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Yonay v. Paramount Pictures Corp.

In suit claiming 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick infringed 1983 magazine article about real-life fighter pilot training program that inspired original 1986 Top Gun film...

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Michigan Court Of Appeals Holds No Definitive Timeline For Fulfilling FOIA Requests

On Dec. 11, 2025, the Michigan Court of Appeals dismissed a complaint brought by the American Civil Liberties Union ("ACLU") that challenged the amount of time public bodies have to fulfill records requests...

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Clark Hill

Delaware Corporate Law At An Inflection Point: Delaware Supreme Court Restores Tesla's 2018 Performance-Based Equity Award To Elon Musk

On December 19, 2025, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery's decision rescinding Elon Musk's 2018 Tesla compensation package, thereby restoring to Musk an award that is now worth more than $100 billion.

United States Commercial

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

November 2025 Seventh Circuit Roundup: Key Decisions On Implied Rights, Personal Jurisdiction, And Section 1983 (Podcast)

The Seventh Circuit issued several noteworthy opinions in November 2025, including cases that provide guidance on implied causes of action, personal jurisdiction, and civil rights enforcement.

United States Litigation

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Tax Court Revokes Exempt Status For Failure To Satisfy The Section 501(c)(3) Operational Test

United States Tax

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Liskow & Lewis

The Cloud Over Third-Party Releases In The Southern District Of New York

United States Insolvency

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Your Proposition 65 2025 "Wrapped": 2025 Year In Review

United States Environment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Private Judges In Texas: An Increasingly Popular Option To State Courts And Arbitration

United States Commercial

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Steptoe LLP

DMCAR Trend # 1 – Settlement Numbers Broke The $40 Billion Mark For The Fourth Year In A Row (Video)

United States Litigation

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Duane Morris LLP

Attorney At Law Magazine Features Ross Article On Maximizing Resolution Potential In Online Mediation

United States Litigation

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

But, IS Loss Sharing An "Indispensable Element" Of Partnership? Not If You Contract Around It.

United States Commercial

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

With 2025 Behind Us, We Wanted To Do A Deep Dive Into The Fourth Circuit's Class Certification Decisions To See What We Could Learn. And It Didn't Disappoint.

United States Litigation

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Ward and Smith, P.A.

My Neighbor Has A Dangerous Tree

United States Litigation

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Beresford Booth

NY Court Denies Motion To Dismiss Excluded Lenders' Claims In STG Logistics LMT Litigation

United States Litigation

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Selendy Gay

What Honeybees Have Taught Me About Dispute Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 263

United States Healthcare

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Banking Industry Outlook: U.S. Banking M&A Surge Arrives In Q3

United States Compliance

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Counting On Recovering Attorney Fees? Why You Should Reconsider.

It makes logical sense that any person considering litigation would be emboldened, possibly even motivated, by learning that a relevant statute allows for an award of attorney's fees to the "prevailing party."

United States Litigation

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Beresford Booth

New Year, Same CIPA Uncertainty – When Will The Appellate Courts Enter The Chat?

California state and federal courts continue to see extensive litigation involving the California Invasion of Privacy Act ("CIPA"). When enacted in 1967, CIPA targeted traditional telephone wiretapping.

United States Litigation

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Billion-Dollar Verdict Overturned: Trial Court's Refusal Of Non-Standard Jury Instruction Proves Fatal

On Dec. 22, 2025, a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, in a non-precedential opinion, vacated a highly publicized $1 billion jury verdict against...

United States Litigation

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Podcast - Respect In The Courtroom

In this episode of "The Trial Lawyer's Handbook" podcast series, litigation attorney Dan Small uses the white-collar corruption case of United States v. Rendle and his experience...

United States Criminal

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Holland & Knight

Federal Rules Break New Ground With MDL-Specific Guidance

United States Litigation

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Is The UPC Opening The Door To Prosecution History Estoppel?

United States IP

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J A Kemp LLP

Conditions Precedent And Deemed Fulfilment

United States Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Capital Forum Brings State Law Enforcement Priorities Into Focus

United States Litigation

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

What If My Lawyer Doesn't Agree With Me?

United States Litigation

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Beresford Booth

FRCP 16.1 Arrives: Will MDL Courts Embrace Its Tools?

United States Litigation

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K&L Gates LLP

Nevada Supreme Court Rules Sealing In Murdoch Family Trust Dispute Improper

United States Commercial

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Do U.S. Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Maduro's Criminal Case?

Worldwide Litigation

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Tentative Settlement Of Twitter Ex-Workers' Severance Suit Faces Roadblock

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

What A New Rule 34 Ruling May Tell Us About Navigating EDiscovery Of Dynamic Databases

United States Litigation

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Nevada Supreme Court Rules Sealing In Murdoch Family Trust Dispute Improper

The Murdoch Family Trust litigation is making news again. Media organizations sought access to the proceedings and access to court filings in the case.

United States Commercial

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Do U.S. Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Maduro's Criminal Case?

The recent U.S. military action in Venezuela, in which U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on January 3, 2026...

Worldwide Litigation

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Tentative Settlement Of Twitter Ex-Workers' Severance Suit Faces Roadblock

The parties in a $500 million proposed class action lawsuit over unpaid severance—including terminated Twitter employees, X Corp.

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

What A New Rule 34 Ruling May Tell Us About Navigating EDiscovery Of Dynamic Databases

In Sound Around, Inc. v. Moises Friedman, Magistrate Judge Katharine A. Parker addressed Rule 34 standards relating to the production of structured data from dynamic databases.

United States Litigation

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Fifth Circuit Securities Litigation Quarterly January 2026

United States Commercial

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A&O Shearman

Another Court Rules CASA Does Not Limit Universal Relief Available Under The APA

District courts retain authority to "set aside" agency actions universally under 5 U.S.C. § 706, and to preliminarily stay those actions as to all under 5 U.S.C. § 705...

United States Litigation

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Readily Ascertainable—WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: November 2025

Welcome to WilmerHale's bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We've affectionately nicknamed it "Readily Ascertainable" because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out.

United States Litigation

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WilmerHale

What Are Unclean Hands?

Colloquially, this may refer to the inability to engage in proper sanitation habits, but legally, "unclean hands" refers to an equitable doctrine...

United States Litigation

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Beresford Booth

Federal Court Puts 340B Rebate Model On Hold

On December 29, a federal district court in Maine granted a preliminary injunction to prevent the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)...

United States Healthcare

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Bass, Berry & Sims

Appeals Court Looks At When Politics On Social Media Is Not Protected Petitioning

United States Media & IT

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Rich May

Tariff Refund Approaches Amid Pending Supreme Court Ruling

United States International

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

California Court Upholds Santa Barbara Video Users' Tax As Applied To Streaming Services

United States Tax

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

FYI – GAO Finds Key Person "Available" Despite Accepting Employment With A Different Company

United States Employment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Yes, You Can Absolutely Win A "He-Said-She-Said" Case

United States Litigation

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Beresford Booth

Contractors May Need To Formally "Invoice" All Costs To Protect Interest Rates

United States Real Estate

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Beresford Booth

Pending US Supreme Court Opinion And Potential IEEPA Refunds

United States International

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Deferrence In Mississippi Tax Appeals – What Does "Official" Really Mean?

United States Tax

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Jones Walker

Fourth District Court Reinforces State Oversight Of Local Housing Plans In Landmark Decision

United States Real Estate

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Fennemore

GAO Cautions Agencies—Over-Redact At Your Own Peril

United States Litigation

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Crowell & Moring LLP

'Lopez' And 'Kousisis': The Fraud Chronicles Of A Post-'Ciminelli' World

United States Criminal

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Pryor Cashman LLP

One Year After Corner Post, Has The Litigation Tsunami Arrived?

United States Government

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Arnold & Porter

From ALJs To Article III: Post-Jarkesy Litigation Over The Scope Of The Jury-Trial Right

United States Litigation

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Arnold & Porter

Challenging Federal Government Actions After Trump v. CASA: New Limits And Open Pathways

United States Litigation

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Arnold & Porter

The New York State Legislature Has Drastically Changed Third-Party Practice

United States Litigation

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

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Beyond Checkmate: Lessons From Chess In The Art Of Mediation

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JAMS

The X Factor In Mediation Success: Why A Consistent Client Experience (CX) Fosters Trust

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JAMS

How The GENIUS Act Is Reshaping Stablecoin Regulation And Emerging Financial Disputes

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JAMS

Back To School 2025: Title IX Updates And How ADR Can Help Universities Resolve Disputes (Podcast)

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JAMS

Early Mediation: Is Your Case A Likely Candidate?

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JAMS

Top 5 Takeaways From "Advanced Mediation Strategies For Handling The Toughest Situations"

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JAMS

[PODCAST] When Scammers Strike: How Mediation Can Help Resolve Consumer Fraud Claims

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JAMS

Why Early Mediations Fail And How To Maximize Their Chances For Success

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JAMS

Jurisdiction And History Of Tariff Classification Litigation In The U.S. - Mike Smiszek, Senior Trade Advisor, Braumiller Consulting Group

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Should You File A Prior Disclosure In 2023?

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

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November 2025 Seventh Circuit Roundup: Key Decisions On Implied Rights, Personal Jurisdiction, And Section 1983 (Podcast)

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

LaborSpeak: NYC Council Expands Sick Leave: What Employers Need To Know (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Litigating With Laser Focus (Video)

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Arnold & Porter

Antitrust And Competition Law: Competition Law In The Americas Episode 2 | Litigation Hot Spots: Key Trends In The USA And Mexico (Podcast)

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Pro Bono Week Podcast – Advocacy Across Borders: A Hague Convention Success Story

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