Federal agencies are on alert after the Supreme Court affirmed a constitutional right to a jury whenever the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) seeks a civil fine to punish securities fraud. The court’s decision, SEC v. George R. Jarkesy, 144 S. Ct. 2117 (2024), struck down the SEC’s preferred method of…

Computer chip titan Nvidia has become the latest Big Tech target of a series of class actions filed by the same plaintiff, a YouTube creator alleging that his content was illegally scraped to train artificial intelligence models. The complaint, Millette v. Nvidia, filed Wednesday, follows on the heels of two others…

On July 29, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 512 on Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools. The opinion follows on such opinions and guidances from several state bar associations, as well as similar efforts by non-U.S. bars and regulatory bodies around the world. While the ABA had previously…

After two pounds of confirmed space debris left a sizeable hole in the roof and sub-flooring of a Florida man’s home, Cranfill Sumner partner Mica Worthy launched a damages claim on the homeowner’s behalf against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, commonly known as NASA.

A South Carolina jury awarded $63.4 million on Thursday to a man who claimed he got mesothelioma from using Johnson & Johnson’s talc products. After awarding $32.6 million in compensatory damages and finding Johnson & Johnson strictly liable for Michael Perry’s cancer, which he was diagnosed with last year at…

Expert Perspectives on Biggest Court Cases Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/litigationdaily/2024/08/16/litigators-of-the-week-wiping-out-a-startups-72m-verdict-against-boeing/ John Hueston, left, and Moez Kaba, right, of Hueston Hennigan. Courtesy photos Q&A U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle found that the plaintiff, the now-defunct Zunum Aero Inc., hadn’t adequately identified its alleged trade secrets nor shown that Boeing…