Bohdan S. Ozaruk writes: "Something is rotten. But it's not in Denmark....Rather it's in discovery in modern federal civil litigation...." With this leadoff, a U.S. District Court judge in Iowa ...
Under ss. 31 & 73 of the Arbitration Act, late jurisdictional objections may nonetheless be permissible if a counterparty does not object to the lateness and a tribunal goes on to decide the objection ...
United States Magistrate Judge Sean Flynn’s recent decision in Byte Fed., Inc. v. Lux Vending LLC, is another in a long line of cases enforcing the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules requiring ...
August 20, 2024 - For years, debtors and creditors in Chapter 11 proceedings have been able to ward off objections and other confirmation hurdles asserted by insurance companies by crafting an ...
WASHINGTON — A Supreme Court rejection of a challenge to abortion pill mifepristone could hinge on how the justices assess "conscience objections" raised by doctors who do not wish to treat patients ...
Juli M. Porto gets calls all the time from lawyers or litigants who want to appeal a verdict from a case that went horribly wrong. Sometimes the problem is a bad jury instruction. Sometimes it’s a ...
Concept of world justice. Wooden gavel and globe close-up. A decade ago, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure underwent a significant revamp with amendments to Rules 33 and 34, which govern ...
After a BlockFi investor withdrew an objection filed in February, a judge appeared to clear the way for the next step in a settlement of a class-action lawsuit. A New Jersey judge has given ...