A Delaware federal judge ruled that IV's targeted licensing campaign and string of lawsuits against banks and insurers gave Assurant enough of a legal threat to file a preemptive declaratory judgment action.
Assurant, Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC et al
A Chicago federal judge ordered the bank to supplement years-old discovery responses after an appellate reversal made its internal account-designation policies central to the surviving claim.
Rao v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. et al
In a question of first impression for Illinois appellate courts, the Third District holds that some pre-event safety failures fall outside the Tort Immunity Act's supervision shield.
Allumi v. Oswego Community Unit School District 308
A New Jersey federal magistrate judge denied debt collector Midland Funding's motion to compel production of retainer agreements between plaintiff Svetlana Lerner and her attorneys, rejecting the argument that the agreements might reveal...
LERNER v. MIDLAND FUNDING LLC
A federal judge has set a June 2026 jury trial for an Uber driver who claims Bakersfield police officers tackled him, struck him with batons, and knelt on his neck and back during an encounter outside a nightclub — injuries he says inclu...
Flores v. City of Bakersfield