Trial Checklist

The New Jersey Supreme Court refused to allow a respondent to benefit from its refusal to pay arbitration fees in Roach v. BM Motoring, LLC, 2017 WL 931430 (NJ March 9, 2017).

The top ten largest class action settlements in securities cases in the U.S. have recouped tens of billions of dollars in damages.

Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens, No. 13-719, a case involving the procedural requirements for removing a class action from state to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act ("CAFA").

A company that receives a demand letter under California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) should assume that a California consumer class action may be coming.

The USPTO regularly offers its Stakeholder Training on Examination Practice and Procedure for individuals who have recently passed the Patent Bar for the purpose of representing applicants before the USPTO.

A federal court granted Disney's motion to compel arbitration in an antitrust class action, allowing the company to invoke fuboTV's subscriber terms of service after acquiring a 70% stake in the streaming platform. The ruling demonstrates how corporate mergers can fundamentally alter litigation strategy by enabling non-signatories to enforce arbitration agreements containing "future affiliates" provisions.

On December 14, 2021, the Washington State Court of Appeals issued an opinion.

The post analyzes the recent ICSID Award in Favianca v. Venezuela and, more broadly, addresses the issue of international claims filed after a State has denounced a treaty but before that denunciation has become effective.

The Court granted petitions for panel rehearing in two precedential cases: NRA Group, LLC v. Durenleau and Murrin v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The panels issued amended opinions making minor changes in each case...

In October 2024, the Ninth Circuit decided Heckman v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 120 F. 4th 670 (9th Cir. 2024). We wrote here about the Court's decision to invalidate Ticketmaster's arbitration agreement.