What's New in the Courts

July 9, 2025

Northern District of Illinois Allows Financing Company that Purchased Claims Out of Bankruptcy to Pursue Federal Antitrust Claims as a matter of Federal Common Law

Written by Steve Herman
July 9, 2025

U.S. Fifth Circuit Finds that Life Insurer Waived Right to Cancel Policy By Continuing to Accept Premiums for Over Two Years

Written by Steve Herman
July 9, 2025

Reviewing GM Transmission Certification, the U.S. Sixth Circuit, En Banc, Reverses on Commonality and Predominance Grounds

Written by Steve Herman
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