TikTok Denied a Stay of the Ban Pending Appeal
On Friday, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied TikTok’s...
Texas Federal Court Enjoins Corporate Transparency Act
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary...
Federal Court Upholds TikTok Ban
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rendered a decision upholding a law...
User Beware: Twitter (X) Updates Terms of Service
X, formerly known as Twitter, recently made significant changes to its terms of service (TOS). The changes that...
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Addresses Sufficiency of Preference and Fraudulent Transfer Claims
In a letter opinion entered on October 30, 2024, Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Craig Goldblatt denied a motion to...
Bankruptcy Court Voids State Court Order Confirming Inapplicability of the Automatic Stay
On September 20, 2024, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Mexico (the “Bankruptcy Court”)...
New Florida Rules of Civil Procedure Effective January 1, 2025
Earlier this year I wrote a blog post titled, “Florida Rule Changes Bring Civil Practice Into Closer Alignment...
Giuliani Bankruptcy Case Drama Continues
In a late 2023 post, I wrote about Rudolph Giuliani’s efforts to avoid the collection of a $148...
Florida Rule Changes Bring Civil Practice Into Closer Alignment with Federal Practice
On May 23, 2024, on its own motion, the Florida Supreme Court modified Florida Rule of Civil Procedure...
Southern District of Florida Affirms Trustee’s Sale of State Law Avoidance Claims
There is a split among federal courts as to whether a Chapter 7 Trustee may sell avoidance claims...
What is the pleading standard for affirmative defenses in federal court?
As discussed in in my Best Practices for Pleading Complaints post, Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of...
Are Electronic Signatures Valid and Binding?
Since the 2000s, the use of electronic signatures has become widespread globally and has become commonplace through secure...