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The following recent developments at the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation provide some practical pointers when facing litigation in multiple jurisdictions.

Under the recently enacted Court of Chancery Rule 5.1, the Court of Chancery has set forth a new procedure for the filing of complaints under seal.

The New York Times reported that in 2015 "a jury convicted Robert Neulander, a prominent doctor in central New York, of killing his wife

Michael Lowry (Partner-Las Vegas) authored “Are Nevada Procedural Statutes Still Effective in Federal Courts?” appearing in the June 1, 2026, edition of Nevada Lawyer magazine.

Last week, a New York appellate court issued a decision that will allow one part of a legal challenge to go forward against the City's ambitious effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions from buildings over 25,000 square feet.

Leading the country with 3,173 federal ADA Title III lawsuits in 2022, plaintiff-friendly court decisions will likely keep New York in the top spot.

Effective October 7, New York law now authorizes state courts to seal nonviolent criminal convictions that are more than ten years old.

In Thyroff v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, 864 N.E.2d 1272 (N.Y. 2007), the Court of Appeals of New York certified the question to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals whether New York recognizes a cause of action of conversion for intangible electronic records that are stored on a computer.

We earlier blogged on the Appellate Divisions decision in Jalas v. Halperin.

Plaintiff's counsel often employ a range of strategic tactics to defeat diversity jurisdiction because they view federal court as an unfavorable forum.

The Ninth Circuit ruled that a district court erred by failing to consider the entire course of the litigation when analyzing a request for attorney's fees under ERISA and remanded the case for a calculation of fees.

State court litigants have witnessed their share of discovery abuses, where opposing parties indiscriminately (and sometimes improperly) serve subpoenas on federal agencies in the hopes of finding information, or just causing trouble.

In Joseph P. Pritchett v. Mike Gaines and Janet Gaines, as Next Friends for Martha Michelle Gaines, Non Compos Mentis; Cause No. 12-10-00167 in the Twelfth Court of Appeals at Tyler, the jury found that the driver of an 18-wheeler transporting a used oil rig, which struck Michelle Gaines’ vehicle and left her non compos mentis, was negligent, awarding $8 million in damages.

Dustin Nofziger, a member of Pryor Cashman's Financial Institutions Group, wrote an article for Bloomberg Law about the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy...

In Wackenhut Corp. v. Gutierrez, the Texas Supreme Court reversed the jury verdict against Wackenhut because a spoliation instruction was erroneously given by the trial court.

A sharply divided New York Court of Appeals recently held that defendants who allegedly made intentional and repeated use of New York correspondent bank accounts for money laundering...

SGR has secured another victory for client the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry ("National Grange") that will significantly advance its collection efforts for a $144,715.70 attorney...