When Machines Discriminate: The Rise of AI Bias Lawsuits -
Over the past three years, businesses in the United States have rapidly adopted artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology – defined broadly as the ability of machines…
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/ Bankruptcy, Business Torts, Civil Rights, Commercial Law & Contracts, Science, Computers, & Technology
A growing number of U.S. companies have begun reconsidering Delaware as the default state of incorporation in a phenomenon dubbed “DExit.” Historically, Delaware has been the preferred jurisdiction for public and private…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions
In a strident judgment that expresses “concerns about the effectiveness of the criminal appeal system in England and Wales in confronting legal error”, the UK Supreme Court has unanimously allowed appeals by Tom Hayes and Carlo…
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/ Criminal Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On July 31st, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") issued a three-page memorandum stating that it will “enforce and no longer waive the requirement of 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b)(4).”…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
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 legislation…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, International Law & Trade
The corporate crypto treasury trend continues to boom, and with it the litigation risks. As noted in a recent Forbes article, 152 publicly traded companies now control almost 1 million Bitcoin worth over $110 billion…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
“Spoofing,” or the practice of submitting buy or sell orders to trading platforms with the intent to withdraw them prior to execution, is considered fraud under the Seventh Circuit’s decision in United States v. Smith, issued…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
The SEC’s Division of Examinations (the “Division” or “EXAMS”) recently published its annual examination priorities for 2023. The Examination Priorities memorandum sets out key areas the staff will focus on during its…
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/ Securities Law
I. Overview -
Data breaches are everyday occurrences and major high-profile breaches are becoming more common. In the past three years, industry-leading companies such as Microsoft (250 million records, December 2019), Wattpad…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
As everyone in the construction industry knows only too well, most construction projects end up in dispute. A major construction project which is not the subject of threatened or actual litigation or arbitration is a rarity…
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/ Construction Law
Quinn Emanuel recently won a $173.5 million arbitration award for our clients NantCell, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ImmunityBio, Inc., and Immunotherapy NANTibody, LLC. The award was issued against Sorrento Therapeutics,…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
A Quinn Emanuel team secured a $1 billion cash settlement (which currently remains subject to judicial approval) on behalf of a class of former Class V common stockholders of Dell Technologies, in a breach-of-fiduciary-duty…
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/ Securities Law
On July 4, 2022, Judge David A. Faber of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia entered a bench trial verdict in favor of defendants AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc.,…
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/ Health, Products Liability
In 2018, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Cyan v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, 138 S. Ct. 1061 (2018), which held that claims under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) could proceed in state…
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/ Securities Law
On January 25, 2023, Quinn Emanuel obtained a Court order setting aside in full a Civil Investigative Demand that DOJ’s Antitrust Division had issued to the National Association of REALTORS®. The Court’s order bars the Division…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts
