Counsel for AMC said court interference might hinder the possibility of the Chancery court ever again certifying a shareholder class that didn’t vote unanimously on an issue.        

Cannabis companies argued in federal court Wednesday that widespread state legalization of marijuana has outpaced existing case law on prohibition.        

“We are very pleased the court granted class certification to more than 1,700 CITGO employees and pensioners in this important ERISA case,” one of the plaintiffs’ counsel, Michelle C. Yau, chair of Cohen Milstein’s ERISA practice, said in a statement. “This ruling and the court’s recent order denying summary judgment pave the way for the […]

The U.S. Chamber and other plaintiffs complain the rule will give plaintiffs’ attorneys “a front-row seat on inspections to ferret out potential opportunities for litigation against employers.”        

The Dallas Court of Appeals ruled a SCOTUS 2023 opinion on business registrations was specific to a Pennsylvania law and could not be used in Texas to assert personal jurisdiction.        

Law.com is accepting nominations for the New England Legal Awards, celebrating legal excellence in Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.        

A startup and its two founders sued Michael Best & Friedrich and two lawyers in Chicago, alleging they mishandled a business reorganization.        

Sophia Contreras is stepping in as general counsel in the wake of John Orta’s departure early this month as chief legal officer and head of corporate development.        

A statutory predicate to the contractual outcome regarding ownership of patent rights is the requirement of a sufficient contribution by a natural person in the effort that yielded the invention. The issues implicated by this requirement are one development among more to come as patent law and policy try to catch up to proliferating AI […]

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