After suffering a stroke and losing her job, petitioner Cleveland sought and obtained Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, claiming that she was unable to work due to her disability. The week before her SSDI award, she filed suit under...

Plaintiff, an unnamed subject in a study on recovered memory of childhood abuse, sued defendants, authors and publishers of articles criticizing the study. The complaint asserted that defendants improperly invaded the subject's privacy and committed...

In March 2010, El Paso Corporation ("Parent") sold El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership" or "El Paso MLP") a 51% interest in Elba Island, Georgia and Elba Express, L.L.C (collectively, “Elba”). In...

Inventors Thomas J. Campana, Jr.; Michael P. Ponschke; and Gary F. Thelen (collectively "Campana") developed an electronic mail system that was claimed in the '960, '670, '172, '451, and '592 patents. Campana’s particular...

Michael Peterson appealed from a judgment entered consistent with the jury's verdict finding him guilty of first-degree murder. Peterson argued that a warrant used to collect evidence from his Peterson also argued that evidence of prior misconduct...

By: David A. Curtiss , Proskauer Rose LLP This article discusses recent market trends regarding special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), covering notable transactions, deal structure and process, and other key market trends, and provides an outlook...

Martin Reeves Carter Sr. and Larry Wilson sued Temple-Inland Forest Products Corporation for actual and punitive damages, based on their exposure to asbestos while working at one of Temple-Inland’s mills. Carter and Wilson did not have an asbestos...

The Desnick eye clinic, which was conceded to be a “public figure,” brought a diversity suit against the ABC television network, a producer of ABC's program "PrimeTime Live," and the program's star reporter, Sam Donaldson...

By: Catriona Collins , Lexis Practice Advisor While there have been no changes to U.S. intellectual property law as a direct result of the coronavirus crisis, the pandemic has changed the world in which intellectual property licenses operate. This article...

By: Mark S. Bergman , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Introduction This article discusses the joint Public Statement 1 issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton, SEC Division of Corporation...