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Brutus Trading asked the full Second Circuit to rehear its bid to revive a False Claims Act suit against Standard Chartered Bank, arguing Friday that a three-judge panel "erroneously rubber-stamped" a 2020 dismissal that Brutus claimed relied solely on the government's purported "self-serving" papers without holding an evidentiary hearing.

When corporate executives discuss important company news in SEC filings or on stock-analyst conference calls, they know their words will be scrutinized by listeners and the broader...

On Sept. 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P.

On Sept. 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P. to review a decision by the Second Circuit reviving an investor...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division ("Department") recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

It is the rare civil case that goes all the way to trial, let alone in the trademark world. Of the approximately 260,660 federal civil cases filed each year — 3,120 of which are trademark...

EFF, along with the ACLU, urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to find a New York statute that compels platforms to moderate online speech that falls within the state’s particular definition of “hateful conduct” unconstitutional.The statute itself requires covered social media...

It seems the Supreme Court will decide (again) whether a claim for copyright infringement can extend to infringement that occurred more than three years...

The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) requires state and federal courts to defer to private arbitration agreements entered into between parties, including employers and employees. Employers...

The Court of Appeal has given valuable and clear guidance on the circumstances in which applications during an ongoing liquidation may constitute ‘final decisions’ for the purpose of...