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Public Has Right to Access Summary Judgment Filings Even When Summary Judgment Motion Was Never Decided

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 ...

Trial by jury: why summary judgment is less likely in trade secret misappropriation cases

R. Mark Halligan of FisherBroyles LLP discusses an Oregon federal court opinion denying summary judgment in a trade secret ...
JD Supra

CFPB Files Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment in Texas Small Business Lending Rule Lawsuit

The CFPB (or “Bureau”) filed a cross-motion for summary judgment in the lawsuit regarding the small business lending data collection and reporting rule, also known as the 1071 rule based on the ...
Law

Litigators of the Week: Summary Judgment Win For COVID Test Maker in Securities Fraud Suit Targeting Accuracy Claims

Doug Greene, left, and Genevieve York-Erwin, right, of Baker & Hostetler. Courtesy photos It’s one of those archetypal pandemic business stories, but with a securities litigation twist. Before the ...
Law

Judge Blocks Insurers' Attempt for Summary Judgment on Liability in Contract Dispute With McCarter & English

McCarter & English and attorney James Scantling, the defendants in the lawsuit, called the motion for partial summary judgment "inappropriate, prejudicial, and would streamline or simplify the March ...