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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

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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 District court decisions are not binding precedent because they are at the bottom.

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Data on Choice-of-Court Clause Enforcement in US

Conflict of Laws

There are state courts and federal courts, state statutes and federal statutes, state common law and federal common law. This feeling of pity is compounded when I imagine this same lawyer trying to advise her client as to whether a choice-of-court clause will be enforced by a court in the United States.

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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. The district court (Judge Connolly) held a three-day bench trial and ultimately issued a judgment of noninfringement. ” In re Brimonidine Patent Litig., ” Slip Op. ” Id.

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

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Supreme Court declined to hear a petition on whether the climate liability cases should be heard in state or federal court. As a result, 11 cases will be remanded to state court to move towards motions to dismiss, discovery, and trial. Several factors led to the Supreme Court’s decision. On April 24, the U.S.

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