United States: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

When an artificial intelligence (AI) company gets sued, the opposing side can demand access to the technical core of its business: the training datasets, model architectures, and algorithms that define how the system behaves.

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...

The Texas Business Court has weighed in on a critical question facing modern litigation: can conversations with AI tools like ChatGPT be shielded from discovery? In a June 2026 ruling,...

On May 8 in Aspire Commercial, LLC v. Christopher Stephenson and BES.AI, LLC, Judge Stagner of the Eleventh Division addresses the question of whether a party seeking to remove a case to the Texas Business Court...

Recent updates to the federal independent dispute resolution process under the No Surprises Act have introduced significant operational changes affecting how payment disputes are processed and resolved.

A North Carolina court's recent ruling demonstrates how California's restrictions on non-compete agreements can extend beyond state lines, potentially exposing employers to liability for merely attempting to enforce void restrictive covenants.

On May 8 in Aspire Commercial, LLC v. Christopher Stephenson and BES.AI, LLC, Judge Stagner of the Eleventh Division addresses the question of whether a party seeking to remove a case to the Texas Business Court...

The Federal Circuit recently addressed whether claims directed to a relay device for tracking farming operations constitute patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101.

A Massachusetts Superior Court ruled that a law firm and its partner were not liable under Chapter 93A for allegedly interfering with a plaintiff's visa status, finding that the defendants' conduct did not occur...

For hundreds of years, the world’s sovereign nations refused to allow any other foreign sovereign to be sued in their courts without the sovereign’s consent. The guiding principle was “absolute sovereign immunity,” an outgrowth of the ancient legal precept rex non potest peccare, understood to mean “the king can do no wrong.” The principle also was recognized as wise foreign policy because it extended "grace and comity" to other sovereigns.

The U.S. Supreme Court's April 22, 2026, decision in Hencely v. Fluor Corp. rejected the recent expansion of the government-contractor defense for private contractors working on certain federal projects...

Recent Supreme Court decisions have fundamentally reshaped the legal protections available to government contractors facing tort claims and civil litigation. The Court's rulings in GEO Group v. Menocal and Hencely v. Fluor Corp. have narrowed the scope of contractor immunities and eliminated key procedural advantages, forcing contractors to reassess their risk exposure when performing work under federal contracts.