Fourth Circuits News Today

50 posts published by Jerry during August 2014

It was a busy year for enforcement activity in the cyber, crypto, SPAC, and whistleblower spaces, with several pending actions that will likely have wide-ranging implications in 2024....

Noting the court was deciding, as a matter of first impression, “what a party must do to specifically challenge a delegation provision and what a court may consider when evaluating this...

Specificity seldom hurts in litigation. It is indispensable if you want to prevent an arbitrator from arbitrating something you think a court should adjudicate instead. But although you...

2023 was another groundbreaking year for whistleblower litigation and bounty awards. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shattered records by issuing a $279...

On December 5, 2023, the Ninth Circuit in Bielski, et al. v. Coinbase, Inc., No. 22-15566 (9th Cir. 2023) concluded that federal courts can look to the parties’ agreement as a whole...

Navigating the Bankruptcy Code can present many traps for unsuspecting debtors, creditors or asset buyers. The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware recently reminded...

When parties are battling over whether a court should compel a putative class action to arbitration, the outcome often turns on who decides the “gateway” arbitrability issues of whether...

The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to review an apparent circuit split over how long after a criminal conviction the United States can forfeit a criminal defendant's property.

Seyfarth Synopsis: As reported here, to mark the two-year anniversary of TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez , the Workplace Class Action blog is examining how each of the federal Circuit Courts have applied...