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Why A Delaware Supreme Court Decision Affirming Shifting A Contingency Fee To The Losing Party Could Have Applications To Recovering The Costs Of Litigation Funding [Sponsored]

Above The Law

The state’s top court upheld fee-shifting of a contingent fee. Analogous logic could apply to the costs of litigation funding. The post Why A Delaware Supreme Court Decision Affirming Shifting A Contingency Fee To The Losing Party Could Have Applications To Recovering The Costs Of Litigation Funding appeared first on Above the Law.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

Law 360

Delaware Chancery Court decisions last week touched on foot powder litigation, an AMC settlement and in-person signage as damage control for a postponed hearing. New cases ranged from Amazon sales centers to a fibrosis drug.

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Courts Are Mimicking Delaware's Approach To Ultra Vires Acts

Law 360

Recent state court decisions mirroring procedures employed by the Delaware Chancery Court to short-circuit the adjudication of disputes concerning ultra vires corporate acts are a welcome sign for parties who are required to litigate their corporate disputes outside of Delaware, say attorneys at Akerman.

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Collateral Estoppel Beats Precedent Every Time

Patently O

This means that issues decided at the district or administrative court level can be binding on all other courts: district courts, administrative courts, appellate courts, and even the Supreme Court. District court decisions are not binding precedent because they are at the bottom.

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Brand-Generic Drugs: Infringement Judged by the ANDA Filing

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Thus, ANDA patent lawsuits are ordinarily decided by bench trial–and typically by one of the Delaware district court judges. At times, a court can look to other relevant evidence, but only when the ANDA filing fails to “speak clearly and directly to the question of infringement.” 3d 1366, 1378 (Fed.

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Cities, counties, and states score major procedural win in climate liability suits against fossil fuel companies

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In total, at least 25 cases have been filed in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. The Supreme Court sided with the fossil fuel company defendants, ruling that appellate courts could review all grounds of the remand order.

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Data on Choice-of-Court Clause Enforcement in US

Conflict of Laws

These courts will not, however, enforce a clause when it is unreasonable or contrary to public policy. These rates were calculated by dividing (1) the total number of cases where a clause was enforced by (2) the total number of cases where the court considered the issue of enforceability. They apply federal common law.

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