United States: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

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).

Litigation hold notices are often assumed to be attorney-client privileged or protected under the work-product doctrine.

Many lawyers and litigants have the misconception that the parties do not have enough information to settle early in the litigation (or pre-litigation) and therefore consider mediation only on the eve of summary judgment or trial.

At LS Carlson Law, we understand the challenges homeowners face when dealing with questionable HOA rules in Florida communities.

Cybersecurity risks remain top of mind for boards and corporate counsel, especially given the rise of generative AI and an increasingly fragmented and complex regulatory landscape.

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

We previously reported on the recent California Court of Appeal district split as to what standard of review should apply in utility takeover condemnation cases as it pertains to more necessary public use challenges.

In a decision poised to change the landscape of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") litigation, on April 17, 2025, the Supreme Court held in Cunningham et al. v. Cornell University et al. that a claimant alleging that a fiduciary engaged in an interested-party transaction under Section 406 of ERISA is not required to plead that statutory exemptions are inapplicable.

You don't need to point out the obvious to a court. You especially don't need to belabor the point.