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The April term of court for the Georgia Court of Appeals will end on July 15. In these last weeks of the term, the Court often will issue opinions in its most difficult cases.

Most people think settlement ends a dispute. But a settlement agreement is a legally binding contract, and disputes regarding compliance can arise. A recent decision from the Washington Court of Appeals, Cai v. Wen...

It used to be that orders granting new trials were effectively not reviewable. But the Texas Supreme Court has started to rein in the discretion of the trial court to grant a new trial.

It used to be that orders granting new trials were effectively not reviewable. But the Texas Supreme Court has started to rein in the discretion of the trial court to grant a new trial.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court addressed post-settlement challenges in a class action involving alleged violations of the state's security deposit statute and Chapter 93A.

The New York Supreme Court implemented a major change to the Commercial Division rules governing privilege logs submitted during the course of litigation.

The Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct permit ex parte interviews of unrepresented former employees of an adverse corporate party.

The California Supreme Court recently reinforced the CEQA requirement that a party must exhaust administrative remedies even where the public agency finds a project exempt from CEQA, if the agency (a) gave notice of the grounds for its exemption determination; and (b) held a public hearing on the project at which the public had the opportunity to object to the exemption determination, even though CEQA does not require the filing of a notice of determination for exemption determinations.

The PA Supreme Court changed its internal operating procedures to delete standards for the Court to follow as to when to grant Petitions for Allowance of Appeal.

On February 8, 2024, the Colorado Supreme Court adopted changes to the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct, including Rule 5.5 on Unauthorized Practice of Law and Multijurisdictional Practice of Law.

Seventh Amendment entitles defendants to jury trials when the SEC seeks civil penalties for securities fraud.

The United States Supreme Court has decided that affidavit-of-merit requirements based in state law do not apply in federal courts.

Today, in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, No. 11-1085, the Supreme Court held that proof of materiality is not a prerequisite for class certification in a securities fraud class action under Section 10(b), even though materiality is a predicate of the fraud-on-the-market presumption of reliance.

To remove a civil action from state court to federal court, the defendant must "file ... a notice of removal ... containing a short and plain statement of the grounds for removal." 28 U.S.C. § 1446(a).

The Court of International Trade has certified a class action encompassing all importers who paid IEEPA tariffs between February 2025 and February 2026, providing a pathway for recovery even for those who haven't filed individual claims or participated in the CAPE program. This landmark decision particularly benefits smaller importers who may have been unable to navigate the refund process independently, with the court emphasizing comprehensive notice and supervised refund procedures.

Over the last few years the Texas Supreme Court has slowly added details to its ground-breaking pronouncement that a trial court can't grant a new trial without "reasonably specific" reasons supported by the record.

The Georgia Supreme Court has readjusted its terms of court. One of those adjustments includes adding a December term that will end this year on March 31.

Electronic filing is coming to the U.S. Supreme Court! Effective November 13, 2017, amendments to the Supreme Court's rules take effect that require represented parties (and their amici) to submit petitions...