United States: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

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

The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe fundamentally reshapes the landscape of international human rights litigation in American courts. By ruling that federal courts cannot create new causes of action under the Alien Tort Statute and that the Torture Victim Protection Act does not provide for aiding-and-abetting liability, the Court has effectively closed the door on decades of litigation targeting U.S. businesses for alleged human rights violations abroad. What does this

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...