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Parties commonly enter into agreements tolling the statute of limitations for claims arising under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). However, the validity of such agreements, which some argue have thwarted the public’s interest in prompt resolution of CEQA disputes, has not been certain.

The Family Court Rules of Civil Procedure are unique in many respects.

The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals ruled in favor of a contractor in a construction delay case, rejecting the government's motion to dismiss claims based on alleged failures to state sum certain amounts and improper claim presentation. The decision provides critical guidance on post-ECC International standards for contractor claims under the Contract Disputes Act, particularly regarding how delay claims organized by windows analysis satisfy jurisdictional requirements.

The Supreme Court's ruling in Arizona v. United States is a significant victory for opponents of the Arizona immigration law.

The Delaware Superior Court recently issued a significant ruling on insurance coverage for SEC disgorgement, determining that such payments are neither automatically excluded as civil penalties nor categorically uninsurable under Delaware law. This decision has important implications for directors and officers liability insurance policies and the scope of coverage available for regulatory enforcement actions. The court's analysis focused on specific policy language and established legal principles governing

In this article, the authors analyze district courts' treatment of discovery disputes following the amendment to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(1)...

The Federal Circuit examined whether a patent claim requiring return information to be initiated "without assistance by a user" excludes scenarios where users establish internet connections. The court's interpretation of this claim language and its analysis of the specification and prosecution history determined the validity of patents covering technology for recovering lost or stolen computers.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sent a stern warning to attorneys practicing before it.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction prohibiting the defendant from using the mark "CROSSBOW" to sell exercise equipment.

There was a significant ruling in the Doe v. Github case involving training of AI code generator models on open source. The United States Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court ruling dismissing part of an action brought under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) by programmers against GitHub, Inc., and other defendants. The issues centered on whether defendants removed copyright management information (CMI) from content used to train the AI code generator models.

U.S. Court of International Trade Judge Richard K. Eaton has announced that the Court will begin issuing individual refund orders for plaintiffs in the IEEPA tariff refund litigation. The Government requires court orders to reliquidate finally liquidated entries, meaning importers who have not filed suit will be unable to recover their IEEPA tariff payments through the voluntary CAPE system.

A party can seek to depose a corporation or an organization by sending a notice or subpoena that describes "with reasonable particularity the matters for examination."

Tomorrow, April 1, 2014, the Court’s amendments to Rule 171 and Rule 10 will go effective.

The Texas Supreme Court recently addressed a noteworthy case, Moore v. Wells Fargo Bank, No. 23-0525, 2024 WL 735927 (Tex. February 23, 2024), involving the simultaneous rescission and reacceleration of a loan, ruling that such actions reset the foreclosure statute of limitations.

Per the Court of Chancery, Rule 113 of the Court of Chancery Rules was amended to make it consistent with 12 Del. C. Section 3951, which was recently amended by the General Assembly.

Two federal appellate courts issued significant rulings on class action procedures: the Ninth Circuit addressed intervention rights after settlement of injunctive relief claims, while the D.C. Circuit clarified standing requirements for Rule 23(b)(2) class-wide relief. These decisions provide important guidance on procedural aspects of class action litigation in federal courts.

A federal district court in New York enforced an ERISA retirement plan's forum selection clause and transferred the case to the District of New Jersey.

The Delaware Supreme Court entered three separate orders modifying Delaware Supreme Court Rules 2(b), 15(a)(iii), 16(c), 69(b).