By Katie Hall | April 9, 2024
Have you, or someone you know, recently been involved in a major verdict or settlement?
By Adolfo Pesquera | April 9, 2024
"As damaging as it was, Musk's deposition could have gone even worse but for the obstructionist conduct of the attorney," plaintiffs attorney Mark Bankston claimed.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ellen Bardash | April 8, 2024
"The Delaware courts are going to continue to have a lot of skepticism when it comes to conflicted controller transactions," Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson senior counsel Gail Weinstein said.
By Adolfo Pesquera | April 8, 2024
The grant of mandamus threatens to impossibly hamstring district courts by effectively declaring our district judges can't manage their dockets to sequence threshold questions before difficult merits questions and cannot transfer cases if there are motions pending, Circuit Judge Stephen Higginson said.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Richard Salgado and Ashley Hoff | April 8, 2024
Whether a particular law provides for a private cause of action can have huge consequences for potential corporate defendants. Such a right opens the floodgates to plaintiffs, often represented on a contingency fee basis, asserting claims that may be meritless. The crushing wave of privacy class actions in recent years—made possible by the private causes of action in the underlying state privacy laws—shows what can happen.
By Cedra Mayfield | Patrick Smith | Elana Ashanti Jefferson | April 5, 2024
In this week's Legal Speak episode, James Whittle with the American Property Casualty Insurance Association dives into the impact of what the organization has dubbed "legal system abuse" as social inflation—the belief that large corporations are "bad actors with deep pockets"—helps fuel "nuclear" verdicts.
By Stephanie Wilkins | April 5, 2024
Swiss patent law firm Da Vinci Partners sued Kili Technology for trademark infringement and unfair competition over the naming of its generative AI-powered patent drafting tool davinci, arguing the lines between "goods" and "services" have blurred. This case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Adolfo Pesquera | April 5, 2024
The judge had come under previous scrutiny for two fictional novels she wrote and published, which critics claim appear to be based on real litigation.
By Adolfo Pesquera | April 4, 2024
The week-long trial concluded with jury findings that Chinese company OnePlus willfully infringed five of cellphone maker Pantech's patents related to wireless communication and user interface technologies used in OnePlus' smartphones.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ellen Bardash | April 4, 2024
The Supreme Court said entire fairness is the standard of review in any controller-involved transaction, but business judgment can be applied when both an independent committee and a shareholder vote approve the deal.
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