Podcast: Non-binding Guidance: SEC Disclosure Issues for Life Sciences Companies
In a recent opinion, the Supreme Court of Ohio definitively held that a creditor does not have an affirmative duty to disclose facts that materially increase risk to a surety—and nor does a surety have a duty to disclose to...more
In 2024, we alerted you to a decision out of the First Appellate District of Ohio (The Huntington National Bank v. Schneider, C-230072 (December 29, 2023)), where the Court was asked to review a grant of summary judgment in...more
On May 1, the California Supreme Court granted Gilead Science Inc.’s request to review a California appellate court’s holding that the pharmaceutical manufacturer must defend against negligence claims stemming from its...more
In a case involving a fact pattern that could be on a law school exam, EDVA Judge Mark Davis provides a detailed analysis of a series of issues in a complex dispute between a yacht owner and a marine engine manufacturer. What...more
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Utah is a cautionary tale to sellers of real property attached to going concerns and prospective development issues. In Shree Ganesh, LLC v. Weston Logan, Inc., 2021 UT 21, the...more
A business divorce may mean that the owners need to sell the business or the business’s assets. In the following case, some of the owners/officers took advantage of a sale transaction to benefit from that transaction at the...more
On June 18, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Central District of California’s grant of summary judgment on claims asserted against Unilever by various putative classes of consumers who purchased St. Ives facial cleanser. The...more
On February 11, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted Ford’s motion for summary judgment on the plaintiff’s fraud and consumer protection claims, concluding that the plaintiff had not...more
This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between August 2017 and October 2017....more
Watterud v. Gilbraith, No. DA 15-0234 (Mont. Oct. 6, 2015) - Home sellers hired defendant real estate agent to sell their home and entered into an agreement with plaintiffs purchasers. The agreement included property...more