Since the U.S. Supreme Court in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 582 U.S. 255 (2017) (Bristol-Myers) determined that the trial court lacked specific jurisdiction over...

The Legal 500 United States has again recognized Shook, Hardy & Bacon as one of the premier litigation firms in the country

Last week the Supreme Court held oral arguments in Sripetch v. SEC, a case that presented the question of whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may seek equitable disgorgement...

The Department of Justice's Trade Fraud Task Force has achieved over $1 billion in recoveries within its first year, marking a dramatic escalation in customs enforcement through both criminal prosecutions and civil penalties. Recent cases involving gold jewelry importers and aluminum manufacturers demonstrate how misrepresenting countries of origin can now result in decades of imprisonment and hundreds of millions in fines. Companies face unprecedented scrutiny of their supply chains as federal prosecutors

Sound View Innovations, an IP licensing company that is quickly becoming a prolific Non-Practicing Entity (NPE), has ramped up its litigation campaign by filing seven more lawsuits in 2019.

Escalating what has already been a strong focus on combating customs and trade fraud in President Donald Trump's second administration, on July 10, 2025...

New York City recently amended its rules related to the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA). The Act is enforced by the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCW).

Privacy regulators from California, Connecticut, Delaware, and Indiana reveal their enforcement strategies and compliance expectations at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit. The panel signals a shift toward deeper operational scrutiny, increased fines, and accelerated multi-state coordination that will fundamentally change how companies approach privacy compliance programs.

On May 18, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it was rescinding its so-called “gag rule,” which has for several decades prohibited parties who settled with SEC from denying...

Health care fraud, public corruption and other types of fraud have emerged as apparent top white collar enforcement priorities of the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois...

Prolific Patent Assertion Entity (PAE) Uniloc filed its largest volume of cases in 2018. We previously reported a noticeable increase in filings during 2016-2017.

Last Friday a jury in the Southern District of Florida found former Florida congressman David Rivera guilty of failing to register after a foreign agent in connection with a $50 million deal with a Venezuelan...

In late June 2019, first-time patent plaintiff Trupanion sued first-time patent defendant Embrace Pet Insurance – two competitors in the fast-growing pet insurance industry

Cirba, Inc., d/b/a Densify, a quintessential start-up success story and provider of cloud services to automate virtual infrastructure optimization, recently filed a Patent Infringement

Under the wage orders issued by California's Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC), "[a]ll working employees shall be provided with suitable seats when the nature of the work reasonably permits...

In 2018, the world's most onerous privacy law, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, went into effect.

Over the past week, a large number of attacks by the ransomware group Akira have been reported, where the initial attack vector seems to be SonicWall firewalls...

iWth the advent of California's Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA), employees can step into the shoes of a state attorney general and bring lawsuits against their employers,...

Connecticut's PFAS reporting requirement takes effect on July 1, 2026. The law requires manufacturers of certain consumer products containing intentionally added PFAS to disclose...

Oklahoma enacted a new comprehensive privacy law that takes effect on January 1, 2027. For companies that already comply with a Virginia-style privacy law, Oklahoma largely represents a low-lift add-on...