United States: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

On July 25, 2026, a Reddit user reported that the search operator site:claude.ai/share returned strangers' conversations with Claude. Tech reporter Beatrice Nolan covered it for Fortune two days later, cataloguing work notes, names, addresses, and cryptocurrency wallet keys sitting in the index.

The Commercial Division Advisory Council has proposed two rule amendments for public comment: one requiring transparency in discovery cost-shifting requests with good-faith cost estimates...

Take a breath—this is stressful, but it is manageable. First, an important reassurance: receiving a subpoena does not mean you have been sued, and it does not mean anyone is claiming you did something wrong or that you owe damages to anyone. It simply means that one or more parties to an existing lawsuit believe you may have information relevant to their dispute.

The Delaware Court of Chancery's decision in Tamer Hassanein v. NTO Fund I highlights a rarely invoked provision of the Delaware LLC Act and Delaware LP Act that could trigger unwanted litigation. This ruling emphasizes the importance of including specific prophylactic language in operating agreements to minimize future legal risks and disputes over contribution obligations.

Learning that your divorce, child custody, or protection order case will be heard in tribal court can feel overwhelming – especially if you’re only familiar with Washington state courts. While tribal courts share many similarities with state courts, they are sovereign governments with their own laws, procedures, and priorities.

The Third Circuit recently held that when determining whether a successor liability claim belongs to a bankruptcy estate, the key question is whether the claim seeks to remedy harm suffered by all creditors collectively or a unique injury suffered by a specific creditor. The fact that creditors may be permitted to bring the claim outside of bankruptcy is not, by itself, determinative.

A federal court in New York approved an unprecedented 58.8% attorney fee award in a TCPA class action settlement, where lawyers received over $400,000 from a $710,000 settlement pot while 376 class members...

A New Jersey law firm faces over $100,000 in sanctions after filing what opposing counsel claims is a deceptive legal malpractice lawsuit. The case centers on allegations that Cooper Levenson...

A federal court in New York delivered a significant victory for TCPA defendants by dismissing a class action lawsuit that challenged text message practices. The ruling addressed critical questions about opt-out procedures, caller ID requirements for SMS messages, and whether responding affirmatively to a solicitation constitutes consent for follow-up communications.

For hundreds of years, the world’s sovereign nations refused to allow any other foreign sovereign to be sued in their courts without the sovereign’s consent. The guiding principle was “absolute sovereign immunity,” an outgrowth of the ancient legal precept rex non potest peccare, understood to mean “the king can do no wrong.” The principle also was recognized as wise foreign policy because it extended "grace and comity" to other sovereigns.

The Supreme Court's 2025-2026 term delivered landmark rulings that reshape the landscape for arbitration enforcement and Helms-Burton Act claims. From clarifying federal courts' continuing jurisdiction over arbitration proceedings to expanding liability under Title III, these decisions favor award-creditors and claimholders while leaving critical sovereign immunity questions unresolved through strategic cert denials.

Simply stated, eminent domain is the power of the government to take private property for a public use (i.e. utilities, roads, and parks). However, the property owner...