United States: Trials & Appeals & Compensation

In a recent decision that could alter how plaintiffs present expert witness testimony in state court toxic tort claims, the Georgia Court of Appeals in Sterigenics US LLC v. Mutz, No. A25A1377, 2025...

We are pleased to present this year's Global Perspectives: Construction & Infrastructure Disputes, featuring key insights and legal developments of 2025 from around the world, with significant implications for construction...

Every trial tells a story — but what happens when the storyteller becomes the judge? Managing Partner Jeny Maier joins Anora Wang as co-host for a wide-ranging conversation with the Honorable Judge Richard Franklin Boulware II about his extraordinary path from public defender to federal judge, and the lessons he's learned about persuasion, fairness, and the fine art of trial craft.

Constructive trust claims regularly arise in trusts and estates litigation. Based upon a recent decision that Suffolk County Surrogate Vincent J. Messina, Jr. issued, in which the Surrogate found that a constructive...

Since 2021, Arizona, nonlawyers have been permitted to hold ownership in law firms, provided that these law firms meet specific criteria. With certification from the Arizona Supreme Court under the state's "alternate business structure" (ABS) statute...

Yesterday, in Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens (No. 25A608), a presumably 6-3 Court issued a short order allowing Texas's new, and explicitly gerrymandered...

Every litigation attorney knows Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) requires courts to "freely give leave" to amend pleadings "when justice so requires."

On December 1, 2025, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16.1 took effect, providing judges a roadmap for initial case management of multidistrict litigation ("MDLs") and paving the way for early challenges to meritless claims.

On November 6, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued a decision that bolsters employers' authority to restrict employees from displaying politically...