Worldwide: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

A rapidly emerging wave of litigation is targeting data centers on multiple legal grounds including environmental violations, land use disputes, nuisance claims, tort actions, and civil rights allegations. Legal experts examine the current landscape of these cases and analyze the potential for mass tort, personal injury, and property damage claims that are likely to follow as data center development continues to expand.

Personal injury cases in New Jersey follow a complex timeline influenced by medical recovery, evidence gathering, insurance negotiations, and potential litigation. Understanding the key stages—from initial treatment through possible trial—helps injured parties set realistic expectations about how long their case may take and what factors could extend or shorten the process.

The Cartiva synthetic cartilage implant, designed to treat big toe arthritis, has led to widespread litigation after a 2024 recall due to complications including implant subsidence, displacement, and nerve damage.

A Washington Court of Appeals has ruled that an employee's not-yet-conceived child may pursue a negligence claim against the employer for birth defects allegedly caused by workplace chemical exposure before conception. The decision addresses whether employers owe a duty of care to future children and whether workers' compensation exclusivity bars such claims, with significant implications pending potential Supreme Court review.

An Illinois circuit court recently imposed $60,000 in sanctions on a law firm and attorney for submitting AI-generated fabricated case citations in court filings, marking a significant escalation in judicial penalties for artificial intelligence misuse. The case reveals how multiple instances of AI hallucinations across several filings, combined with inadequate disclosure and failure to take responsibility, led to one of the largest sanctions to date for AI-related misconduct in legal practice.

A U.S. court has ruled that a professional liability insurer breached its policy by settling a claim against one insured without obtaining consent from all other insureds named under the same policy. The decision hinged on the interpretation of an ambiguous consent-to-settle clause, which the court construed against the insurer under the contra proferentem principle, leaving insurers with important lessons about drafting multi-insured policies.

In a decision discussing the scope of the automatic stay to third parties, on June 22, 2026, the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (the B.A.P. or the Court) affirmed a decision from the Central District...

A Washington Court of Appeals has ruled that an employee's not-yet-conceived child may pursue a negligence claim against the employer for birth defects allegedly caused by workplace chemical exposure before conception. The decision addresses whether employers owe a duty of care to future children and whether workers' compensation exclusivity bars such claims, with significant implications pending potential Supreme Court review.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has affirmed a preliminary injunction against Nielsen in a landmark constructive tying case, establishing that pricing differentials alone can constitute illegal tying under the Sherman Act when they leave buyers with no economically rational alternative. This ruling carries significant implications for data, analytics, and subscription-based businesses that employ bundled pricing strategies, as it confirms that antitrust liability can arise from pricing structu

In Local Marketing, Inc. v. Bennett, the Texas Business Court addressed a common dispute involving employees who depart a business to form a competing venture.

Florida is emerging as a favorable venue for defamation lawsuits because its long-arm statute makes it easier to bring out-of-state publishers into court—but plaintiffs still must clear the same substantive legal...

AI tools are already generating false, reputation-damaging statements about real people—but early defamation lawsuits against companies like OpenAI, Google and Meta are struggling because courts are applying...