The lower of the EU’s top court Wednesday ruled against TikTok owner ByteDance in a legal challenge the Chinese social media company had brought over the EU Digital Markets Act. Wednesday’s judgment marked the first legal test for the EU’s stringent new digital competition rulebook. Companies that fail to comply with…

A Missouri appellate court reversed a $7.7 million jury verdict against a major tool industry leader, concluding that the trial court should have granted its motion for mistrial after opposing counsel repeatedly referred to Stanley Fastening Systems as a “billion-dollar company,” in violation of an order prohibiting any argument regarding the company’s financial status. The three-judge panel…

Minnesota became the eighteenth state to pass the state data privacy statute, the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA)—and is nearing a year’s mark from when it goes into effect on July 31, 2025. The MCDPA is the sixth such law to pass just this year  keeping the states paces ahead of a proposed federal data privacy bill,…

A trial judge on Monday upheld what is so far the only Roundup defense verdict to come out of Philadelphia. And the ruling stands to affect more than just the one single case. In upholding the Kline v. Nouryon verdict, Judge Ann Butchart of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas rejected…

The past year was a strong one for the country’s largest law firms, and the story was no different in New Jersey, a legal landscape dominated by the midsize market. According to this year’s annual New Jersey Top 40 report, only four firms saw significant revenue declines in 2023, while…

The Court of Chancery has revamped its rule on confidential filings, allowing attorneys to make filings confidential without first obtaining permission from the court. The change to Rule 5.1 is included in the second tranche of amendments to Chancery rules Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick has approved as part of…