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New York's General Municipal Law § 239-m requires municipal boards to refer certain planning and zoning actions to county planning boards before approval. What happens when a multi-million-dollar development project moves forward without this crucial referral, and can the damage be undone?

The Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court, sitting in its appellate capacity, recently found in two similar cases that Miami-Dade County violated property owners' due process rights...

On April 24, 2026, the Complex Commercial Litigation Division of the Delaware Superior Court denied the buyer’s motion to dismiss in Second Run, LLC f/k/a Webata, LLC v. 1WorldSync, Inc., C.A. No. N25C-08-068 KMM...

Under the joint defense/common interest doctrine, separately represented clients can avoid what otherwise would be a waiver when they and their lawyers share privileged communications in pursuing a common legal strategy.

The Fifth Circuit has vacated the stay it had granted on Dec. 23, 2024, of the injunction that suspended enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting rule

On Dec. 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the ruling of its own motions panel, and the nationwide injunction enjoining enforcement of the CTA is once again in effect.

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned its longstanding Oran-Burlington rule, fundamentally changing how materiality is assessed in securities fraud cases. This landmark decision eliminates the bright-line test that used stock price movements as a definitive measure of whether alleged misstatements were material to investors.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit zeroed in on potential defects in jury instructions as it heard oral arguments in an appeal of a class action lawsuit against Yale University...

On October 13, 2026, in Bolton v. Inland Fresh Seafood Corporation of America, Inc., No. 24-10084, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit overturned its longstanding practice of requiring benefit plan participants to exhaust administrative remedies before filing statutory claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Administrative exhaustion requirements compel potential litigants to satisfy any plan-required internal appeals process with the plan sponsor or the plan administrator to resolve a dispute before a suit may be filed in court.

The Second District Court of Appeal reversed a trial court's denial of a motion to compel arbitration in an employment dispute, finding that multiple onboarding documents created a valid arbitration...

On May 17, 2005, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition for review of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders stating that renewable energy credits, or RECs, are not inherently conveyed to utilities purchasing power from qualifying facilities under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). The Court held it had no jurisdiction over the dispute over entitlement to RECs under contracts entered into pursuant to PURPA, and that it must first

On June 27th, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortions in the event of medical emergencies.

In what may lead to a clarifying opinion regarding patent claim construction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed to rehear, <I>en banc</I>, an appeal previously decided by a three-judge panel.

Reversing a summary judgment of invalidity on the grounds of obviousness, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a genuine factual dispute existed where specific facts were presented that raised issues of credibility of the declarants relied on to establish the date of a prior art publication.

When a Texas regulator takes a position with serious consequences for a business, the administrative proceeding may not be the only place to challenge it. The Texas Supreme Court's decision in Kensington Title-Nevada v. Texas Department of State Health Services clarified when businesses can bypass the full agency process and take rule disputes directly to court under Section 2001.038 of the Texas Administrative Procedure Act. This option can have significant practical implications for the cost and scope of

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has recently adopted a revised version of the Local Rules of Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure of the Court.

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, applying Wisconsin law, has held that software development and product sales could constitute technology services “performed for others for compensation” under a technology professional liability policy. In re CivilGEO, Inc., 2026 WL 1283561 (Bankr. W.D. Wis. May 8, 2026).