It has long been said that summary judgment is not available to litigants in Virginia state courts. The difficulty resulted from Virginia's prohibition against using discovery depositions in support ...
"The entry of summary judgment in New Jersey civil cases is very rare. Should that be the case, though?" writes Iram P. Valentin of Kaufman Dolowich. Specifically, "In those instances, there simply is ...
Litigators who overzealously move for summary judgment in lieu of complaint to enforce guaranties of both the payment of money and the performance of other obligations may have their motions denied by ...
On May 27, 2026, the National Fair Housing Alliance, Rise Economy, BLDS, LLC, and SolasAI filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Consumer Financial ...
Last week, a California court issued a ruling construed as being anti-industry. The decision defines a company's legal duty to its consumers when a competing and allegedly safer drug is in the ...
A federal judge granted summary judgment Tuesday to the FBI in a freedom of information case filed by two Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette journalists in 2024.
The Justice Department is firing back against Live Nation’s summary judgment push – and demanding a jury trial – amid an intensifying antitrust showdown. Mid-November brought Live Nation’s formal ...
From U.S. ex rel. Oberg & Camoin v. Nelnet, Inc., decided yesterday by the Fourth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Julius Richardson, joined by Judge Barbara Milano Keenan and District Judge Elizabeth ...
New York's attorney general asked a judge for a partial summary judgment against Donald Trump in her $250 million lawsuit accusing the former president of widespread fraud. Attorney General Letitia ...
The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a $1-million civil fraud judgment against Toronto businessman Robert Hyrniak in an important ruling that broadens the ability of lower court judges to decide ...
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Harvard asked a federal judge on Monday to grant summary judgment in its lawsuit seeking to overturn the Trump administration’s freeze on billions of dollars in federal research funding, saying the ...