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McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 21 Sep 2023
In Good Hands: Compilation of Publicly Available Information Can Still Be a Trade Secret
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a district court decision, finding that a compilation of customer-related information, even if…
Mintz | USA | 25 Aug 2023
The Federal Government says the 6th Circuit and 1st Circuit now have different Superfund rules but the Supreme Court shouldn't do anything about that!
Anyone who has been practicing environmental law for more than a few years has had a case requiring a dive into the black hole that is CERCLA's…
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | USA | 11 Aug 2023
Harvard Receives a Thicker Text on the Importance of Timely Notice
Harvard’s years-long battle with Zurich Insurance Company has finally ended. As our colleagues wrote in October 2022, Harvard already learned its…
Pierce Atwood LLP | USA | 31 Jul 2023
First Circuit Offers Lessons to Businesses Facing Cybersecurity Incidents and Class Action Litigation Risk
In Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC, the First Circuit recently reversed a lower court’s dismissal of class action claims brought by former…
Pierce Atwood LLP | USA | 27 Jul 2023
First Circuit Revives Data Breach Class Action Claims in Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC
Courts and class action counsel have been considering what kinds of injuries can confer standing to pursue federal claims following the Supreme…
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP | USA | 3 Jul 2023
First Circuit Dives Into Standards for Concrete Harm in Data Breach Litigation
In the complex and rapidly evolving landscape of data breach litigation, the First Circuit’s recent case of Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC…
Holland & Knight LLP | USA | 21 Jun 2023
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Tribal Sovereign Immunity Expressly Abrogated by U.S. Bankruptcy Code
Section 106(a) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code expressly abrogates the sovereign immunity of "governmental units" for purposes of certain…
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | USA | 6 Jun 2023
First Circuit Review of “Surface Water” Under Massachusetts Law
In a dispute between Medical Properties Trust (“MPT”), a real estate investment trust, and Zurich American Insurance Company (“Zurich”), its insurer…
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 25 May 2023
First Circuit: Claim Preclusion Shouldn’t Apply to Bar Claims Under VARA
Addressing for the first time whether federal res judicata law recognizes the alternative determinations doctrine, the US Court of Appeals for the…
Mayer Brown | USA | 23 May 2023
US Courts Reject DOJ’s Expansive View of Federal Wire Fraud Statutes
The U.S. Department of Justice recently suffered three significant losses at the US Supreme Court and the First Circuit that will limit its ability…
