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On May 29, 2026, Governor Abigail Spanberger vetoed Virginia’s closely watched class action legislation, preserving Virginia’s status as one of only two states in the country (the other one being Mississippi)...

In Fry v. American Honda Motor Co., the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania addressed a multi-state putative class action arising from allegations...

For the past few months, we've been taking a detailed look at the Court's results record and the individual Justices' voting records in various areas of the civil and criminal law.

There has been a flurry of what are known as Rule 28(j) letters submitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in connection with tomorrow's oral arguments in NCAA v. Christie, dealing with the constitutionality of PASPA and whether New Jersey will be able to offer sports betting in casinos and at racetracks.

This installment is the second in our series on the Wisconsin Supreme Court's 2017-18 term. For the previous installment, click here.

For several years now, Texas appellate lawyers have had to swing both ways.

Some cases present issues that are difficult for the parties to litigate or for the courts to decide. But those cases tend to be the exception.

A North Carolina federal court has ruled that text messages do not fall under the TCPA's Do Not Call private right of action, following similar reasoning from the Seventh Circuit's Steidinger decision. The ruling leaves open broader questions about whether cell phone subscribers qualify for Do Not Call protections at all, while the bulk of TCPA compliance obligations under Section 227(b) remain unchanged.

Welcome to Construction & Claims, a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving construction news, claims, bid protests, contract administration...

On September 10, in Monahan v. City of New Orleans, No. 2025-CA-0757, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a district court judgment compelling the City of New Orleans to pay an $8,284,084.51 tax refund judgment through a writ of mandamus, rejecting the City’s argument that payment remained discretionary absent a specific legislative appropriation.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Independent Office of Appeals (IRS Appeals) has been slow to resolve Covid-era Employee Retention Credit (ERC) refund claims.

Appropriately, on Tax Day 2026, the Court of Appeal issued its ruling in The Retail Property Trust v. Orange County Assessment Appeals Board No. 1 addressing available property tax assessment relief under Revenue...

Article III of the U.S. Constitution limits federal courts' jurisdiction to actual cases and controversies only.

A New York appellate court recently reversed a lower court's summary judgment award in a rear-end collision case, establishing that a sudden stop on a highway without apparent reason can provide a non-negligent explanation for the trailing driver. The decision in Correa v. Cannon demonstrates how certain sudden stops differ from typical rear-end collision scenarios where the trailing driver is presumed negligent. This ruling offers critical guidance for defendants facing liability in highway rear-end accide

In a move with implications for all retailers that sell products under their own brand names in the State of Washington, Division 1 of Washington’s Court of Appeals has agreed to hear an interlocutory appeal in Monika Johnson v. Recreational Equipment, Inc., Case No. 65463-2-1.

On December 23, 2024, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a December 3 trial court injunction that had blocked enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the "CTA") on a nationwide basis.

On January 11, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision that affects all employers who provide deferred compensation to employees in the state of New York.