwide Basis |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
Apr 1 2013 |
Comcast v. Behrend Sets a Higher Bar for Class Certification |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Apr 1 2013 |
The Pleading Bar for Securities Fraud Cases Is Higher Than It Looks |
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP |