Clash of the Titans: Elon Musk Battles a FOIA Activist

FOIAengine REVEALS A GROWING LEGAL FEUD Sometimes FOIAengine sends us in an unexpected direction as we scan for trends and early warnings.  That’s what happened this week.  Scrolling through dozens of recent Freedom of Information Act requests about Elon Musk, Twitter, and Tesla, we discovered one FOIA...

Anti-Counterfeit Suits Dominate Professional Sports Litigation

Major professional sports leagues play a significant role in Americans’ leisure activities and in popular culture. The leagues and teams are large...

NewGen is Reborn as First Fertility in SPAC Deal

Fertility services company NewGenIvf Limited announced its plan to go public via a SPAC acquisition valued at $50 million. The combined company...

FOIAengine: Requests Pointed to SBF’s Shaky World Long Before FTX Imploded

Jacob Silverman is a cryptocurrency savant and Jeopardy champion with 35,000 Twitter followers and stories to tell.  A few years ago, the 38-year-old recalled his...

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NewGen is Reborn as First Fertility in SPAC Deal

Fertility services company NewGenIvf Limited announced its plan to go public via a SPAC acquisition valued at $50 million. The combined company...

Honeycomb Generates Buzz via SPAC Merger

SPACs are back with a flurry of activity. Among the latest deals, Global Graphene Group announced that its subsidiary Honeycomb Battery Company...

SPACs are Back: Data Shows Activity Ahead

Reports of SPACs’ demise are greatly exaggerated. A trio of recent deals demonstrate the persistence of SPACs as companies continue to go public despite...

Renovation Resilience: Live Ventures Acquires Flooring Liquidators

As home improvement spending shows signs of resilience, Live Ventures Incorporated announced its acquisition of Flooring Liquidators, Inc. for $84 million, financed...

Xylem Acquires Evoqua as Water Wars Brew

As access to fresh water grows increasingly scarce globally, water technology giant Xylem Inc. announced plans to acquire water treatment company Evoqua...

Anti-Counterfeit Suits Dominate Professional Sports Litigation

Major professional sports leagues play a significant role in Americans’ leisure activities and in popular culture. The leagues and teams are large...

For America’s Big Three Wireless Carriers, Patents and Data Breaches Drive Litigation

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless are unquestionably the nation's top three wireless service providers. Docket Alarm analytics reveal that their interaction with...

In the Wall Street Journal’s Crosshairs: Upside Foods, Tailor Made Compounding and Stock Trades by Federal Officials

FOIAengine Reveals the Questions Reporters Ask Freedom of Information Act requests to the federal government can be an important early...

Analytics Show Consumer, Employer Complaints Are Top Sources of Airline Litigation

Last December, Southwest Airlines made headlines when it canceled thousands of flights, disrupting travelers' holiday plans. Despite the airline industry being a...

Emerging Litigation Podcast

The Cannabis Employment Law Patchwork with Keya Denner

Maryland and Missouri are the latest states to legalize recreational cannabis for people 21 and older. Voters came out in favor of legalization in the November 2022 midterms, bringing the total recreational jurisdictions to 22 states and...

The New European Unified Patent Court with Marianne Schaffner and Thierry Lautier

The European Union’s new Unified Patent Court is an international body set up by participating EU Member States to deal...

Reimagining the Administration of Justice with Qudsiya Naqui of Pew Charitable Trust

Before COVID-19 came to America in early 2020, “going to court” literally meant putting on your shoes and walking into...

Modernizing Our Court System (but Don’t Attend Trial from Your Car) with Hon. Scott Schlegel

The judicial system is overburdened for a number of reasons, and greater efficiency is a must if court systems are...

Greatly Exaggerated: The Impact of Bankruptcy on Mass Torts with Jennifer Hoekstra

When large companies face massive mass tort litigation, one way they can survive is to file for bankruptcy protection and reorganize. ...

Around Law Street

Amici Weigh in on Apple v. Qualcomm SCOTUS Patent Petition

According to a friend-of-the-court brief filed last Friday, three organizations that represent high-technology startups have thrown their weight behind Apple Inc. in...

Third-Party Health Insurance Administrator Sues Over Breach of Contract, Alleges Double Billing

On Wednesday, Northwood, Inc., a third-party administrator of health insurance claims for medical equipment and supplies, filed a complaint for breach of...

Gilead Sued Over Unpaid HIV Treatment Royalties

On Wednesday a case was removed to the Northern District of California from San Mateo County state court. The case was...

HTC Sued for Patent Infringement for Circuit Recovery System in Smartphones

On Monday, Pearl IP Licensing LLC filed a complaint against HTC America, Inc., a consumer electronics company, in the Western District of...

Abbott Laboratories Sued for Infringement of Estech Systems’ Communication Technology

Last Friday, Estech Systems IP, LLC filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Texas against Abbott Laboratories for alleged patent infringement...

Third Court Puts the Brakes on Trump Administration’s “Most Favored Nation” Drug Pricing Rule

On Dec. 30, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. won a preliminary injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other...

Cigna Sued in COVID Test Billing Dispute

On Wednesday a case was filed in the Southern District of Texas by Diagnostic Affiliates of Northeast Houston, doing business as 24...

Shawnee Tribe Wins Injunction Against Treasury Over Failure to Distribute CARES Act Funds

On Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit granted a preliminary injunction for the Shawnee Tribe in Oklahoma freezing $12 million in COVID-19 funds...

India to Investigate Google Over Unfair Dealings with News Publishers

According to a TechCrunch article published last Friday by Manish Singh, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) said it will investigate Google...

Cryptocurrency

FOIAengine: Requests Pointed to SBF’s Shaky World Long Before FTX Imploded

Jacob Silverman is a cryptocurrency savant and Jeopardy champion with 35,000 Twitter followers and stories to tell.  A few years ago, the 38-year-old recalled his...

How Cryptocurrency Could be Behind Growing SEC Lawsuits

Traditionally, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforced the nation’s securities laws against public companies and related entities...

Bitcoin Mining Enterprise Argo Sees Securities Suit After Production Slows

A lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of New York has taken aim at London, England-headquartered Argo Blockchain PLC and its directors...

Private Suit Follows SEC Action Against Genesis Capital

In the wake of a similar suit brought by regulators, a group of investors has filed a class action complaint against...

Nexo Latest to Settle with SEC and States over Unregistered Crypto Offerings in $45M Deal

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and separately, ten state attorneys general announced agreements with Nexo Inc. and Nexo Capital Inc. (together,...

FOIA

Clash of the Titans: Elon Musk Battles a FOIA Activist

FOIAengine REVEALS A GROWING LEGAL FEUD Sometimes FOIAengine sends us in an unexpected direction as we scan for trends and early...

FOIAengine: Requests Pointed to SBF’s Shaky World Long Before FTX Imploded

Jacob Silverman is a cryptocurrency savant and Jeopardy champion with 35,000 Twitter followers and stories to tell.  A few years ago, the 38-year-old recalled his...

In the Wall Street Journal’s Crosshairs: Upside Foods, Tailor Made Compounding and Stock Trades by Federal Officials

FOIAengine Reveals the Questions Reporters Ask Freedom of Information Act requests to the federal government can be an important early...