United States: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

The Justice Department announced that it will not be prosecuting Universities Space Research Association (USRA) for violations of U.S. export control laws, citing prompt self-disclosure and cooperation.

Government entities should be aware of a recent decision from the Massachusetts Appeals Court regarding the application of the attorney-client privilege to emails that did not include attorneys...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of legal proceedings, electronic discovery, or e-discovery, is a pivotal process for identifying, collecting, and producing electronically stored information (ESI).

Due process is a fundamental principle in legal proceedings that ensures fairness, transparency, and the right to a fair hearing. While traditionally viewed as procedural, due process encompasses...

The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act serves as the cornerstone of California HOA laws, providing a comprehensive legal framework for the creation, governance, and operation...

The American Arbitration Association (AAA) announced new rules that went into effect May 1, 2025. The new rules revise both their consumer arbitration and employment arbitration sets.

Over the past eight years, the European Commission (“Commission”) has been engaged in a programme to modernize substantive EU competition law and the structures for its enforcement.

The English Court of Appeal has now set an important precedent in Europe and provided the first authoritative guidance on the nature and scope of the Registered Community Design.

Antitrust and trade regulation updates from the European Union, Around the World and the United States

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."

In catastrophic injury cases, corporate defendants and insurers follow a familiar playbook, animated by an institutional imperative to minimize financial exposure through controlling risk by altering the pool of available jurors to those who have preconceived ( and inappropriate ) beliefs against awarding money damages.