A federal judge stayed discovery in a lawsuit accusing Columbia University pro-Palestine groups of aiding Hamas, ruling that the burden of litigation could chill First Amendment rights while motions to dismiss are pending.
A federal magistrate judge in New York awarded $1.37 million in fees and costs to PDV USA, Inc. after finding that defendant Interamerican Consulting Inc. intentionally spoliated electronic evidence in bad faith, but reduced the plaintiff’s requested $1.9...
U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods denied all Daubert motions in the government’s securities and commodities fraud case against former Western Asset Management trader S. Kenneth Leech II, ruling that sophisticated statistical analyses of his Treasury...
A Southern District of New York judge ordered payment processors to freeze the accounts of a Chinese manufacturer that continued selling products accused of infringing a garden hose patent, despite a prior preliminary injunction.
A Southern District of New York judge approved a stipulated protective order in a lawsuit against Amazon that explicitly regulates the use of enterprise-grade artificial intelligence platforms during discovery, requiring parties to ensure AI tools do not...
A federal judge in the Southern District of New York granted Toho Co., Ltd.’s motion for a preliminary injunction, halting the sale of unauthorized Godzilla merchandise by dozens of anonymous defendants across major e-commerce platforms.
The City of New York must pay plaintiffs’ fees and expenses for discovery misconduct in a civil rights lawsuit challenging the city’s denial of IVF benefits to gay male employees, U.S. District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas ruled Monday.
U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled Monday that the strong presumption of public access to judicial documents outweighs Compagnie De Saint-Gobain S.A.'s arguments for keeping settlement-related communications sealed in the In Re: Concrete and Cement...
A New York process-serving firm escaped Rule 37 sanctions after its GPS records contractor defied a court order to produce certified location data, because the firm lacked practical control over records it was legally entitled to demand.
A Manhattan federal judge denied both sides' Daubert motions in full, allowing competing statistical analyses, a blind allocation exercise, and dueling regression models to go.
A federal judge held that Keller Postman LLC and co-founding partner Ashley Keller willfully violated the acetaminophen MDL's protective and coordination orders by deploying confidential Kenvue documents in Texas state court proceedings after being...
A Manhattan magistrate judge resolved a discovery standoff between delivery workers and their employer by rejecting both sides' proposals and setting her own middle-ground figure.
A federal judge permanently enjoined the National Endowment for the Humanities from enforcing mass grant terminations, ruling the action violated the First Amendment, the Fifth Amendment’s equal protection guarantee, and exceeded statutory authority.
A Manhattan federal judge dismissed securities fraud claims brought by 11 retail investors against Coinbase and its CEO Brian Armstrong over the 2022 collapse of Wrapped LUNA, holding the claims were filed more than a year past the statute of limitations.
Ten claimants who consumed a tainted lentil product sought larger payouts from a $23 million class settlement — and lost across the board.
A federal judge denied cross-motions to exclude statistical expert testimony case against a former Western Asset Chief Investment Officer, allowing both sides’ financial analyses to proceed at trial.
A federal judge in New York denied Bayer’s attempt to decertify a class action alleging the company’s gummy vitamins deceptively implied a one-pill daily serving size.
A federal judge granted USA Weightlifting a permanent injunction and ordered the transfer of two domain names, resolving a trademark dispute with De Hoop Cartier.
A federal judge in Manhattan allowed both sides to present statistical expert testimony trial of a former Western Asset Management executive, while warning experts against opining on the defendant’s mental state.
A federal judge in Manhattan granted an ex parte order freezing assets and enjoining sales of counterfeit Slip 'N Slide products, targeting major payment processors and e-commerce platforms.