Insights on Complex Litigation

WASHINGTON – On September 28, 2018, Arent Fox LLP filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that 11 attorneys have been recognized on the 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers list and two have been named Rising Stars.

Schiff Hardin LLP announced today that Derek G. Barella has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group in the Chicago office.

Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that three attorneys have been named to the 2018 Michigan Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

In a recent decision, the Sixth Circuit adopted an objective intent standard: an employee alleging constructive discharge in violation of the False Claims Act need not prove that the employer took actions designed to force the employee to quit.

Forty Arent Fox LLP attorneys have been rated as leaders in their profession by The Best Lawyers in America 2019.

Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that Managing Partner Marci Eisenstein has been named to Benchmark Litigation’s seventh edition of the Top 250 Women in Litigation guide for the third year in a row and fourth time overall.

LOS ANGELES – Jeffrey R. Makin, partner in Arent Fox LLP’s Complex Litigation practice in Los Angeles, has been honored by the Daily Journal as one of the “Top 40 Under 40” lawyers in California.

Complex Litigation and International Partner Hunter Carter was recently quoted by Latin Lawyer from a lively dialogue on whether Miami rates as a world-class seat for arbitration at this year’s Latin Lawyer GAR Annual Arbitration Summit.

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit just issued a 32-page decision affirming the district court’s conflict of laws ruling, in favor of an Arent Fox LLP client, that New York law, rather than New Jersey law, applied to an insurable interest dispute between AEI Life LLC and Lincoln Benefit

In a decisive victory for class action defendants, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a pending class action tolls the statute of limitations only for putative class members’ individual claims, and not for any “follow-on” class actions they file on their own.

Last week, Above the Law highlighted a case handled by Arent Fox and Complex Litigation Partner James Hulme and Associates Taniel Anderson and Jake Christensen that involved client Sabinsa Corporation and the issue of attorneys’ fees motions in patent cases.

Arent Fox Partners D. Jacques Smith and Randall A. Brater and Associate Michael F. Dearington penned an article in the May issue of Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report on three recent changes to the Department of Justice’s enforcement policies.

A development out of the Ninth Circuit makes relators more likely to qualify as an original source under the False Claims Act and thus survive the public disclosure bar.

The latest False Claims Act settlements indicate that the Anti-Kickback Statute continues to be an enforcement priority and a key tool for identifying and prosecuting healthcare fraud.

Arent Fox partners D. Jacques Smith and Randall Brater and associate Michael Dearington penned an article published in the April issue of Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report on the recent reversal of a substantial False Claims Act verdict.

For the past several years, plaintiffs’ lawyers have been targeting businesses’ ecommerce websites with claims that they deny individuals with disabilities equal access to goods and services, in violation of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Schiff Hardin is pleased to announce that Partner Paula Morency has been recognized as a two-year BTI Client Service All-Star MVP for providing superior, consistent client service.

Last October, we alerted you that watchdog groups were filing notices of violation (NOVs) against cannabis dispensaries for alleged violations under Proposition 65.

A Michigan federal judge on Thursday dismissed an antitrust complaint challenging multiple listing service (MLS) rules that limit access to realtor association members (an MLS aggregates and manages real estate listing data and facilitates cooperation among real estate agents and brokers).

Companies can harm their defenses to a future lawsuit by inadvertently destroying relevant evidence.

The United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously on March 20, 2018 in Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund that the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (SLUSA) does not deprive state courts of their concurrent jurisdiction over class action lawsuits.

Earlier this week, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission sent shockwaves through the financial-industry legal-and-compliance communities, announcing its largest-ever Dodd-Frank whistleblower awards, totaling $83 million.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the launch of the Prescription Interdiction & Litigation Task Force, which will use criminal and civil law enforcement tools to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic, specifically targeting drug manufacturers and distributors.