Interesting times, to say the least. At the end of last week, the “conservative” block of SCOTUS overruled decades of precedent by holding that a takings cla...

An interesting new article follows up on Adam Winkler’s book; the article is online at this page of SSRN. Hat tip to Steve Hedley for flagging the article. “...

Once upon a time, it seemed the 1980 ruling in  World-Wide Volkswagen would control forever, and that jurisdictional jurisdictional issues were well-settled ...

Due process in bankruptcy has been rebooted to some degree. How? Through SCOTUS’ April 24, 2017 denial of GM’s cert petition from the Second Circuit’s ruling...

According to this page of the SCOTUS web site, underlying plaintiffs timely filed their briefs opposing GM’s bid for certiorari on February 16, 2017. The pag...

This page at the 9th Circuit provides briefs and orders for State of Washington v. Trump.

Not surprisingly, GM has now publicly asserted it will try every appellate option to try to change the 2d Circuit’s ruling that enforced the rights of claima...

Hurray, equitable mootness appears to be dead, at least in the 3rd Circuit. What is it? In short form, it’s a (nonsensical) rationale for denial of the oppor...

Defendants related to uber-sized Lyondell Chemical are now seeking to use a recent chapter 11 injunction to try to bar claims that benzene caused a blood can...

Here is a cogent article on why broad use of labels for judges often fails to provide much help in understanding decisions from SCOTUS, and other courts. The...

How far can go the 1st Amendment be taken? According to some insurance companies, they have a 1st Amendment right to charge rates that reimburse them for any...

In the NFL concussion litigation, the federal judge overseeing the case has now ordered release of supporting financial calculations for the preliminarily ap...

Do backers of a ballot initiative have standing to defend an enacted law when the state attorney general refuses to defend the law? That interesting legal qu...

The Epicurean Dealmaker offers a fine passage and a few words on the propriety of "reforms." Meanwhile, questions posed at Marginal Revolution lead to a Cass...

Alison Frankel at AmLaw published today this significant story on the continuing impact of the limited thinking jurisdictional thinking embodied in the Morr...

Nicastro and Goodyear are two pending cases addressing the scope of personal jurisdiction over global manufacturers when they sell allegedly defective produc...

The "Justice Roberts court" continues to garner attention and devotion from conservatives, and to rule in favor of businesses. A new summary article by Roger...

The Supreme Court acted in unusual fashion yesterday on Chrysler, and the actions create some issues that need further thought as to their implications for u...

This post offers a brief comment arising from the now widely reported fact (see, for example, SCOTUSblog and many others) that the U. S. Supreme Court grante...

So, where and when are US tort and securities judgments binding on persons who live outside the US, and why should does it matter? Let’s start with the latte...