A federal judge in South Carolina has ordered an attorney to refund a $15,000 retainer fee to a pro se plaintiff after the lawyer moved to withdraw from the case against Charleston Law School.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed Jose Arias's drug trafficking conviction, holding that a Boston officer's decision to wait a full day before pulling him over for an observed traffic infraction violated Article 14 of the state Declaration...
A jury found Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary liable for violating federal and state antitrust laws after a five-week trial brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James and 33 other state attorneys general, the New York AG's office...
The justices unanimously rejected a federal appeals court ruling that had blocked Chevron and its co-defendants from transferring to federal court a lawsuit over decades of oil and gas activity along the Louisiana coast.
A New Mexico federal court held that an insurance-industry expert retained by a UM/UIM claimant cannot tell the jury whether State Farm acted reasonably, in bad faith, or in breach of any legal duty — but left intact his ability to testify about industry...
A California federal magistrate judge has recommended remanding a disability-discrimination case to state court and awarding the plaintiff attorney's fees after concluding that snap-removal doctrine cannot establish diversity jurisdiction where the...
The Ninth Circuit vacated the dismissal of Rashid Kambarov's Fair Credit Reporting Act suit against Quality Counts, Inc., holding that the background check firm purposefully directed conduct at Oregon and remanding for the district court to complete its...
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday reversed the dismissal of a trademark dispute over the intellectual property rights of artist Frida Kahlo, holding that a Southern District of Florida court has personal jurisdiction over the artist's grand-niece and her...
A federal court in Oklahoma denied Boeing's motion to dismiss a lawsuit after the plaintiff filed an amended complaint that superseded the original pleading.
A federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of California has curtailed the scope of discovery in a certified class action accusing U.S. Border Patrol of conducting suspicionless stops and warrantless arrests during large-scale immigration...
The Eastern District of Texas granted Panini America's motion to transfer venue to the Northern District of Texas in an antitrust suit alleging the trading card manufacturer excluded a competitor from the premium sports card market.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has issued a subpoena to the Environmental Law Institute and its Climate Judiciary Project as part of an investigation into suspected violations of the state's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, his office...
The Calder effects test, applied to a background-check company that allegedly published false criminal-history information about an Oregon worker, supports personal jurisdiction in Oregon, a Ninth Circuit panel held.
A Utah federal court held that an insurer's declaratory judgment action over a wheelchair-accident death at an assisted-living facility is not blocked by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine or the court's discretion to decline jurisdiction under the Declaratory...
A Connecticut federal judge has held that out-of-network providers may seek judicial confirmation of unpaid No Surprises Act arbitration awards in federal court — reaching a conclusion that diverges from the Fifth Circuit and produces a three-way split...
The Ninth Circuit heard oral argument in a putative class action challenging JetBlue Airways Corporation's handling of Transportation Security Administration security fees on non-refundable tickets. The dispute centers on whether JetBlue's contract of...
The D.C. Circuit held that competing expert testimony on a walkway's coefficient of friction created a genuine factual dispute, reversing summary judgment for CVS on a negligence claim arising from a Christmas Eve fall outside a D.C. store.
A federal judge in Nashville has transferred an employment-discrimination lawsuit against the managing contractor of Oak Ridge National Laboratory to the Eastern District of Tennessee, where the alleged misconduct occurred.
The Southern District of Florida has denied Anschütz GmbH’s motion to dissolve a writ of garnishment in the ongoing Venezuela sanctions litigation, ruling that the timing of the plaintiffs’ action predates OFAC’s unblocking of the relevant Escrow Account.
A California couple injured on a self-crewed catamaran in French Polynesia must take their negligence claims to Mauritius after a federal judge declined to extend a cruise-ship doctrine to their yacht charter.