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Appellate
Our appellate section covers late-breaking developments in appellate litigation. Published daily, the section tracks all key appellate litigation across the United States, both on the state and federal levels, with a particular focus on the U.S. Supreme Court and the federal courts of appeals.
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- Appellate practice groups
- Corporate legal departments
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- Key opinions by state and federal courts of appeals
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We review all circuit court appeals to screen for important appeals. We check with the Supreme Court and appellate courts multiple times per day to make sure we capture all important business decisions. We monitor court calendars to prepare previews for important cases to be heard.
Bankruptcy
Our bankruptcy section covers late-breaking developments in corporate bankruptcies. The section tracks the largest bankruptcies in the United States, including all bankruptcies involving assets over $100 million.
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- Bankruptcy lawyers
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- Distressed industries, troubled companies and imminent bankruptcies
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Every morning, we check the court dockets of all major Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 proceedings in the United States. We look for major events such as the filings of motions, objections, disclosure statements, reorganization plans and fee requests. We also track court calendars to prepare coverage of upcoming hearings and events. In addition, our staff of experienced reporters maintains a network of contacts at law firms, restructuring firms, bankrupt companies and industry organizations, who frequently tip us off on breaking news developments.
California
The California section tracks key developments in state and federal courts in California, as well as legislative, regulatory, judicial and professional news that attorneys practicing in California should know about to stay on top of their field.
Who reads it?
- Attorneys with a broad corporate or class action practice
- Corporate counsel
- Executives in regulated industries
What do we cover?
- Class actions
- IP litigation
- Securities litigation
- Antitrust litigation
- Employment litigation
- Environmental litigation
- Product liability and consumer protection issues
- White collar crime
- Key decisions from appeals courts and the California Supreme Court
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- Law firm hiring and staffing
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- Docket activity in federal district courts
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Class Action
The class action section covers breaking news in class actions and multidistrict litigation. The service tracks all important developments in class action litigation involving the 2,000 largest companies in the world.
Who should read it?
- Class action plaintiffs and defense attorneys
- Corporate counsel
- Corporate compliance officers
- Government regulators and enforcement officials
What do we cover?
- Putative class actions and derivative litigation
- Multidistrict litigation
- Class certifications and decertifications
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- Antitrust
- Consumer suits
- ERISA
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What are our sources?
- Docket activity in federal district and state courts
- Decisions in state and federal appeals courts
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- Federal regulatory agencies
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- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Competition
Our competition section covers breaking news in antitrust and competition law, litigation and enforcement. The service tracks litigation involving the largest 2,000 companies in the world, as well as merger reviews and major policy and enforcement initiatives.
Who reads it?
- Antitrust and competition lawyers
- Government regulators and enforcement officials
- Corporate compliance officers
- Investors and analysts with an active M&A practice
What do we cover?
- Class actions
- Multidistrict litigation
- Antitrust litigation involving the world’s 2,000 largest companies
- Criminal investigations and cartel enforcement
- Amnesty and immunity programs worldwide
- Merger reviews, including Hart-Scott-Rodino pre-merger notices and second requests
- International trade and tariff disputes
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- State aid and government subsidy disputes
- Policy initiatives in every major jurisdiction worldwide
- International convergence efforts
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
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- State attorneys general
- European Commission, Competition Directorate
- Japan Fair Trade Commission
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- World Trade Organization
- Personnel moves at law firms and government agencies
- Profiles of competition practices
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- All new antitrust lawsuits filed in U.S. district courts
- All docket activity in major U.S. district courts
- All docket activity in multidistrict antitrust litigation
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Antitrust laws introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
- Notices by the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- Notices by the Federal Trade Commission, Competition Bureau
- Notices by the European Commission, Competition Directorate
- Notices by state attorneys general
- Notices by U.S. Attorneys
Commercial Contracts
The commercial contracts section covers late-breaking developments in commercial litigation, especially contract disputes between businesses involving claims over $5 million. Published daily, the section tracks important federal and state disputes regarding breach of contract, tortuous interference and common-law unfair competition claims.
Who reads it?
- Commercial litigators
- Securities lawyers
- General business lawyers
- Corporate legal departments
What do we cover?
- Breach of contract
- Conspiracy to induce breach of contract
- Tortuous interference
- Unfair competition
- Fraudulent transactions
- Misappropriation of trade secrets
- Negligent misrepresentation
- Interference with employment relationship
- Interference with prospective economic advantage
- Intentional interference with the right to pursue a lawful business
- Trade libel
- Abuse of process
- Malicious prosecution
- Litigation trends
- New legislation at state and federal level
- Law firm lateral hires and staffing
Who are our sources?
We use a combination of filtering technology and human intelligence to comb through federal and state dockets every day, allowing us to capture important case developments within hours. In addition, we constantly monitor state and federal regulation and legislation that could impact commercial litigation.
Mergers & Acquisitions
The mergers and acquisitions section covers all mergers and acquisitions over $100 million; litigation over mergers and acquisitions, especially in New York and Delaware; mergers and acquisitions activity in bankruptcy court; and related legislation and regulation.
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- Mergers and acquisitions lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Corporate compliance officers
- Government regulators and enforcement officials
- Policymakers
- Industry associations
What do we cover?
- Bankruptcy
- Delaware corporate law
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Hostile takeovers
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- Mergers and acquisitions
- Poison pills
- Proxy contests
- Shareholder litigation
- Spin-off and split-off transactions
- Bills introduced, marked up in committee or passed in Congress
- Bills introduced, marked up in committee or passed in state legislatures
- International banking legislation or regulation
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- Docket activity in federal district and state courts
- Decisions in state and federal appeals courts
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- Corporate press releases
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Employment
The employment section is a daily news service covering breaking news in labor and employment law. The service tracks employment-related litigation against the largest 2,000 companies in the world brought in U.S. federal courts. In addition, the section alerts readers to important emerging legislation, activities of enforcement agencies and important trends in employment law.
Who reads it?
- Labor and employment lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Human resources professionals
- Labor unions
What do we cover?
- Job discrimination
- Wage and hour disputes
- Employee benefits, including health and retirement benefits
- Executive compensation
- Non-compete agreements
- Trade secrets
- Worker safety and occupational hazards
- Disability
- Immigration
- Whistleblowing
- Hiring practices
- Labor and union activities
- Class actions
- Multidistrict litigation
- Employment litigation involving the world’s 2,000 largest companies
- Arbitration and mediation
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Equal Pay Act
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
- Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- WARN Act
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- State laws and emerging legislation
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- National Labor Relations Board
- State attorneys general
- Personnel moves at law firms
- Profiles of employment practices
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- All new employment-related lawsuits brought against large companies in U.S. federal courts
- All docket activity in major U.S. district courts
- All docket activity in multidistrict employment litigation
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Employment-related laws introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
- Enforcement activities by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Energy
The energy section covers breaking news in energy law and regulation. The service tracks litigation against utilities, miners, refiners, nuclear power plants and major integrated oil and gas companies, among others. In addition, the section alerts readers to changes in energy regulation, environmental requirements and emerging legislation.
Who reads it?
- Energy lawyers
- Environmental lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Regulatory compliance officers
- Enforcement officials
- Policy makers
- Industry associations
What do we cover?
- All U.S. federal litigation involving utilities, miners, refiners, nuclear power plants and major integrated oil and gas companies
- Antitrust and competition issues
- Employment-related issues
- Intellectual property issues
- Mass torts, including environmental litigation
- Compliance with securities laws
- Corporate governance
- Bankruptcies
- Energy regulation, including FERC activities
- Energy-related bills introduced, marked up in committee, or passed in Congress
- Personnel moves at law firms and legal departments
- Profiles of energy practices
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- All new energy-related lawsuits brought in U.S. federal courts
- All docket activity in major U.S. district courts
- All docket activity in multidistrict employment litigation
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Energy-related laws introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
- Enforcement activities by FERC, EPA and other agencies
Environmental
Our environmental section covers breaking news in environmental law, litigation and enforcement. The service tracks litigation involving the largest 2,000 companies in the world, as well as legislative and administrative developments at the state, federal and international levels.
Who reads it?
- Environmental lawyers
- Toxic tort lawyers
- Corporate compliance officers
- Regulators
What do we cover?
- Environmental litigation involving the world’s 2,000 largest companies
- Class actions and toxic torts
- Multidistrict litigation
- Criminal investigations
- Climate change and emissions trading
- State and federal legislative initiatives
- State and federal administrative developments
- International developments and treaties
- Land use
- Corporate compliance
- Implications for real estate
- Implications for infrastructure projects
- Implications for energy projects
- Implications for corporate transactions
- Environmental insurance coverage
- Endangered Species Act
- Superfund (CERCLA)
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Toxic Substances Control Act
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Coastal Zone Management Act
- Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
- Personnel moves at law firms and government agencies
- Profiles of competition practices
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- All new environmental lawsuits filed in U.S. district courts
- All docket activity in major U.S. district courts
- All docket activity in related multidistrict litigation
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Environmental laws introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
- Administrative developments at the Environmental Protection Agency
Banking
The banking section covers breaking news on legislation, regulation and litigation affecting banks. Banking Law360 covers changes in federal, state and international banking regulation and legislation. The service also tracks all major litigation involving international and domestic banks, including central banks, commercial banks, credit unions, investment banks, online banks, retail banks, and savings and loans banks.
Who reads it?
- Banking lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Corporate compliance officers
- Government regulators and enforcement officials
- Policymakers
- Industry associations
What do we cover?
- Antitrust and competition
- Bankruptcy
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Credit-rating agencies
- Corporate governance
- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Department of the Treasury
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Executive compensation
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
- Federal Reserve System
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Noncompete and trade secrets disputes
- Privacy issues
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Shareholder litigation
- Bills introduced, marked up in committee or passed in Congress
- Bills introduced, marked up in committee or passed in state legislatures
- International banking legislation or regulation
- Personnel moves at law firms, companies and government agencies
- Q&As with industry and practice group leaders
- Expert analysis by industry and practice group leaders
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- Docket activity in federal district and state courts
- Decisions in state and federal appeals courts
- Legislation introduced, marked up or passed in Congress or state legislatures
- Federal, state and international regulatory agencies
- Major trials and hearings in Wilmington, Del.; New York; Washington; Los Angeles; and Chicago.
- Corporate press releases
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Government Contracts
The government contracts section covers breaking news on government contracts litigation and regulation. The service tracks government contracts litigation involving the 2,000 largest companies in the world as well as all relevant legislative and regulatory developments.
Who should read it?
- Government contracts attorneys
- Corporate counsel
- Corporate compliance officers
- Government regulators and enforcement officials
What do we cover?
- Bid protests
- Buy American and Trade Agreements Acts
- Contract administration
- Contract disputes
- Disputes before the Boards of Contract Appeals
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act litigation
- GAO bid protests
- False Claims Act litigation
- Intellectual property disputes
- Prime contractor/subcontractor disputes
- Procurement fraud
- Suspension/debarment actions
- Personnel moves at law firms and government agencies
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- Docket activity in the Court of Federal Claims, the federal district courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Government Accountability Office, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals and the Armed Services Boards of Contract Appeals
- Decisions in state and federal appeals courts
- Legislation introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
- Federal regulatory agencies
- U.S. Attorneys
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Health
The health section covers breaking news in health care law and regulation. The service tracks litigation involving pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies, medical device makers, hospitals, long-term care facilities, pharmacies and health insurance companies, among others. In addition, the section alerts readers to changes in health care regulation and emerging legislation.
Who reads it?
- Health care lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Compliance officers
- Enforcement officials
- Policy makers
- Industry associations
What do we cover?
- All U.S. federal litigation involving pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies, medical device makers, hospitals, long-term care facilities, pharmacies, and health insurance companies, among others
- Intellectual property issues, including patent challenges
- Antitrust and competition issues
- Mass torts, product safety and recalls
- Employment-related issues
- Corporate governance
- Bankruptcies
- Privacy issues
- Health care regulation, including FDA activities
- Health care bills introduced, marked up in committee, or passed in Congress
- Personnel moves at law firms and legal departments
- Profiles of health-law practices
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- All new health-related lawsuits brought in U.S. federal courts
- All docket activity in major U.S. district courts
- All docket activity in multidistrict employment litigation
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Health-related laws introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
- Enforcement activities by government agencies, including the FDA
IP
The IP section covers breaking news in copyright, patent and trademark law. The service tracks IP-related litigation against the largest 2,000 companies in the world brought in U.S. federal courts. In addition, the section alerts readers to licensing activity, important emerging legislation and major trends in IP law.
Who should read it?
- Copyright, patent and trademark lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Licensing executives
- Decision makers at health care and technology companies
- Policy makers
What do we cover?
- IP litigation involving the world’s 2,000 largest companies
- Multidistrict litigation
- Federal Circuit decisions
- Supreme Court decisions
- Copyrights
- Patents
- Trademarks
- Trade secrets
- Industrial designs
- Geographical indications
- Rights of publicity
- Licensing and royalty rates
- Piracy
- Counterfeiting
- Infringement
- Disputes between drug originators and generic makers
- Antitrust issues in IP
- IP bills introduced, marked up in committee or passed by Congress
- Efforts to converge and streamline international IP law
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. Copyright Office
- Japan Patent Office
- European Patent Office
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- Personnel moves at law firms
- Profiles of IP practices
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- All new IP-related lawsuits brought against large companies in U.S. federal courts
- All docket activity in major U.S. district courts
- All docket activity in multidistrict IP litigation
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
- IP-related laws introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
- Patent-related enforcement activities by the Federal Trade Commission
- Legislation introduced or passed by the European Parliament and the European Commission
- Notices by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Notices by the Copyright Office
- Notices by the World Intellectual Property Organization
Insurance
The insurance section covers breaking news in insurance law and regulation. The service tracks litigation against major insurance carriers, brokers and reinsurers. In addition, the section alerts readers to changes in insurance regulation and emerging legislation.
Who should read it?
- Insurance lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Insurance company executives
- Executives and decision makers at corporate policyholders
- Regulatory compliance officers
- Policy makers
- Industry associations
What do we cover?
- State and federal litigation involving major insurance carriers, especially multiparty litigation
- Disputes over claims related to directors’ and officers’ and professional liability insurance, property damage, mass torts and toxic torts
- Class actions involving failed “vanishing premiums,” modal premium rates, long-term care insurance rate increases, deceptive and unfair trade practices and ERISA violations
- Major reinsurance arbitration
- Demutualizations and mutual holding company reorganizations
- Domestic insurance regulation, including NAIC, SEC and FDIC activities
- Global insurance regulation, including U.K. and EU
- Insurance-related bills introduced, marked up in committee, or passed in Congress
- Personnel moves at law firms and legal departments
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- Insurance-related lawsuits brought in U.S. federal courts
- Docket activity in major U.S. district courts
- Docket activity in certain state courts
- Docket activity in multidistrict product liability litigation
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Insurance-related laws introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
- Enforcement activities by SEC and other agencies
International Trade
Our international trade section covers litigation, regulation and legislation related to exports and imports. Published daily, the section keeps practitioners up to date on the latest developments related to tariffs, trade agreements, antidumping and state aid, among other things.
Who reads it?
- International trade lawyers
- Import and export businesses
- Policy makers and regulators
What do we cover?
- Court of International Trade
- International Trade Commission
- World Trade Organization
- Antidumping and countervailing duty proceeding
- Multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations and agreements
- Changes in product regulation, environmental standards and food and drug safety
- Customs classification and customs and export controls
- Export controls and anti-boycott regulations
- Economic sanctions, embargoes and FCPA compliance
- Disputes under NAFTA
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
- Developments at DG Trade (EU), MOFCOM (China), METI (Japan) and USTR (U.S.)
- Trade and tariff legislation
- Litigation trends
- New legislation at state and federal level
- Law firm lateral hires and staffing
Who are our sources?
We use a combination of filtering technology and human intelligence to comb through dockets and regulatory filings, allowing us to capture important developments within hours. In addition, we constantly monitor international regulation and legislation that could impact international trade law.
Media & Entertainment
The media & entertainment section covers breaking news on litigation, deals, legislation and regulation involving the world’s largest media & entertainment companies.
Who reads it?
- Media & entertainment attorneys
- Corporate counsel
- Corporate compliance officers
- Government regulators and enforcement officials
What do we cover?
- Advertising
- Antitrust
- Arts
- Contracts
- Copyrights
- False advertising
- First amendment
- FOIA
- Gaming
- Labor and Employment
- Licensing
- Libel/defamation
- Media
- Music
- Motion pictures
- New media
- Patents
- Privacy
- Profit participation
- Publishing
- Rights of publicity
- Royalties
- Sports
- Television
- Theatre
- Trademark
- Unfair competition
- Personnel moves at law firms and government agencies
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- Docket activity in federal district and state courts
- Decisions in state and federal appeals courts
- Legislation introduced, marked up or passed in Congress or state legislatures
- Federal and state regulatory agencies
- Major trials and hearings in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, DC and Wilmington, DE
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Midwest
The Midwest section tracks key developments in state and federal courts in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The section also covers legislative, regulatory, judicial and professional news that attorneys practicing in the Midwest should know about to stay on top of their field.
Who reads it?
- Attorneys with a broad corporate or class action practice
- Corporate counsel
- Executives in regulated industries
What do we cover?
- Class actions
- IP litigation
- Securities litigation
- Antitrust litigation
- Employment litigation
- Environmental litigation
- Product liability and consumer protection issues
- White collar crime
- Key decisions from state appeals courts and Supreme Courts
- Key new cases at the state trial court level
- Proposed legislation and new laws
- Actions by the state attorneys general’s offices
- Enforcement actions by state and federal prosecutors
- Law firm hiring and staffing
Who are our sources?
- Docket activity in federal district courts
- Decisions in state and federal appeals courts
- Select new cases at the trial court level
- Legislation introduced, marked up or passed in state legislatures
- State and federal regulatory agencies
- Corporate press releases
- Corporate filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
New York
The New York section tracks key developments in state and federal courts in New York state, as well as legislative, regulatory, judicial and professional news that attorneys practicing in New York state should know about to stay on top of their field.
Who reads it?
- Attorneys with a broad corporate or class action practice
- Corporate counsel
- Executives in regulated industries
What do we cover?
- Class actions
- IP litigation
- Securities litigation
- Antitrust litigation
- Employment litigation
- Environmental litigation
- Product liability and consumer protection issues
- White collar crime
- Key decisions from appeals courts
- Key developments at the New York Supreme Court in Manhattan
- Proposed legislation and new laws
- Actions by the New York Attorney General’s Office
- Enforcement actions by state and federal prosecutors
- Law firm hiring and staffing
Who are our sources?
- Decisions in state and federal appeals courts
- Daily trial coverage at district, bankruptcy and state trial courts
- Legislation introduced, marked up or passed in the New York Legislature
- State and federal regulatory agencies
- Corporate press releases
- Corporate filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Privacy & Consumer Protection
The privacy & consumer protection section covers breaking news on privacy, data security and consumer protection. The service tracks privacy and consumer protection litigation involving the 2,000 largest companies in the world as well as all relevant legislative and regulatory developments in the U.S. and abroad.
Who reads it?
- Privacy and consumer protection attorneys
- Corporate counsel
- Corporate compliance officers
- Government regulators and enforcement official
What do we cover?
- False advertising
- False labeling
- Predatory lending
- Predatory marketing
- Privacy and data protection
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection
- National Advertising Division, Council of Better Business Bureaus
- State attorneys general
- Bank Secrecy Act
- CAN-SPAM
- Children’s Online Privacy Protections Act
- Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
- Consumer Fraud & Abuse Act
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act
- Fair Credit Billing Act
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Fair Credit Billing Act
- Federal Information Security Management Act
- FTC Act
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
- Gramm-Leach-Biley Act
- HIPAA
- Junk Fax Prevention Act
- Lanham Act
- Privacy Act of 1974
- Right to Financial Privacy Act
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- Truth In Lending Act
- Wiretap Act
- Personnel moves at law firms and government agencies
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- Docket activity in federal district and state courts
- Decisions in state and federal appeals courts
- Legislation introduced, marked up or passed in Congress or state legislatures
- Federal and state regulatory agencies
- International regulatory agencies
- Major trials and hearings in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, DC and Wilmington, DE
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Private Equity
The private equity section covers the business of private equity firms, including control and noncontrol acquisitions, growth capital, distressed asset buys, and other alternative asset transactions of at least $50 million, as well as venture capital investments of at least $25 million. The section tracks federal litigation involving more than 5,000 firms, including bankruptcies where private equity firms are major stakeholders. The private equity service also covers market and regulatory issues affecting private equity firms, including new Securities and Exchange Commission and tax regulations.
Who reads it?
- Private equity lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Corporate compliance officers
- Government regulators and enforcement officials
- Policymakers
- Industry associations
What do we cover?
- Bankruptcy
- Delaware corporate law
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Distressed investment
- Hedge funds involved in PE activities
- Growth capital
- Joint ventures
- Leveraged buyouts
- Litigation involving private equity firms
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Mezzanine capital
- Venture capital
- Bills introduced, marked up in committee or passed in Congress
- Bills introduced, marked up in committee or passed in state legislatures
- International banking legislation or regulation
- Personnel moves at law firms, private equity firms and government agencies
- Q&As with industry and practice group leaders
- Expert analysis by industry and practice group leaders
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- Docket activity in federal district and state courts
- Decisions in state and federal appeals courts
- Legislation introduced, marked up or passed in Congress or state legislatures
- Federal, state and international regulatory agencies
- Major trials and hearings in Wilmington, Del.; New York; Washington; Los Angeles; and Chicago.
- Corporate press releases
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Product Liability
Our product liability section covers breaking news in mass torts and products-liability law. The section tracks mass torts against the largest 2,000 companies in the world brought in U.S. federal courts. In addition, the section alerts readers to product hazards and safety issues, important emerging legislation and major trends in mass torts.
Who should read it?
- Mass tort and product liability lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Compliance officials
- Decision makers at major corporations
- Policy makers
What do we cover?
- Mass tort litigation involving the world’s 2,000 largest companies
- Class actions
- Multidistrict litigation
- Selected state-level litigation
- Jury verdicts
- Appeals court decisions
- Supreme Court decisions
- Unsafe, hazardous or defective products
- Product recalls
- Asbestos cases
- Drug safety cases
- Medical-device cases
- Automotive cases
- Bills introduced, marked up in committee or passed by Congress
- Personnel moves at law firms
- Profiles of product-liability practices
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- All new mass torts brought against large companies in U.S. federal courts
- All docket activity in major U.S. district courts
- All docket activity in multidistrict product liability litigation
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
- News reports on unsafe, hazardous or defective products
- Laws introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
- Enforcement activities by federal agencies, including the FDA
Project Finance
The project finance section covers developments in projects of $100 million or more as well as assets sales and mergers and acquisitions in the alternative energy, infrastructure, mining and natural resources, oil and gas, utilities, transportation, water treatment and waste disposal industries. The service also covers regulatory agencies and multilateral finance agencies involved in project development, finance and approval.
Who should read it?
- Project finance attorneys
- Corporate counsel
- Corporate compliance officers
- Government regulators and enforcement officials
What do we cover?
- Asset sales
- Concession agreements
- Deficiency agreements
- Joint ventures
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Off-take agreements
- Ore purchase agreements
- Public-private partnerships
- Production-payment financing
- Throughput agreements
- Tolling agreements
- African Development Bank
- Asia Development Bank
- Department of Energy
- Department of Transportation
- Environmental Protection Agency
- European Bank For Reconstruction and Development
- Export-Import Bank
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Inter-American Development Bank
- International Finance Corporation
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation
- Personnel moves at law firms and government agencies
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- Legislation introduced, marked up or passed in Congress or state legislatures
- Federal and state regulatory agencies
- International regulatory and finance agencies
- Corporate press releases
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Real Estate
The real estate section covers breaking news on real estate transactions, litigation, legislation and regulation. The service tracks all federal litigation involving the largest REITs, real estate private equity firms, lenders, mortgage companies, developers, brokers and construction companies.
Who reads it?
- Real estate lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Corporate compliance officers
- Government regulators and enforcement officials
- Policy makers
- Industry associations
What do we cover?
- Real estate transactions over $50 million
- Development and permitting
- Commercial leasing
- Real-estate bankruptcies and workouts
- 363 sales in bankruptcy court
- Real-estate finance and securitization
- Green real estate
- Litigation and enforcement actions
- Zoning, environmental and land use disputes
- Tax issues
- Real estate investment trusts
- Real estate private equity firms
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae
- Green Building Council
- State and municipal regulators
- Bills introduced, marked up in committee, or passed in state legislatures
- Bills introduced, marked up in committee, or passed in Congress
- Lateral hires at law firms
- Corporate officer moves at real estate divisions of banks, major developers, REITS
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- Docket activity in federal district and state courts
- Decisions in state and federal appeals courts
- Legislation introduced, marked up or passed in Congress or state legislatures
- Federal, state and international regulatory agencies
- Major trials and hearings in Wilmington, DE, New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Chicago.
- Corporate press releases
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities
The securities section covers breaking news in securities litigation, white-collar crime and corporate governance. The service tracks litigation involving the largest 2,000 companies in the world, as well as the activities of federal regulators and self regulatory organizations.
Who reads it?
- Securities litigators
- White-collar defense lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Corporate compliance officers
- Government regulators and enforcement officials
- Industry associations
What do we cover?
- Class actions
- Multidistrict litigation
- Securities litigation involving the world’s 2,000 largest companies
- Accounting and securities fraud
- Criminal investigations
- Accounting standards
- Corporate governance
- Policy initiatives in every major jurisdiction worldwide
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Self regulatory organizations, including major exchanges
- State attorneys general
- Personnel moves at law firms and government agencies
- Profiles of competition practices
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- All new securities lawsuits filed in U.S. district courts
- All lawsuits filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission
- All docket activity in major U.S. district courts
- All docket activity in multidistrict securities litigation
- Major arrests and indictments by U.S. attorneys
- Major jury verdicts, sentencings and appeals court decisions
- Proposed rule changes by the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Southeast
The Southeast section tracks key developments in state and federal courts in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The section also covers legislative, regulatory, judicial and professional news that attorneys practicing in the Southeast United States should know about to stay on top of their field. Note that a separate section covers events in Texas.
Who reads it?
- Attorneys with a broad corporate or class action practice
- Corporate counsel
- Executives in regulated industries
What do we cover?
- Class actions
- IP litigation
- Securities litigation
- Antitrust litigation
- Employment litigation
- Environmental litigation
- Product liability and consumer protection issues
- White collar crime
- Key decisions at appeals courts and Supreme Courts
- Key new cases at the state trial court level
- Proposed legislation and new laws
- Actions by the state attorneys general’s offices
- Enforcement actions by state and federal prosecutors
- Law firm hiring and staffing
Who are our sources?
- Docket activity in federal district courts
- Decisions in state and federal appeals courts
- Select new cases at the trial court level
- Legislation introduced, marked up or passed in state legislatures
- State and federal regulatory agencies
- Corporate press releases
- Corporate filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Technology
Our technology section covers breaking news in technology law and litigation. The section tracks litigation involving software makers, computer makers, equipment makers, semiconductor manufacturers, telecom companies, information technology services providers, networking and wireless communications companies, and electronics retailers, among others. In addition, the section alerts readers to changes in federal communications regulation and emerging legislation.
Who reads it?
- Technology lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Compliance officers
- Decision makers at technology companies
- Policy makers
- Industry associations
What do we cover?
- All U.S. federal litigation involving software makers, computer makers, equipment makers, semiconductor manufacturers, telecom companies, information technology services providers, networking and wireless communications companies, and electronics retailers, among others
- Intellectual property issues
- Antitrust and competition issues
- Litigation involving the Federal Communications Commission
- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Privacy issues
- Online piracy
- Employment-related issues, including immigration
- Compliance with securities laws
- Corporate governance
- Bankruptcies
- Bills introduced, marked up in committee, or passed in Congress
- Personnel moves at law firms and legal departments
- Profiles of technology law practices
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- All new technology-related lawsuits brought in U.S. federal courts
- All docket activity in major U.S. district courts
- All docket activity in multidistrict technology litigation
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Technology-related laws introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
- Enforcement activities by government agencies, including the FCC
Texas
The Texas section tracks key developments in state and federal courts in Texas, as well as legislative, regulatory, judicial and professional news that attorneys practicing in Texas should know about to stay on top of their field.
Who reads it?
- Attorneys with a broad corporate or class action practice
- Corporate counsel
- Executives in regulated industries
What do we cover?
- Class actions
- IP litigation
- Securities litigation
- Antitrust litigation
- Employment litigation
- Environmental litigation
- Product liability and consumer protection issues
- White collar crime
- Key decisions at appeals courts and the Texas Supreme Court
- Key new cases at the state trial court level
- Proposed legislation and new laws
- Actions by the Texas Attorney General’s Office
- Enforcement actions by state and federal prosecutors
- Law firm hiring and staffing
Who are our sources?
- Decisions in state and federal appeals courts
- Select new cases at the trial court level
- Legislation introduced, marked up or passed in the Texas Legislature
- State and federal regulatory agencies
- Corporate press releases
- Corporate filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
White Collar
The white collar section covers breaking news on corporate crime and government enforcement. The service tracks criminal litigation involving the 2,000 largest companies in the world and high-ranking executives as well as related civil litigation.
Who should read it?
- White collar defense lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Corporate compliance officers
- Government regulators and enforcement officials
What do we cover?
- Antitrust crime
- Computer and IP crime
- Environmental crime
- Tax fraud
- False Claims Act violations
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations
- Health care fraud, including kickbacks and Medicaid/Medicare fraud
- Illegal exports
- Mail fraud
- Money laundering
- Official misconduct
- RICO violations
- Securities and bank fraud
- Tax fraud
- Trade secrets misappropriation
- Wire fraud
- Personnel moves at law firms and government agencies
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- Docket activity in federal district and state courts
- Decisions in state and federal appeals courts
- Legislation introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
- Federal regulatory agencies
- U.S. Attorneys
- State Attorneys General
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission