On November 6, 2023, Judge Albright denied Defendants Amazon Services LLC and eero LLC's Motion to Dismiss for Improper Venue and to Transfer Venue to the Northern District of California.

On June 25, 2021, IngenioShare, LLC ("IngenioShare") sued Epic Games, Inc. ("Epic") for direct and indirect patent infringement in the Western District of Texas ("WDTX").

In recent years, large companies have faced an onslaught of "mass arbitrations," a tactic used by the plaintiffs' bar to leverage against valid class-action waivers and arbitration provisions in consumer agreements.

On December 1, 2021, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra took broad aim at overdraft fees, making the sort of remarks that often get quoted in class-action complaints.

The Biden Administration announced today a new federal-state offshore wind partnership to spur the installation of electricity generating wind turbines off the U.S. coast. Among the initiatives...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection modified earlier Jones Act guidance on the installation of foundations for offshore wind turbines on September 14. The "Jones Act" is a popular term for several laws which...

These actions are not just limited to the companies that sought to participate in the program. Lenders and other companies that support the financial services industry have also been targeted because of allegations that these entities knew that applicants were ineligible but still processed or approved the applications.

On December 11, 2020, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA), the U.S. Senate passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).

On Thursday, February 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it would not "issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions.

On May 23, 2024, in a surprise move, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order that will allow exchanges to list Ethereum-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

In re: Uber Technologies, Inc., On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas in No. 6:20-cv-00843-ADA, Judge Alan D. Albright.

On August 8, 2022, Defendant Amazon.Com, Inc. (Amazon) and Defendant Target Corporation (Target) both filed Rule 12(c) Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings. Both Amazon and Target argued that under the Kessler doctrine...

In a case that bodes well for defendants in putative copyright class actions, the Ninth Circuit last week, after granting a motion for interlocutory appeal

On the heels of the seminal 101 win and oft-cited Federal Circuit 101 decision, SAP v. InvestPic, and an award of attorney fees upheld by the Federal Circuit, SAP and Winston & Strawn won yet another important victory.

On February 13, 2025, President Trump hosted the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, at the White House.

In a recent settlement agreement with JAB Consumer Partners (JAB), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continued the trend of increased regulatory scrutiny of private equity "roll-up" transactions (see here and here) ...

During a panel hosted by the OECD on February 24, 2021, acting FTC Chair Rebecca Kelly Slaughter said that the agency is focused on "opportunistic economic conduct" as businesses attempt to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

By all accounts, the consolidation that has dominated the health care provider industry will continue—if not accelerate—after the pandemic subsides. At its 2021 Health Care and Life Sciences Summit...

On October 7, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a Nasdaq-proposed amendment to Nasdaq Rule 5810(c)(3) (the Amendment), which impacts Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement...

I was not going to post another blog before Thanksgiving, but today the SEC voted 3-2 to propose rules that, on a temporary basis and subject to conditions.