Litigation Law, Mediation Law and Arbitration Law

As investment in data center infrastructure accelerates globally, disputes are emerging from contractual and investment-related risks that commonly accompany large-scale infrastructure projects. This analysis examines the growing wave of contractual claims among owners, contractors, and subcontractors, as well as investment treaty claims that may arise when governmental actions impact overseas data center developments.

Recent federal court decisions are reshaping the landscape of personal jurisdiction and enforcement of international arbitration awards following the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization. The DC and Ninth Circuits have issued critical opinions clarifying how Fifth Amendment due process standards apply differently than traditional Fourteenth Amendment minimum contacts analysis, particularly in cases involving foreign sovereigns and international arbitration. These deve

O'Reilly Auto Parts and its BigLaw counsel agreed to pay $18.8 million to settle a TCPA class action involving SMS messages to numbers on the DNC list, despite the claim potentially being invalid under recent Seventh Circuit precedent. The settlement, reached just weeks after oral arguments suggested SMS messages may not constitute "telephone calls" under the TCPA, could result in over $6.2 million in attorney fees while class members receive modest payouts for claims that may not legally exist.