The Eighth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a class action against Wells Fargo for lack of Article III standing, but ordered the district court to vacate its dismissal with prejudice and enter it without prejudice instead.
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ordered plaintiff Deondre Raglin to justify why the court should retain supplemental jurisdiction over his state law claims, requiring him to disclose his history of filing construction-accessibility lawsuits.
A federal judge in California dismissed a Diocese lawsuit seeking to recover 400 boxes of artifacts from a state university, ruling that a tribal coalition protected by sovereign immunity was an indispensable party whose absence required dismissal.
A federal judge in West Virginia ruled that a jury cannot determine front pay in a Family and Medical Leave Act case, but allowed a plaintiff’s expert to present calculations for a tax offset to ensure the equitable remedy is not diminished by income taxes.
A federal judge in the Western District of Washington denied a motion for spoliation sanctions against Amazon, ruling that the company’s duty to preserve electronically stored information covered underlying data and code, not static snapshots of product...
A Georgia-based canine semen bank is subject to personal jurisdiction in Oregon because its website expressly targeted an Oregon plaintiff and caused harm state, a federal judge ruled.
A federal magistrate judge in California granted Strike 3 Holdings' request to subpoena an internet service provider for a John Doe defendant's identity, but barred the plaintiff from serving the complaint or revealing the subscriber's name until further...
A federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of California has granted Strike 3 Holdings’ request to bypass standard discovery rules to identify an anonymous BitTorrent subscriber, imposing strict confidentiality protections to shield the defendant...
U.S. District Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke found defendant Damien Washington in civil contempt on Monday, imposing escalating daily fines for his repeated refusal to surrender his cell phone and laptop for a court-ordered forensic examination.
U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield granted Strike 3 Holdings' motion for expedited discovery, permitting the plaintiff to subpoena a defendant's Internet Service Provider for the subscriber's name and address, while establishing strict privacy...
A federal judge in Manhattan entered a default judgment against Marc Lawrence in a securities fraud lawsuit, ruling that his failure to respond to a court order warranted the entry of default on counts alleging fraud and fraudulent inducement.
A federal judge in New Hampshire denied a motion to dismiss a complaint alleging a man knowingly transmitted genital herpes to a sexual partner, ruling that factual disputes exist over when the statute of limitations began to run and that state law does not...
A federal magistrate judge in New York awarded $1.37 million in fees and costs to PDV USA, Inc. after finding that defendant Interamerican Consulting Inc. intentionally spoliated electronic evidence in bad faith, but reduced the plaintiff’s requested $1.9...
A Southern District of New York judge approved a stipulated protective order in a lawsuit against Amazon that explicitly regulates the use of enterprise-grade artificial intelligence platforms during discovery, requiring parties to ensure AI tools do not...
A federal judge deferred ruling on a motion to seize $11.5 million in blocked Iranian assets in the Jeremy Levin terrorism case, holding that due process requires notice to the front companies before execution.
A federal judge in Connecticut ruled that a jury must decide whether Live Nation breached its duty to protect concertgoers from a third-party assault, denying the company’s motion for summary judgment because witness testimony created genuine disputes over...
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas denied a motion to dismiss a RICO fraud suit against a Florida oilman, ruling that the court has personal jurisdiction over the defendant under the statute’s nationwide service of process provision.
The City of New York must pay plaintiffs’ fees and expenses for discovery misconduct in a civil rights lawsuit challenging the city’s denial of IVF benefits to gay male employees, U.S. District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas ruled Monday.
U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled Monday that the strong presumption of public access to judicial documents outweighs Compagnie De Saint-Gobain S.A.'s arguments for keeping settlement-related communications sealed in the In Re: Concrete and Cement...
A federal judge in South Carolina has preliminarily approved a $1 million settlement class action involving design professionals and a condominium association, resolving claims for alleged construction defects at a North Myrtle Beach property while leaving...