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On December 12, 2013, we reported on a United States District Court's confirmation of a roughly $400 million Mexican arbitration award entered against an oil company affiliated with the Mexican government.

On May 11, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision in BMD Contractors, Inc. v. Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland (No. 11-1345), affirming a lower court summary judgment in favor of a surety on a payment bond.

Pileco arose out of a dispute regarding an allegedly defective 40-ton trench-cutting machine, sold by Pileco to Slurry for use on a Corps of Engineers project.

A federal judge dismissed securities fraud claims against a fitness company and its executives, finding that plaintiffs failed to demonstrate the company knowingly misled investors about inventory levels and pricing decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court determined that the more compelling inference was that management genuinely believed their inventory strategy would meet anticipated demand, rather than intentionally concealing excess stock.

The Texas Supreme Court may be re-writing summary judgments in Texas.

The Supreme Court's decision squarely rejects the Ninth Circuit's extension of equitable principles to modify the appeals deadline.

In In re GreCon, Inc., a Texas appellate court recently addressed when a party must produce settlement agreements.

It has been awhile since we touched on the Fifth Circuit, but the MIghty Mighty Fifth neither slumbers nor sleeps

Hat tip to the ABA Blog for another tale of woe about attorneys who worsened their fate with bad spelling.

It's hard to get a moment's rest when you are the "Appellate Record.

You have come to the right place to get the 2012 Supreme Court update to be presented at the UT Conference on State and Federal Appeals.

There's a connection here, I swear it. Rumor has it that Van Halen's 1982 tour rider contained a requirement that the venue provide the band with a bowl of M&Ms . . . less the brown ones.

Appellate courts traditionally allowed several options for seeking interlocutory appeals of trial court rulings ordering the disclosure of privileged communications or documents.

The question becomes, how can a party file a complaint in the Court of Chancery if the declarant is not located within the United States and unable to access a notary public to verify the pleading?

For website tracking cases involving data privacy, a business’s ability to prevail in a motion to dismiss for lack of Article III standing just took a step backward.

Prosecuting and defending attorneys, as well as courts, require unbiased and objective expertise when assessing financial matters related to litigation.

Some courts rely on affidavits or some other extrinsic evidence when assessing a protection claim – rather than a reviewing of the documents themselves, while other courts takes exactly the opposite position.

In "Burt v. Secure Telemedicine, LLC", the Commercial Division reconfirmed the need for specific allegations of personal contact with the state of New York.