Worldwide: Civil Law

A decade after the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Universal Health Services v. Escobar, the False Claims Act landscape remains mired in confusion and uncertainty. How has this pivotal ruling reshaped FCA litigation, and what challenges continue to plague the doctrines of falsity, materiality, and scienter in federal enforcement actions?

Most people alive today were born after the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. We may be inclined to take for granted that civil rights are so engrained in our society that racial discrimination is only...

A Massachusetts federal court ruled that disgorgement of internal cost savings is not an available remedy under Chapter 93A when a plaintiff cannot demonstrate that those savings represent profits directly traceable to the plaintiff's anticipated benefits. The decision clarifies the boundaries of disgorgement as a damages theory in unfair trade practices litigation.

The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services addresses a critical question that has divided district courts since the Supreme Court's McLaughlin ruling: whether marketing text messages constitute actionable "telephone calls" under the TCPA's Do Not Call provisions. This landmark appellate decision provides the first clear federal circuit-level guidance on whether consumers can pursue private DNC claims based on unwanted text messages, potentially reshaping TCPA litigati

California Senate Bill 690 proposes significant amendments to the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), aiming to restrict private lawsuits related to pen-register and trap-and-trace violations on digital platforms while transferring enforcement power to the state Attorney General. The bill also seeks to retroactively impact certain pending claims, raising important questions about its implications for businesses facing the ongoing surge of CIPA litigation.

This newsletter from Lewis Brisbois' Child Victims Act/Human Trafficking & Assault Practice Group examines critical legal developments in child sexual abuse and human trafficking litigation, including new 50-state surveys on civil restitution and statutes of limitations, significant appellate decisions reshaping notice standards and consent definitions, and contrasting jury verdicts that highlight the evidentiary challenges in decades-old abuse cases. The analysis provides practical insights into how courts

In Kahoot! AS v. CPDLive Pty Ltd., 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117781 (D. Mass. May 28, 2026), the district court denied Kahoot!’s motion for leave to amend to add a Chapter 93A claim, holding that the proposed claim...

The past year saw several high-profile rulings reinforcing core defamation principles, including the Supreme Court’s refusal to revisit Alex Jones’s $1.4 billion verdict, new guidance on actual malice standards...

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.