Litigation

Appellate Law

Kevin F. Meade | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon address whether a defendant seeking removal to federal court is required to include evidence supporting the amount in controversy requirement in the notice of removal or whether it is sufficient to allege a “short and plain statement of the grounds for...

Civil Justice

Hon. Timothy S. Driscoll | State of New York

In 1995, under the leadership of then-Chief Judge Judith Kaye, New York State established the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court. Upon its creation, the Commercial Division was one of the first state court trial divisions devoted entirely to business cases. Fast forward almost 20 years...

Healthcare | Technology

Angelo Spinola | Littler Mendelson P.C.

Editor: Why are wage and hour class actions so prevalent? Spinola: The FLSA was enacted in 1938, but there wasn’t much litigation until about 15 years ago, after which the number of class action cases just exploded. In fact, 91 percent of today’s labor and employment class action...