In Kent v. TransUnion, plaintiff Rowdy Kent sued multiple consumer reporting agencies and the United States Defense Finance and Accounting Services for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

In a prior post, we highlighted a decision from the Indiana Supreme Court's applying the so-called "acceptance rule," which shields contractors from liability...

In a divided opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed a district court ruling that dismissed a case against the Czech Republic on jurisdictional grounds.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had held that state sovereign immunity principles asserted by a plaintiff do not permit it

The Statute "authorizes removal of a civil action brought against any person acting under an officer of the United States for or relating to any act under color of such office."

On May 9, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 256, which overhauls Florida's Public Employees Relations Act, implementing significant changes to procedures related to dues authorization and deduction...

The Pueblo of Pojoaque needs a new Class III gaming compact by June 2015 in order to continue operating its casinos which are located north of Santa Fe.

The SEC will be closed on December 24th and 25th in observance of the holiday.

With Paul Atkins as the new SEC Chair, the agency's priorities have shifted away from many of the aggressive policies of former Chair Gensler. The first four months of the Republican controlled SEC saw a dramatic shift...

On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Second Circuit ruled that Halkbank, a commercial bank majority owned by Turkey...

Floods lead to costly claims for insurance companies. Unfortunately, subrogated insurers are frequently precluded from pursuing governmental entities that cause flooding...

This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses the United States' immunity from suit for fire suppression efforts.

This opinion follows a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision that found a five-year limitations period for BIPA claims.

In "Friedberg v. Comm’r", T.C. Memo 2011-238, the Tax Court granted summary judgment for the IRS.

In a decision published October 19, 2020, Judge Frank J. Bailey of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts found that an Indian tribe...

The First Circuit’s recent decision in Borinquen Biscuit Corp. v. M.V. Trading Corp., 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 8206 (1st Cir. April 4, 2006), illustrates the importance of filing Section 15 affidavits to claim incontestable status for trademarks that have been registered for more than five years.

In the case of Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia v. One Sixty Over Ninety, LLC, 2019 WL 2635620 (June 27, 2019), in a case of first impression,

The Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, David E. Nahmias, submitted a letter to Governor Kemp on February 11 announcing that he would be resigning from his position at the conclusion of the Court's term on July 17.

First Tuesday Update is our monthly take on current issues in commercial disputes, international arbitration, and judgment enforcement. This month we share an update on a first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought...

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.