Litigation Law, Mediation Law and Arbitration Law

The Federal Circuit examined whether a patent claim requiring return information to be initiated "without assistance by a user" excludes scenarios where users establish internet connections. The court's interpretation of this claim language and its analysis of the specification and prosecution history determined the validity of patents covering technology for recovering lost or stolen computers.

The Calm Among the Storm – In each post of this blog series, Schneider Bell attorney Veronica Garofoli answers a real question she sees from families, fiduciaries, financial advisors, and CPAs — focused on the moments when a situation first becomes unstable, and what actually protects people under Ohio probate and trust law.

The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services addresses a critical question that has divided district courts since the Supreme Court's McLaughlin ruling: whether marketing text messages constitute actionable "telephone calls" under the TCPA's Do Not Call provisions. This landmark appellate decision provides the first clear federal circuit-level guidance on whether consumers can pursue private DNC claims based on unwanted text messages, potentially reshaping TCPA litigati

The Federal Circuit addressed whether a patent claiming priority to a provisional application can maintain that earlier filing date when the provisional disclosed a C2-C12 alkyl substituent but the issued patent broadened the claim to C1-C12 alkyl. This case examines the written description requirement and its impact on priority dates in pharmaceutical patent disputes, particularly where an intervening public disclosure by a competitor falls between the two filing dates.

The Federal Circuit examined whether a patent claim requiring return information to be initiated "without assistance by a user" excludes scenarios where users establish internet connections. The court's interpretation of this claim language and its analysis of the specification and prosecution history determined the validity of patents covering technology for recovering lost or stolen computers.

Litigation involves more than just winning in court—it requires strategic decision-making about when to pursue settlement versus continued legal action. This framework examines the critical factors business owners and their counsel must evaluate, from assessing legal strengths and business objectives to understanding the true costs and risks of protracted disputes.

The opposing party issues a subpoena to the AI platform to obtain their adversary’s “prompts” to the AI company, arguing their AI software is not an attorney and their opponents’ “prompts” to the software...

In February, a judge in the Southern District of New York issued an opinion ruling in United States v. Heppner that a criminal defendant’s exchanges with a publicly available generative AI platform...

On June 4, 2026, in Assini v Hayward, 2026 NY Slip Op 26086, a Nassau County Supreme Court (Fischer, J.) quashed non-party subpoenas seeking a litigant’s artificial intelligence prompts, uploads, and outputs...

When investors poured millions into an aircraft venture only to discover their brokers had diverted funds and concealed critical information, the path to recovery proved far more complex than simply proving fraud. This case reveals how commercial fraud often emerges not from elaborate schemes but from legitimate ventures under pressure, and why identifying all parties with potential liability—including seemingly innocent intermediaries—can mean the difference between a worthless judgment and act

A professional photographer sued Iron Builders for copyright infringement after discovering his photograph on their business website. When Iron Builders failed to timely respond to a summary judgment motion, the court examined whether technical issues with electronic filing notices and alleged surprise constituted good cause for the delay.

This newsletter from Lewis Brisbois' Child Victims Act/Human Trafficking & Assault Practice Group examines critical legal developments in child sexual abuse and human trafficking litigation, including new 50-state surveys on civil restitution and statutes of limitations, significant appellate decisions reshaping notice standards and consent definitions, and contrasting jury verdicts that highlight the evidentiary challenges in decades-old abuse cases. The analysis provides practical insights into how courts