United States: Court Procedure

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efendants moving to dismiss amended complaints under Rule 9(b) often confront the issue of whether a plaintiff can leverage and cite to materials obtained in discovery in order to meet that rule's pleading standards.

In Terra Management Group v. Keaten the Colorado Supreme Court held on June 23 that a "court may sanction a party for the destruction of relevant evidence...

On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court declined to decide the question, certified in Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Davis, as to "[w]hether a federal court may certify a class action...

The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to resolve a potentially landmark issue in class action law.

On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court dismissed on procedural grounds the petition for writ of certiorari in Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, dba Labcorp, v. Luke Davis, et al., No. 22-55873.

On Tuesday, the Louisiana Supreme Court rejected anattempt to block a constitutional amendmentneeded to complete the restructuring of the state's tax laws sought by Gov. Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Legislature.

Expert testimony has become a staple of trial testimony, both on substantive issues of liability and especially on damages calculations.

On February 28, 2025, the USPTO announced that it was rescinding a 2022 memorandum issued by former USPTO Director Kathi Vidal, entitled "Interim Procedure for Discretionary Denials in AIA Post-Grant Proceedings with Parallel District Court Litigation," which had curtailed discretionary denials of PTAB post-grant proceedings.