Worldwide: Civil Law

A Massachusetts federal court allowed a defendant to amend its answer late in litigation to add a Chapter 93A counterclaim based on newly discovered internal communications.

Nevada's Court Annexed Arbitration program is undergoing significant changes through AB3, which doubles the jurisdictional cap from $50,000 to $100,000 and quintuples the recoverable attorney's fees limit to $15,000. The newly enacted legislation also expands the list of case types exempt from mandatory arbitration, including bad faith insurance claims, sexual assault cases, and product liability actions.

What happens when a judge loses control of the courtroom? Through pro bono work in Uzbekistan and analysis of landmark cases, this episode explores how judicial authority shapes the adversarial system. Discover why even the most skilled advocates cannot achieve justice without judges who effectively manage proceedings and enforce procedural rules.

On Feb. 22, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it would suspend Global Entry arrival processing nationwide due to the ongoing partial federal government shutdown.

In February, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York issued case-ending sanctions against an attorney who failed to "learn from his mistakes" and repeatedly submitted filings containing false...

In Distefano v. Bank of America, N.A., the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed Chapter 93A claims arising from allegedly unauthorized transfers through the money-transfer application Zelle

The Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act ("UIDDA"), which provides procedures for interstate discovery at the state-court level, has been adopted by nearly every state and territory. Texas' status as one of the last holdouts to adopt the UIDDA has finally come to an end.

In Orange Transgroup Ltd ("Orange") and IT Way v Shein Distribution UK Ltd. ("Shein"), the English High Court addressed the procedural interaction between challenging jurisdiction (Civil Procedure Rules, Part 11)...

In Lundeen v. 10 W. Ferry St. Operations, the court held that in settling a Rule 23 class action, plaintiffs can waive the FLSA rights not asserted by class members.