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One preservation issue that seems to receive less attention than it should is the potential need for a cross-appeal.

In a divided opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed a district court ruling that dismissed a case against the Czech Republic on jurisdictional grounds.

Every litigator has encountered it—the dreaded hearing set for ten minutes or less. The necessary implication of such hearings is that you will have only half that time to present your argument...

The Northern District of Illinois cleared the way for a plumbing company's putative TCPA class action against Allstate Insurance Company and Oh Insurance Agency by denying defendants' motions to dismiss, which were inspired by the Supreme Court's Spokeo v. Robins decision.

On March 27, 2017, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case of Leidos Inc., f/k/a SAIC Inc. v. Indiana Public Retirement System, a securities fraud class action.

A round-up of this week's appeals in Florida - week of August 14-18, 2017

Although it might be obvious to attorneys who routinely practice in the federal courts, for those who do not, it is important that specific and timely objections to a federal magistrate's report...

Foreclosure – Involuntary Dismissal: although lender's witnesses failed to explain lender's loan payment history statement, the statement reflected the principal amount due and had been admitted into evidence, which was sufficient to establish a prima facie case on damages and avoid involuntary dismissal.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted summary judgment in favor of AIG Specialty Insurance Co. in a case involving the application of the firearms exclusion in Powe v. Chartis Specialty Insurance Co.

A District of Columbia federal court partially granted and partially denied a reinsured's motion to amend its complaint in a dispute over a reinsurance agreement for a credit insurance policy.

In this case, an Illinois appellate court held that Section 2-403 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, 735 ILCS 5/2-403, required the reinsurers and insurer of Developers Surety and Indemnity Co. a surety, ...

In 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) attempted to regulate fixed indexed annuities (FIAs) as securities by issuing Rule 151A.

A tax court judge in New Jersey has handed Johnson & Johnson (J&J), and likely other New Jersey-based businesses that operate captive insurers, a significant loss in an opinion interpreting...

We have previously reported on the evolving circuit split over standing in data breach class actions. On August 1st, a three judge panel for the District of Columbia Circuit became the latest to weigh in on the issue.

Last year at this time, we posted about two recent orders from a federal judge in Arkansas that found Rule 11 violations and abuses of the judicial process by attorneys for both the plaintiffs and the defense.

The Ninth Circuit recently held that plaintiffs whose claims were tolled during the pendency of two class actions were not time-barred from bringing a third related putative class action when the first two classes were not certified.

In Tyson Foods, the Supreme Court declined to resolve the issue of whether a class may be certified if it contains members who were not injured and have no legal right to damages.