Whether the true import of the preparation of pleadings is learned in law school, at a law firm or in the sometimes-punishing crucible of civil litigation, practitioners inevitably discover that the ...

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 ...

On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P., resolving a circuit split among the Second, Third, and Ninth Circuits over ...

In DeVillier v. Texas, the Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling in an important Takings Clause case. Richard DeVillier and other property owners whose land was damaged by flooding caused by actions of ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit issued an opinion earlier this week that will have significant ramifications on the abilities of plaintiffs to bring employment-related disputes arising ...

January 29, 2025 - Statutes of limitations are themselves bright-line rules, requiring a person to bring suit within a specified time after the cause of action accrues. Statutes of limitations have ...

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The City of Santa Maria has urged a Los Angeles federal court to dismiss a lawsuit alleging officials unfairly punished firefighters for participating in union activity, arguing that the complaint ...

A special motion filed pursuant to the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act is supposed to operate much like a motion for summary judgment. But what if the moving party (the speaker) asserts an ...