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.

During California International Arbitration Week (CIAW), JAMS and other leading arbitration institutions from around the world participated in a weeklong series about multijurisdictional arbitration.

In this podcast, JAMS neutrals Peter Kamminga, Esq., Ph.D., and Jeffrey Grubman, Esq., discuss the rise in financial scams targeting consumers and the various ways in which those scams typically take shape...

Key Takeaway: The need for an additional step (as required under the Singapore Rules of Court 2021) ("ROC 2021") before being allowed to introduce expert evidence and the attendant additional costs and risks could reduce the attractiveness of litigation in Singapore in favour of arbitration...

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.