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Client Alert: Assignments of Error: Is That Your Final Answer?

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On July 22, 2025, the Virginia Court of Appeals issued a published order in Sisco v. Holtzman, Rec. No. 024025, clarifying the rules for assignments of error in appellate proceedings. Assignments matter. The Court of Appeals...more

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Game Changer: Rule 11-h Reshapes New York Complex Business Disputes

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New York’s Commercial Division has long prided itself on adopting practices and procedures similar to the federal courts. A recent amendment to its rules takes a further step in that direction by mandating initial disclosures...more

Troutman Amin LLP

OVER THE HILL: Litigator Adean Hill Jr. Just Can’t Seem to Get Service Accomplished

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TCPAWorld has a bunch of little side stories in addition to all the big ones. Here’s a quick one for you. In Adean Hill v. Amity One Tax, 2025 WL 1592957 (N.D. Tex. June 5, 2025) the Court gave Hill one last chance to serve...more

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Use of Amazon Warehouses for Distribution Alone Won't Establish Patent Venue, Court Rules

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Key Takeaway: Just as over a million businesses use Amazon web servers, many independent sellers also use Amazon warehouses to store their inventory. More than 60% of sales in the Amazon store come from independent sellers,...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

An ESI Protocol Saved the Day for the Discovering Party

In Pincus Law Grp PLLC v. MJ Connections, Inc., 2025 WL 1070384 (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 9, 2025), the court ruled in favor of a discovering party and ordered reproduction of previously-produced documents under the terms of an ESI...more

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Georgia appellate court affirms class certification in vehicle booting case

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A Georgia appellate court recently affirmed the grant of class certification in favor of a class of Georgia individuals whose vehicles were booted in locations where no ordinance had been enacted authorizing the booting of...more

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Ace is the Place for Many Things, but not Always for Proper Rule 4 Service

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Ace Hardware was long advertised as “the place with the helpful hardware man,” but even well-stocked aisles of tools and DIY accessories have their limitations. In Pro-Tops, Inc. v. Yuriy Maksimenko, 2025 NCBC 4, it turned...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Fourth Circuit Rules that SCRA Does Not Preclude Arbitration

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In a decision with potentially wide-ranging implications, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s decision to deny a national bank’s motion to compel arbitration, finding that amendments to the...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Making an Offer That They (Perhaps Shouldn’t) Refuse: A Closer Look at Offers of Judgment Under Rule 68

Rule 68 has a reputation of being “among the most enigmatic” and “underutilized” of  the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.  An attorney’s failure to understand and effectively use Rule 68 could be costly.  ...more

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Ninth Judicial Circuit Unveils New Case Management Process for Civil Cases

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At a judicial town hall meeting before members of the Orange County Bar Association this morning, Chief Judge Don Myers introduced the Ninth Circuit’s new “active case management” program, to become effective today, that will...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Should Cost Considerations Drive Broader Use of Remote Depositions?

The COVID-19 pandemic taught the legal community that technology can be deployed to effectively serve clients and resolve disputes remotely, if necessary. Suddenly stripped of their ability to meet in-person, lawyers and...more

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New Jersey Superior Court Issues New Rules for Complex Business Litigation

Insurance coverage litigation can be lengthy and is usually complex, and these characteristics are only exacerbated by the need to comply with often arcane state law rules of procedure. New Jersey, long a hotbed of insurance...more

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Business Litigation Reporter - April 2017

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Representations and Warranties Insurance Policies – Lessons from the Claims Process - Representations and warranties insurance policies (R&WI Policies)—designed to protect parties from loss arising from breaches of...more

Burr & Forman

Rule 26: What’s New, What’s Old, and What Still Needs to be Litigated

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The amendments to Rules 26(b)(1) and 26(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have been in effect for almost two months now. They are expected to change the way lawyers manage discovery and the way courts resolve...more

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