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State Supreme Court Year In Review: Key Decisions From Summer 2024 To Summer 2025
In the past year, the California Supreme Court has reshaped arbitration, contract liability, corporate governance and administrative law in ways that demand close attention from litigators and general counsel navigating commercial disputes and transactions. Over the last year, the California Supreme Court has issued several decisions impacting the legal landscape across arbitration, corporate governance, administrative law and contract liability.
State Supreme Court year in review: Key decisions from Summer 2024 to Summer 2025
Over the last year, the California Supreme Court has issued several decisions impacting the legal landscape across arbitration, corporate governance, administrative law and contract liability.
State Supreme Court year in review: Key decisions from Summer 2024 to Summer 2025
Over the last year, the California Supreme Court has issued several decisions impacting the legal landscape across arbitration, corporate governance, administrative law and contract liability.
Opening Statements In Complex Business Litigation
You are handling a piece of complex commercial litigation for a client. The stakes are high, and the case involves lots of documents and witnesses. The case has wound its way to trial, and the jury has been selected. It is time for opening statements, and the jurors now turn their attention to you. They all have the same question in mind: "What is this case about?" Opening statements are a pivotal event in any trial of a commercial dispute.
California Supreme Court Holds Contractual Limitation Of Liability Provisions Cannot Limit Damages For Willful Injury
On April 24, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion clarifying a crucial unresolved issue of California law: To what extent, if any, can a limitation of liability provision in a contract limit damages for willful injury? Previously, different California courts had apparently answered that question in different ways. Now, the Supreme Court has adopted a "categorical rule": parties may not contract away liability for willful injury.
Conor Tucker - Associate
Overview Conor Tucker is a litigator. He has served clients as lead counsel at all levels of the federal court system, including as Counsel of Record in the United States Supreme Court. Conor has managed cases through every stage of litigation, from pre-complaint investigation through trial and appeal, and argued dispositive motions and appeals in state and federal courts. His written and oral advocacy has led to published, precedent-setting opinions, including on issues of first impression.
Trial Tips for a Post-Pandemic World: Persuading the Modern Jury
Who Got The Work Nicholas M. DePalma and Christian R. Schreiber of Venable have stepped in to represent CP Management Services, CRS RB4 Holdings and other defendants in a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The suit was filed Aug. 30 in Virginia Eastern District Court by Greenberg Traurig on behalf of Daito Kentaku USA. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton, is 1:24-cv-01538, Daito Kentaku USA, LLC v. Comstock Partners, LC.
Trial Tips for a Post-Pandemic World: Persuading the Modern Jury
Latest Trending Who Got The Work Dechert partners Andrew J. Levander, Angela M. Liu and Neil A. Steiner have stepped in to defend Arbor Realty Trust and certain executives in a pending securities class action. The complaint, filed July 31 in New York Eastern District Court by Levi & Korsinsky, contends that the defendants concealed a 'toxic' mobile home portfolio, vastly overstated collateral in regards to the company's loans and failed to disclose an investigation of the company by the FBI.
Defending Reproductive Rights - Family and Matrimonial - United States
United States: Defending Reproductive Rights 02 July 2021 by Spencer McManus (San Francisco) , Karen Leung (San Francisco) and Derek Foran (San Francisco) Morrison & Foerster LLP Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com.
Barron v. Helbiz Inc.: A Rare Mixture Of An ICO, Morrison, And State Law Claims
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Pending before the Second Circuit is a unique (and apparently sua sponte) application of the jurisdictional test announced by the Supreme Court in Morrison v. Nat'l Australia Bank Ltd.,1 to dismiss non-securities state law claims in connection with an Initial Coin Offering ("ICO"). In Barron v.
Barron v. Helbiz Inc.: A Rare Mixture Of An ICO, Morrison, And State Law Claims | JD Supra
Pending before the Second Circuit is a unique (and apparently sua sponte) application of the jurisdictional test announced by the Supreme Court in Morrison v. Nat’l Australia Bank Ltd.,[1] to dismiss non-securities state law claims in connection with an Initial Coin Offering (“ICO”). In Barron v.
Anti-Abortion Group Vows To Appeal Order Blocking Video
United States: Anti-Abortion Group Vows To Appeal Order Blocking Video 15 April 2021 Morrison & Foerster LLP Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Derek Foran spoke to Bloomberg Law about Northern District of California Judge William H. Orrick III's decision that permanently bans an anti-abortion group from releasing hundreds of hours of recordings the group covertly made at national conferences.
Anti-Abortion Group Can't Release Covert Recordings, US Judge Rules
United States: Anti-Abortion Group Can't Release Covert Recordings, US Judge Rules 14 April 2021 Morrison & Foerster LLP Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Derek Foran spoke to the Daily Journal about Northern District of California Judge William H.
Northern District Of California Grants Permanent Injunction For National Abortion Federation
United States: Northern District Of California Grants Permanent Injunction For National Abortion Federation 09 April 2021 by Derek F. Foran , James R. Sigel , Spencer McManus and Randy Zack Morrison & Foerster LLP Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Judge William H.
California Supreme Court Limits Activities Protected Under Anti-SLAPP | JD Supra
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