Nearly 30 states require medical-malpractice plaintiffs to file expert affidavits about the strength of their case. The Supreme Court will decide whether those requirements apply in federal court in ...

The oral argument Monday in Berk v. Choy was filled with the nuts and bolts of judicial procedure – what it takes to get a ...

At issue is whether a federal court hearing such cases under its diversity jurisdiction—meaning the parties are from different states—must dismiss any claims that fail those state requirements or if ...

A federal judge in Florida has dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times, bluntly declaring it to have “unmistakably and inexcusably” violated the Federal Rules of Civil ...

Berk v. Choy, to be argued on Oct. 6, surely will be the Supreme Court case of the year for medical professionals. At issue in the case is the extent to which a set of common state statutes designed ...

A federal judge in Chicago on Wednesday agreed to keep a restraining order barring the Trump administration from deploying ...

The U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals are split on the application of Anti-SLAPP laws in the federal courts. Chip Paucek had been the CEO of a company (U2, Inc.) which had failed under some negative ...