Litigation / Trial Practice

Litigation actions brought in the United States at the federal and state levels, cases in front of the  US Supreme Court (SCOTUS), and cases litigated before the different courts that comprise the US Court of Special Jurisdiction are among the different stories, news, and litigation, visitors to the National Law Review will read about on the litigation trial practice area of law.

Special jurisdictions including Federal Circuits, the Court of Special Jurisdictions, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), US Tax Court, the Patent and Trademark Appeals Board (PTAB), and other agency-related litigation and trial news is analyzed by the legal experts at the National Law Review. Actions and litigation brought to these special courts, coverage of tax appeals, bankruptcy proceedings, and international litigation which arise in the United States, Canada, China, the United Kingdom, and the European Union are also covered by the National Law Review.

Business and commercial litigation, patent litigation including inter partes reviews (IPRs), class action lawsuits, government actions, multi-party and multi-jurisdiction litigation, communications, environmental law, products liability claims, and trust and estate litigation, are topics that are covered on the site. Visitors can also read about the latest litigation in product liability claims, insurance claims, intellectual property, mergers and acquisition litigation, real estate development, and white-collar criminal actions, which involve prominent C-level executives and highly paid board members, on the National Law Review. Whistleblower litigation and stories of employees reporting high-level executives are also highly covered on the site. The impact of court cases across a variety of legal areas is analyzed by the legal experts who write for the National Law Review.

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May
4
2017
Massachusetts SJC Sends Reminder of Fiduciary Duties in Closely-Held Corporations Murtha Cullina
Apr
21
2021
Massachusetts SJC Rules That Employers May Hold Employees Liable for Violating Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Law Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jun
12
2023
Massachusetts SJC rules in favor of Hume Lake Christian Camp zoning appeal under the Dover Amendment Sherin and Lodgen LLP
May
9
2018
Massachusetts SJC Recognizes Limited Affirmative Duty of Universities to Take Suicide Prevention Measures for Known-Risk Students Mintz
Dec
22
2021
Massachusetts SJC Finds a Public Policy Exception to Employment At Will Under the State Personnel Records Law Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Aug
31
2021
Massachusetts SJC Endorses Expansive Reading of the Domestic Violence and Abuse Leave Act Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec
21
2016
Massachusetts Proposes New Greenhouse Gas Rules for Electric Generation, Natural Gas, and Transportation Sectors Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
19
2017
Massachusetts Permits Disability Discrimination Claims Based on Medical Marijuana Use Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
27
2015
Massachusetts Permit Session Jurisdiction Explained Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Apr
30
2020
Massachusetts Nonsolicitation Case Highlights Importance of Choice-of-Law Provisions Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
17
2015
Massachusetts Municipalities Lose First Round in Bid to Hold PCB Manufacturers Liable For Environmental Impacts Beveridge & Diamond PC
Apr
27
2022
Massachusetts Limits State Wage Awards Citing FLSA Preemption ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
9
2020
Massachusetts Land Court Dismisses Claim Asserting COVID-19-Related Impossibility Defense Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
19
2016
Massachusetts Jury Verdict Stands After Court Ruling on Laches Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
6
2016
Massachusetts House Passes Noncompete Reform, H. 4434 Mintz
Feb
9
2018
Massachusetts Highest Court Holds Sick Pay is Not a Wage Under the Massachusetts Wage Act Mintz
Apr
16
2015
Massachusetts Highest Court Holds Businesses Not Required to Permit Tipping Under State Law Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
14
2022
Massachusetts Highest Court Awards Treble Damages Under the Wage Act, Even After Employer Remedied Violation ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
30
2017
Massachusetts High Court: Insurers Not Obligated to Prosecute Counterclaims under Duty-to-Defend Policies Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Feb
12
2020
Massachusetts High Court Upholds Consent-to-Settle Provision, Protecting Insurer Who Did Not Have the “Final Say" Carlton Fields
Dec
22
2021
Massachusetts High Court Rules “ABC” Test Is Inapplicable To Joint Employer Status Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
8
2016
Massachusetts High Court Rules that Leaded Gasoline is Not “Oil” Subject to Less Stringent Cleanup Requirements Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
6
2017
Massachusetts High Court Rules Prong Two of Independent Contractor Test is Severable for FAAAA Preemption Purposes Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
11
2019
Massachusetts High Court Reinforces Discrimination Is About More Than Money Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Oct
5
2023
Massachusetts High Court Reaffirms “Single Look Doctrine” For Evaluating Liquidated Damages Clause in Commercial Leases Pierce Atwood LLP
Jun
25
2014
Massachusetts High Court Permits Compelled Decryption of Seized Digital Evidence Mintz
Mar
26
2013
Massachusetts High Court Limits the Scope of Article 97 Re: Redevelopment of Public Land Taken for Urban Renewal Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
19
2022
Massachusetts High Court Holds Chapter 93A Fee Award Not Covered Under General Liability Policy Hunton Andrews Kurth
Apr
26
2022
Massachusetts High Court Finds COVID-19 Income Loss Excluded From “All-Risk” Business Insurance Policies ArentFox Schiff LLP
Aug
10
2022
Massachusetts High Court Decides Intrastate Delivery Drivers Are Unable to Ditch Their Arbitration Agreements Hunton Andrews Kurth
Dec
17
2021
Massachusetts High Court Clarifies Test to Determine Joint Employer Status under State Wage and Overtime Statutes Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
2
2018
Massachusetts High Court Addresses Investors’ and Boards of Directors’ Liability Under the Wage Act Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jun
8
2018
Massachusetts Finds Pharmacists Have a Legal Duty to Notify Prescribing Physicians of Need for Prior Authorization Forms Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jun
26
2015
Massachusetts Federal Jury Convicts Amateur Golfer for Insider Trading Katten
Jan
11
2014
Massachusetts Federal District Court Decision Reminds Employers Yet Again That They Should Not Trifle With the Independent Contractor Law Mintz
 

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