United States: Court Procedure

The United States Supreme Court will consider whether federal courts sitting in diversity jurisdiction should apply Delaware's "affidavit of merit" statute—essentially requiring a report from a healthcare provider...

In a unanimous and notable decision, the Supreme Court in BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman reaffirmed the strict threshold imposed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60...

In catastrophic injury cases, corporate defendants and insurers follow a familiar playbook, animated by an institutional imperative to minimize financial exposure...

You may have a judgment from a United States court against a Chinese company, and are about to contemplate the possibility of enforcing it in the far east.

Georgia's tort reform legislation comes at an opportune time, as jury verdicts in recent years have been the stuff of records. Georgia was rated the #1 Judicial Hellhole in 2022 and 2023...

On April 29, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, dba Labcorp, v. Luke Davis, et al., No. 22-55873. The Supreme Court had granted a petition for writ of certiorari in the case as to the following question: "[w]hether a federal court may certify a class action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) when some members of the proposed class lack any Article III injury."

Establish a policy to enforce the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) by requiring parties seeking injunctions against the Federal Government to cover the costs and damages incurred if the Government is ultimately.

The 1964 Supreme Court case New York Times v. Sullivan, which requires public officials to prove "actual malice" to succeed on a defamation claim, was a watershed moment in defamation law. Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts was decided just a few years later and extended the same protection to "public figures" in addition to public officials.

In Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court expanded the scope of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b), holding that a voluntary dismissal without prejudice under Rule 41(a) constitutes a "final proceeding" eligible for post-dismissal relief