With respect to the grant of attorney's fees, the Ninth Circuit vacated the award as an abuse of discretion, finding that the district court granted Smagin's request for attorney's fees without entering any finding on bad faith.

The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's dismissal of a plaintiff's RICO claim, and thus found the district court lacked independent federal jurisdiction...

Pioneer Roofing Organization (PRO) appealed an order from a federal district court granting summary judgment in favor of Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union No. 104 on PRO's petition...

A former bond trader for Odeon Capital Group obtained an arbitration award against Odeon for $1,102,193.00 on a claim for unpaid wages. Odeon then brought a petition to vacate the award on the ground of fraud, contending that the bond trader committed perjury at arbitration by falsely stating that no FINRA investigations into his business were then ongoing.

Although unable to revisit the arbitration panel's fact-finding or legal reasoning behind an arbitration award, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld confirmation of the award itself...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals joined the Second, Third and Fourth Circuits in so holding.

For many years, Florida has been one of five states in the country with some form of "resign to run" law for those seeking public office.

This month, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a $320 million qui tam case filed against Carlton Fields client Chapters Health System in 2010 by whistleblower Nancy Chase.

Companies faced different volumes of class actions in different practice areas than in past years.

Federal contractors subject to the Service Contract Act might appreciate knowing that the IRS understands that they must generally offer a cash payment to employees who decline coverage.

O'Connell Landscape Maintenance, Inc. (O'Connell) and Applied Underwriters Captive Risk Assurance Co. (AUCRA) entered into a reinsurance participation agreement (RPA).

The "Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act" (H.R. 6743) was passed out of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services one week after being introduced and is now headed to the floor for consideration by the full chamber.

In a case concerning a contract for the construction of a pipe conveyor system, ProEnergy Services, LLC, and its surety Western Surety Company (collectively, "ProEnergy") ...

On July 31, 2018, President Trump signed the National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018.

The court refused to "look behind" and nullify that agreement based on defendant's allegations, particularly where there were no allegations of fraud or mistake in the issuance of the note.

The Texas Department of Insurance has proposed a set of amendments to its regulations concerning captive insurance in order to implement changes passed into law by the Texas legislature in 2015 and 2017.

The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. §1602 et seq. (FSIA), is silent on the issue of criminal immunity for foreign sovereigns.

Instead, the trial court entered a default judgment against Acosta, based on its admission that it had refused to pay the costs of the arbitration and the lack of evidence establishing its inability to do so.

A Fortune 100 manufacturer faced a daunting litigation scenario: it was a named defendant in over 1,000 mass tort actions. Those actions, previously dormant, were now being activated by the court.

Plaintiff Syed Nazim Ali appealed a Northern District of California judgment dismissing Plaintiffs' diversity action against FINRA alleging state law claims arising from an arbitration proceeding.