A South Carolina state trial court recently dismissed a climate tort case filed by the City of Charleston seeking to hold ...

As securities class action filings continue to rise in the First Circuit, courts in the District of Massachusetts are setting a high bar for pleadings—especially when it comes to alleged material ...

Last August, we wrote about the Justice Department’s lawsuit against software developer RealPage, which alleged that the ...

California’s minimum wage rate will increase to $16.90 per hour from the current $16.50 per hour, starting on January 1, 2026, based on the recently released minimum wage adjustment calculated by the ...

Customer Proximity: Manufacturers sought to reduce transportation costs and delivery times by locating production closer to key markets. Time-to-Market Pressures: In sectors with rapid product cycles, ...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous decision in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Antrix Corp., No. 23-1201 (June 5, 2025), clarifying that the “minimum contacts” requirement is not ...

Following a multi-firm review of sustainability reporting, the FCA has announced that it is considering how to streamline and enhance the UK’s sustainability reporting framework by simplifying ...

On July 29, 2025, Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Jim Justice (R-WV) introduced the Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025. The act targets the offshoring of call center operations, imposes new ...

In Janz Corp. v. Philips N. Am. LLC, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 153215 (D. Mass. Aug. 8, 2025), the U.S. District Court for the ...

In Richards v. Eli Lily & Co., a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit joined the Fifth and Sixth Circuits in departing from the longstanding two-step procedure for distributing ...

Takeaways The Trump Administration is requiring higher education institutions in receipt of federal funding to report race-based admissions data. The secretary of education will revise reporting ...

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued new guidance to clarify and improve the evaluation of patent ...