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Massachusetts Federal Court Holds Alleged Retaliation For Regulatory Reporting May Support Chapter 93A Liability

In Whitewater, Inc. v. Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc., the District Court of Massachusetts denied defendant Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. (JLL)’s partial motion to dismiss a Chapter 93A...

United States Litigation

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

My Marriage Was Short, Can I Get An Annulment?

In some cases, marriages end soon after they begin, prompting individuals to consider annulment as an alternative to divorce. In Washington State, a Petition for Invalidity of Marriage serves as the legal equivalent...

United States Family

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Beresford Booth

D.C. Circuit Sends CFPB Restructuring Dispute Back To District Court While Retaining Jurisdiction Over En Banc Appeal

In a significant procedural development in the ongoing litigation over the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has issued...

United States Litigation

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Ballard Spahr LLP

When Your Litigation Team Uses ChatGPT: Texas And New York Courts Protect AI Work Product And Break With Heppner

Two courts recently addressed whether AI prompts and conversations used in litigation preparation are discoverable, with both the Texas Business Court and New York Supreme Court...

United States Litigation

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Jones Walker

Showing “Substantial Likelihood Of Liability” In Washington Derivative Claims

United States Litigation

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Beresford Booth

USPTO Director Defines "Exceptional Circumstances” For Director Review—and Terminates Three IPRs

United States IP

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K&L Gates LLP

Appeals Court Vacates Chapter 93A Judgment Where Factual Disputes Over Defendants’ Motivations Require Resolution At Trial

United States Litigation

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

A Room With A View: What The Secondaries Boom Is Really Telling Us About Private Markets

United States Litigation

FL

Foley & Lardner

SJC Blocks Rent-Control Initiative From 2026 Ballot — Massachusetts’s Statewide Prohibition On Rent Regulation Remains Intact

United States Real Estate

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Mintz

New York Commercial Judges Embrace The Promises—and Confront The Perils—of Generative AI In Litigation

United States Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

Texas Business Court Clarifies Jurisdictional Removal Deadlines In DrinkPAK V. PR III/Crow Building C

United States Litigation

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Delaware Court Reinforces The Basic Premise: Expert Patent Damages Testimony Should Be Grounded In The Actual Facts Of The Case

United States IP

CS

Cole Schotz P.C.

Fifteenth Court Of Appeals Denies Mandamus Relief In Texas Business Court Discovery Dispute

United States Litigation

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

City Of Riverside v. RLI Insurance Company

United States Insurance

LB

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

We Were Both Wrong About Legal AI. Here’s What Changed Our Minds.

United States Technology

Axiom

AI Notetakers: Productivity Tool Or Emerging Legal Risk?

United States Technology

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Mayer Brown

U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Government-Contractor Defense – What Federal Construction And Infrastructure Contractors Must Know

United States Government

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Duane Morris LLP

Tennessee Limits Non-Compete Agreements With Lower Compensated Employees While Presuming That Restrictive Covenants Of Up To Two Years Are Reasonable In Duration

United States Employment

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Carter Ledyard & Milburn

Court Rejects Chapter 93A Claim For Lack Of Massachusetts Nexus In Kahoot! v. CPDLive

United States Litigation

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Timing Is Everything: GAO Dismisses Three Protests Filed Before The Solicitation Deadline But After GAO’s Daily Cutoff Time

A recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision dismissing three pre-award protests as untimely highlights an important procedural trap for would-be protesters.

United States Government

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Court Strikes Down $100,000 H-1B Payment As Unlawful Tax

A Massachusetts federal court has struck down the $100,000 required payment on H-1B visa petitions, ruling it an unauthorized tax that exceeded executive authority. The decision addresses constitutional limits on executive immigration action and eliminates a significant cost barrier for employers sponsoring foreign workers.

United States Immigration

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

The Derivative Claim And The Majority Approval Trap

Can an LLC operating agreement strip a minority member of the right to sue derivatively—simply by requiring majority approval before anyone commences litigation “involving the Company”?...

United States Commercial

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Federal Circuit Rules Chemical Properties Measured At Standard Conditions

In Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., No. 2024-1641 (Fed. Cir. May 13, 2026), the Federal Circuit held that a claimed chemical property or characteristic is construed as being determined...

United States IP

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Lerner David

Procedural Themes In EU Merger Enforcement: Key Lessons From The General Court’s Vivendi/Lagardère Judgments

United States Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

California Court Of Appeal Highlights Licensing Risk For Equipment Suppliers And Installers

United States Commercial

FL

Foley & Lardner

Supreme Court Confines §1519 Venue For Document Falsification Charges To Location Of Alleged Falsification

United States Litigation

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Court Rejects Chapter 93A Claim For Lack Of Massachusetts Nexus In Kahoot! v. CPDLive

United States Litigation

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Patent Owners Upend Timeline: Mere Allegation Of Hidden Real Parties Can Force New Filing Date

United States IP

BT

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Mastering The Chat Matrix: Technical E-Discovery Considerations For Collaborative Communications Platforms

United States Litigation

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Can Claimants Avoid Arbitration By Adding Non-Signatory Defendants?

Worldwide Litigation

Aceris Law

What Is Going On With FinCEN's Residential Real Estate Rule?

United States Commercial

HK

Holland & Knight

The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 151: Key Appellate Decisions In Class Action Litigation (Podcast)

United States Litigation

DM

Duane Morris LLP

“Simply Put, Chapter 15 Is Not Chapter 11” – U.S. Bankruptcy Court Cracks Open Door For Canadian Cannabis Restructurings

United States Cannabis

DM

Duane Morris LLP

The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 151: Key Appellate Decisions In Class Action Litigation (Podcast)

Duane Morris partners examine critical appellate rulings affecting class action litigation, exploring the mechanisms and success rates of interlocutory appeals under Rule 23(f) and Section 1292(b). The discussion highlights recent landmark cases involving pension risk transfers and union grievance rights that have created circuit splits requiring appellate resolution.

United States Litigation

DM

Duane Morris LLP

What Is Going On With FinCEN's Residential Real Estate Rule?

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on March 1, 2026, implemented the Residential Real Estate Rule (RRE Rule), which requires certain real estate...

United States Commercial

HK

Holland & Knight

Can Claimants Avoid Arbitration By Adding Non-Signatory Defendants?

Courts across major jurisdictions consistently reject attempts to circumvent arbitration agreements by adding non-signatory defendants to litigation. While approaches differ—from the U.S.'s flexible equitable...

Worldwide Litigation

Aceris Law

“Simply Put, Chapter 15 Is Not Chapter 11” – U.S. Bankruptcy Court Cracks Open Door For Canadian Cannabis Restructurings

Cannabis companies had long been shut out of the U.S. bankruptcy system because federal courts refused to administer assets derived from or connected to federally prohibited activity.

United States Cannabis

DM

Duane Morris LLP

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Cracks Open Door For Canadian Cannabis Restructurings

United States Cannabis

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Third Circuit Pumps The Brakes On Class Action Fee Multiplier

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a $3.7 million fee award for the second time, establishing that strict limits on lodestar multipliers now apply to contractual fee-shifting arrangements governed by federal law.

United States Litigation

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Immigration Now (At Least For A While) Costs Less: Federal Court Blocks $100k Fee For H-1B Visas

A federal judge in Massachusetts has vacated the Trump administration's $100,000 supplemental payment requirement for H-1B visa petitions, which had been in effect since September 2025.

United States Immigration

FL

Foley & Lardner

The Importance Of Consistent Positions: Beware Of Judicial Estoppel

The ancient Roman legal maxim "Allegans Contraria Non Est Audiendus" evolved into the modern doctrine of judicial estoppel, which prevents parties from taking contradictory positions in court proceedings.

United States Litigation

BB

Beresford Booth

Testing Before Taking: California Court Confirms DWR May Enter Land Before Project Funding Is Secured

In Department of Water Resources Cases, the Third District Court of Appeal addressed whether the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) may obtain court-authorized entry onto private property to conduct...

United States Real Estate

FL

Fennemore

Sixteen Years, Three Lawsuits, One Mile Of Highway 101: Improvements Are Coming, Finally?

United States Environment

FL

Fennemore

New York’s Part 161: What Attorneys Need To Know About The New AI Rule

United States Litigation

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Russo Law

Federal Evidence Rulemaking On AI Hits Pause: An EDVA Update

United States Litigation

BB

Baker Botts LLP

Trade Secret Law Evolution Podcast, Episode 90: New Circuit Cases On Statute Of Limitations And The Preliminary Injunction Standard (Podcast)

United States Commercial

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

A Video Game Lawsuit Shows How Discovery Into AI Chat Logs Is Changing The Game

United States Litigation

BB

Baker Botts LLP

All Lawyers In Action Removed From The Record For Misuse Of AI (Withers V. Aberdeen (City))

United States Litigation

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Litigation Privilege

United States Litigation

BB

Beresford Booth

NCAA Taken To Court Over Their Suspension Of Texas Tech's Brendan Sorsby

United States Media & IT

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Jones Walker

Texas Business Court Reaffirms Jurisdictional Standards In Real Estate Development Dispute

United States Litigation

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

IEEPA Tariff Refund Update: Government Appeals CIT Refund Order And The Road Ahead For Importers

United States International

HK

Holland & Knight

Debts After Death: What New Jersey Executors And Administrators Should Know About Creditor Claims

United States Family

CS

Cole Schotz P.C.

A New DOJ Memo Speeds Up Review Of Benefits-Fraud Qui Tams—and What It Means For Defendants

United States Criminal

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Eimer Stahl

Not Going To California – Wiretap Claims Dismissed

United States Privacy

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

H-1B Fee Reinstated Pending Appeal: MA Court Stays Its Own Ruling

United States Immigration

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Klasko

Venice Court Questions Parallel Jurisdiction Regime During UPC Transitional Period

United States IP

JA

J A Kemp LLP

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Duane Morris LLP

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Beresford Booth

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HK

Holland & Knight

How To Handle Service Of Process Effectively (Video)

OK

Offit Kurman

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