In Dixon v. GAA Classic Cars, LLC, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, held that a suit arising from an internet car auction hosted in North Carolina supported specific jurisdiction in Illinois.

On November 1, 2019, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission (18-1501). Liu seeks review of the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC)

In Gemini Technologies, Inc. v. Smith & Wesson Corp., the Ninth Circuit held that a clause specifying Delaware as the forum for any disputes between the contracting parties was invalid

On August 13, 2019, in Malouf v. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Tenth Circuit became the first circuit court to apply the United States Supreme

New York courts have taken varying positions in three recent decisions addressing whether defendants in Securities Act of 1933

In June, the US Supreme Court held in Knick v. Township of Scott that property owners may file an inverse condemnation claim in federal court as long as they base their claim on the Fifth Amendment.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the SDNY'S dismissal of suits against Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Pfizer Inc. on the ground that the suits asserted state-law claims that were preempted by the FDCA.

In Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert, 139 S. Ct. 710 (2019), the US Supreme Court ruled that attorneys must strictly adhere to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f)'s 14-day deadline to appeal a class certification order.

The SEC may also seek to test the limits of Lorenzo by pursuing claims against individuals who, like Lorenzo, disseminated untrue statements that they did not draft, but unlike Lorenzo, did not know that the information was false.

The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed claims against Jefferies, LLC (Jefferies) last month for alleged violations of the Texas Securities Act, negligent misrepresentation, and ...

In Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., No. 17-1212, Justice Kavanaugh delivered his first written opinion for the Supreme Court.

On January 4, 2019, the Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the defendants in Varjabedian v. Emulex Corp.

The court further reasoned that, in related contexts, Congress has expressly preserved equitable common law doctrines and did not do so here.

However, the court did order that the video recording of the deposition not be publicly disclosed or utilized in any other investigation or litigation.

The trial court agreed and ordered the defendant to produce its trade secret software to the plaintiffs.