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The "Blawg"

June 22, 2025

Mississippi Supreme Court – Followed by the U.S. Fifth Circuit – Find that a Disinterested Third Party Cannot Purchase a Cause of Action from the Debtor’s Estate

Written by Steve Herman
June 6, 2025

U.S. Ninth Circuit Requires Heightened Scrutiny for the Knowing and Voluntary Waiver or Release of ERISA Claims

Written by Steve Herman
June 4, 2025

Superior Court in Arizona Sanctions Defendant for Deposition Obstruction

Written by Steve Herman
June 4, 2025

Reversing Friendly Contempt Order, Illinois Appellate Court Admonishes Parties Playing Games in Discovery

Written by Steve Herman
May 23, 2025

U.S. Fifth Circuit Finds Personal Jurisdiction over Foreign Manufacturer in Battery-Explosion Case

Written by Steve Herman
May 10, 2025

Texas Supreme Court Refuses to Apply Texas Anti-Barratry Law to Texas Lawyers Running Cases in Louisiana and Arkansas

Written by Steve Herman
May 7, 2025

Constructive Knowledge of Agent Imputed to Principal to Time-Bar Defective Piping Claims

Written by Steve Herman
April 17, 2025

U.S. Ninth Circuit Revives Medical Device Suit under the Discovery Rule Where Fact Issue Exists re Knowledge of Product Defect as the Cause of Plaintiff’s Conditions

Written by Steve Herman
April 17, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Allegations of Prohibited Transactions to Survive a Motion to Dismiss, Irrespective of the Exceptions that Might be Pleaded by the Defendant as Affirmative Defenses

Written by Steve Herman
April 10, 2025

Judge Duncan, of the U.S. Fifth Circuit, Calls Into Question the Constitutionality of the Qui Tam Relator Statute

Written by Steve Herman