6/6/2025 8:58:30 PM “Majority Group” Employees Likely to Bring More “Reverse Discrimination” Claims in Wake of Recent Supreme Court Ruling By Ellie George Tommy McGoey Yesterday, this nation’s highest court unanimously ruled that “majority group” plaintiffs – like white employees, heterosexual employees,...
6/6/2025 4:13:31 PM SCOTUS Holds That Excluding Catholic Charities From Religious Unemployment Tax Exemption Violates First Amendment By Caroline Lafourcade Kevin Naccari Leon Rittenberg III On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Wisconsin violated the First Amendment of the United States Constitution...
1/31/2025 9:48:17 PM SCOTUS Digs into Jurisdiction in Pet Food Case By Chace Vienne Kelly Becker Ellie George Although pet food and jurisdictional quandaries might seem equally unpalatable, the United States Supreme Court recently tackled a case...
7/9/2024 4:53:10 PM Louisiana’s Legislative Landscape: What’s New in 2024 By Neil Abramson Cristian Soler As we hit the halfway point of 2024, Louisiana is poised for significant legislative changes impacting civil procedure and litigation,...
5/22/2024 5:39:43 PM Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split: Federal Arbitration Act Mandates a Stay of Court Proceedings, Not Dismissal By Zachary Berryman Kelly Becker Tommy McGoey In a recent decision, the United States Supreme Court held that Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act requires a court to stay a...
5/22/2024 5:36:34 PM Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split: Federal Arbitration Act Mandates a Stay of Court Proceedings, Not Dismissal By Zachary Berryman Kelly Becker Tommy McGoey In a recent decision, the United States Supreme Court held that Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act requires a court to stay a...
3/18/2024 9:26:12 PM Fifth Circuit Narrows CAFA’s Local Controversy Exception Requiring All Plaintiffs Incur Their Principal Injuries in the Forum State By Sheri Corales As a matter of first impression, in Cheapside Mins., Ltd. v. Devon Energy Prod. Co., L.P., No. 23-40591, 2024 WL 886951 (5th Cir. Mar. 1,...
3/18/2024 9:16:07 PM All Bark and No Bite: Middle District Finds Conclusory Intentional Tort Allegations Against Employer Insufficient to Prevent Removal on Improper Joinder Grounds By Kathryn Gonski Lance Bullock On March 11, 2024, Liskow lawyers Kathryn Gonski and Melanie Derefinko secured the denial of a motion to remand on improper joinder...
3/18/2024 8:44:21 PM Fifth Circuit Narrows CAFA’s Local Controversy Exception Requiring All Plaintiffs Incur Their Principal Injuries in the Forum State By Sheri Corales As a matter of first impression, in Cheapside Mins., Ltd. v. Devon Energy Prod. Co., L.P., No. 23-40591, 2024 WL 886951 (5th Cir. Mar. 1,...
3/18/2024 12:53:00 PM All Bark and No Bite: Middle District Finds Conclusory Intentional Tort Allegations Against Employer Insufficient to Prevent Removal on Improper Joinder Grounds By Kathryn Gonski Melanie Fontenelle Lance Bullock On March 11, 2024, Liskow lawyers Kathryn Gonski and Melanie Derefinko secured the denial of a motion to remand on improper joinder...
3/1/2024 8:41:16 PM US Fifth Circuit Upholds 12(b)(6) Dismissal, Emphasizing Need for Facts in Contract Claims and Refusing Amendment to Omit Allegations Fatal to Plaintiff’s Claims By Kathryn Gonski Shannon Holtzman Ellie George On February 15, 2024, Liskow lawyers Kathryn Gonski and Shannon Holtzman secured a unanimous, published United States Fifth Circuit...
1/24/2024 8:11:00 PM Third Circuit Restores Rule B Attachment Based On Breach of Contract Claim Under English Law, Implied Indemnity Claim Not Enough By Jonas Patzwall Liskow On June 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit analyzed what constitutes a prima facie maritime claim sufficient to support...