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A federal court dismissed a securities fraud class action against a payment technology company, finding that plaintiffs failed to adequately demonstrate that alleged misstatements about routing volume caused the stock price decline following DOJ antitrust disclosures. The court held that expert opinions cannot substitute for well-pleaded facts when establishing loss causation, and that a 6.6% price drop followed by quick recovery was insufficient to support the claim.

The Texas Supreme Court's decision in Paxton v. City of Austin reveals a procedural trap for businesses suing the government: winning the right to be heard can paradoxically freeze the entire case. When governmental defendants challenge a court's jurisdiction and lose, they can immediately appeal, putting all proceedings on hold—potentially for months or years.

On February 20, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal brought by the trustee of the Millennium Lender Claim Trust challenging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit's August 2023 decision.

An unanimous U.S. Supreme Court determined that police officers must get a warrant to search a suspect's cellphone, absent an exigent circumstance.

In Rochalski v. Sklodowski, Case No. 10-P-1750, 2012 Mass. App. Unpub. LEXIS 12 (Jan. 6, 2012), a decision issued pursuant to Rule 1:28, the Appeals Court affirmed the probate court's judgment voiding certain transactions on grounds of lack of capacity and undue influence.

Last year, the Florida Supreme Court signaled its intention to adopt the summary judgment standard articulated in the Celotex trilogy, by directing the parties in...

On August 30, 2024, the Texas Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion in Richard Wade v. Luiz Valdetaro, et al., reversing an approximate $21 million judgment rendered after a virtual bench trial.

In a case of first impression, the Fifth Circuit held that Section 74.351 of the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code does not apply in federal court.

Yesterday the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case raising questions of when investors have standing to sue under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933...

On January 1, 2022, on recommendation of the Louisiana State Law Institute, the Louisiana Legislature overhauled major components of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.

A U.S. District court ruled that a UK defendant may be served via Facebook.

A divided Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that a court may compel a criminal defendant to provide the password to encrypted digital evidence.

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently affirmed the dismissal of a contractor's mechanics’ lien on the grounds that the lien was not filed within 6 months after the completion of the work as required by Pennsylvania’s Lien Law.

The Tax Court will issue a notice setting the case for trial approximately five months before the trial date.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction that allowed four college football players to compete despite NCAA eligibility restrictions, finding critical legal errors in the lower court's antitrust analysis. The decision addresses whether NCAA eligibility rules constitute commercial restraints subject to Sherman Act scrutiny and establishes demanding evidentiary standards for challenging such rules. This case contributes to evolving jurisprudence on NCAA regulations in the era of NI

Every year The American Tort Reform Foundation publishes its Judicial Hellholes® report which highlights prominent jurisdictions across the United States...

This rule effectively allows parties to an LLC agreement to contract out of equity by describing an act as "void" in their agreement.

On December 26, 2024, a merits panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed (yet again) the course of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)...