A divided Missouri Supreme Court denied a transgender student’s sex discrimination appeal against a Kansas City school district this week, with the majority finding that the student did […]
No ‘Minimum Contacts’ Required to Sue Foreign States, Supreme Court Rules
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for plaintiffs to sue foreign countries in U.S. courts, rejecting an appellate ruling that the countries must have “minimum […]
State’s Guide to Evidence Includes Recent Updates From Key Appellate Rulings
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and its advisory committee recently released the 2025 edition of the Massachusetts Guide to Evidence, with 34 opinions from the 2024 calendar year […]
Federal Judge Divided Over State’s Abortion Mandates on Physicians
A section of a 2016 Illinois law requiring a health care provider to discuss the risks and benefits of childbirth and abortion is compelled speech and violates the […]
Lawyers Call It State’s Largest Single-Plaintiff Personal Injury Award
A jury has awarded over $411 million to Jose Valdivia, a 28-year-old Texan who sustained severe spinal and brain injuries after a scaffolding bar fell on his head […]
Texas and 21 States Sue New York Over Climate Change Law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a coalition of 21 attorneys general have filed a federal lawsuit challenging New York’s new law that would force fossil-fuel companies to […]
$39 Million Connecticut Verdict Could Be Road Map for Other States
Scott + Scott and the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office worked together to obtain a $39 million verdict against a Florida-based pharmacy that defrauded the state of $10 million […]
TikTok Sued By Dozens of States, Alleging Addiction Risk to Kids
More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, alleging the popular short-form video app is harming youth mental health […]
FTC’s Kroger-Albertsons Suit Premised on ‘Fanciful’ Definition of Grocery Market, Dissenting States Say
Attorneys general from Alabama, Georgia, Iowa and Ohio are urging a federal judge to allow Kroger’s $24.6 billion acquisition of rival Albertsons to go through, arguing that the Federal […]
Circuit Judges Show Hope for Administration in States’ Title IX Challenges
Majority opinions for the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Sixth circuits followed suit in denying the Department of Education’s requests to stay orders blocking the […]