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City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co.: Charleston's Climate Change Suit Against Fossil Fuel Manufacturers Dismissed by South...

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On August 6, 2025, a South Carolina Court of Common Pleas judge dismissed the City of Charleston's lawsuit against more than 20 fossil fuel manufacturers, retailers, and pipelines, seeking to recover for alleged harms related...more

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Shutting Down a Scam Lawsuit in Three Days

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Imagine waking up to a bank notification that you just received money from a total stranger. That’s exactly what happened to a recent out-of-state client. Eight months pregnant, no ties to Virginia, and without a clue as to...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

AI in the Workplace: Navigating the Legal Minefield in the Digital Gold Rush

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Artificial intelligence is transforming the workplace — but the law is struggling to keep up. In industries like steel and manufacturing, where efficiency, safety, and workforce management are paramount, the adoption of AI...more

BakerHostetler

‘Oh... That Preemption’: National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel Responds to State Legislation That Seeks To...

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As we reported in July, with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) in a state of limbo since the beginning of President Donald J. Trump’s second term, several states, including New York, are considering...more

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The Brazilian Supreme Court's August 18 Ruling Presents Challenges To Brazilian Entities And Litigants

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On August 18, 2025, the Brazilian Supreme Court issued a ruling holding that any foreign law, court decision, administrative act, or executive order is only applicable in Brazil if expressly recognized by Brazilian...more

McGuireWoods LLP

German Company Seeking U.S. Discovery Gets Good News, Bad News and Some Good News: Part I

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Litigants in overseas proceedings can apply for a U.S. court’s permission to seek discovery in the United States under 28 U.S.C. § 1782. In In re B&C KB Holding GmbH, No. 22-mc-00180 (LAK) (VF), 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124466...more

Offit Kurman

One Way or Another: Non-U.S. Crypto Customers Will Have to Face Celsius Preference Lawsuits

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Earlier this summer, the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York rejected a challenge to the Litigation Administrator, Moshin Y. Meghji, lawsuits against Celsius Network LLC customers. The challenge was based...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Wisconsin Court of Appeals Clarifies Insurer's Right to Statutory Subrogation for Minnesota PIP Benefits

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In an unpublished decision, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals recently addressed the interplay between contractual and statutory subrogation rights in the context of out-of-state personal injury protection benefits. The decision...more

Mayer Brown

Leaving Las Vegas? New Exemptions from Nevada In-State Office Rule Set to Take Effect

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On October 1, 2025, Nevada Senate Bill 437 takes effect, which will amend the Nevada Installment Loan and Finance Act (“ILFA”) to significantly streamline licensing and operational requirements for consumer lenders that...more

Clark Hill PLC

Recent Illinois law now expands jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants in toxic tort cases

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On Friday, Aug. 15, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 328 (“SB 328”), which permits toxic tort lawsuits against companies that operate in Illinois even in situations where the defendant company and individual...more

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Divorce And Dirhams - The Legal Framework of Alimony under Abu Dhabi Law

In a recent development, a woman filed an application for a landmark divorce settlement of AED 1 billion, before the Abu Dhabi Civil Family Court. This follows after the same court awarded an American woman in the UAE more...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Kalshi Faces Regulatory Scrutiny and Litigation From Several Angles

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In addition to receiving cease-and-desist orders from several states (Arizona, Illinois, Montana, and Ohio), and ongoing litigation against New Jersey state gaming regulators in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third...more

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Addressing Cross-Border Discovery: Lessons from DiDi Global Litigation

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Cross-border data transfers to the United States in civil litigation have become increasingly complex in recent years, particularly data transfers from the People’s Republic of China. Litigants with ties to China often invoke...more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

California Business Divorce: You Might Have to Get a Business Divorce in Delaware Without a Jury

If your company documents require disputes to be litigated in the Delaware Court of Chancery, you may have to resolve your business divorce without a jury trial, even if California law would otherwise guarantee one....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

What Constitutes a POEM?

In Haworth v HMRC [2025] EWCA Civ 822 (Haworth) the UK Court of Appeal (CoA) provided much needed clarity regarding the approach to determining the ‘place of effective management’ (POEM) in the context of the UK’s double tax...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Employers May Now Obtain Equitable Relief for Untimely Arbitration Payments

After years of appellate cases and several rulings holding California employers to the very strict payment standards of the California Arbitration Act (CAA), the California Supreme Court has, for the first time, addressed...more

DLA Piper

Legal Shopping Spree Continues in Internal Affairs Disputes: Key Case Developments

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The first half of 2025 saw numerous developments in the strategies and counterstrategies between corporations and their stockholders in efforts to find the most favorable law and courts to decide disputes between them....more

Hicks Johnson

What Every In-House Counsel Should Know About Negotiating ERP Implementation Contracts: A Litigator's Perspective

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Business is built on the back of technology. As business organizations become more sophisticated in their operations, so too do their information technology systems. To match the growing scope and complexity of business...more

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South Platte River Compact/Bill of Complaint: Nebraska Files Action in U.S. Supreme Court Against Colorado

The State of Nebraska filed a Bill of Complaint (“Complaint”) and Motion for Leave to File Bill of Complaint (“Motion”) in the Supreme Court of the United States (“Supreme Court”) against the State of Colorado in regard to a...more

WilmerHale

Post-Mortem on the FTC’s Blocked Non-Compete Rule

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In August 2024, a Texas federal court struck down a broad Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that would have banned the vast majority of employee non-competition agreements. ...more

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California Supreme Court Rules FAA Does Not Preempt Arbitration Fee Deadline, Rejects Strict Penalties

On August 11, 2025, the Supreme Court of California ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not preempt a state statute requiring employers to timely pay arbitration fees or forfeit the right to arbitration. The...more

Clark Hill PLC

California employers gain relief in arbitration fee deadline ruling

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In a highly anticipated decision, the California Supreme Court in Dana Hohenshelt v. Golden State Foods Corp. relieves some pressure for employers, holding that late payment of arbitration fees does not result in an automatic...more

Fenwick & West LLP

CA Supreme Court: Federal Arbitration Act Does Not Preempt State Law on Timely Arbitration Fee Payment

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The California Supreme Court recently held in Hohenshelt v. Superior Court that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not preempt a California law that penalizes businesses that have consumer and employee arbitration...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

The British Columbia Court of Appeal Affirms Extraterritorial Reach of BC’s Replacement Worker Restrictions

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This post updates our earlier commentary on the decision of the BC Supreme Court in Gate Gourmet Canada Inc. v Unite Here, Local 40, 2024 BCSC 1528. The British Columbia Court of Appeal (the "BCCA") has weighed in on the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The FAA Does Not Preempt the CAA’s Timely Pay Provisions

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The California Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not preempt the California Arbitration Act (CAA) provisions that require the drafter of the arbitration agreement to pay all arbitration invoices...more

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