 | LITIGATIONWeek: This Week in California Litigation
California’s impact on national and even global business reaches far beyond its state line. Whether you are based in California, have operations here or do business in the state, regulatory and judicial decisions made here can affect your business significantly. With offices in both northern and southern California, Mayer Brown is well-situated to see the trends and understand the implications of such decisions. Read >>
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 | Supreme Court settles corporate jurisdiction debate
Andrew Tauber quoted on the Supreme Court ruling in Hertz Corp. v. Friend. Read >>
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| Supreme Court simplifies place of business rule
Andrew Tauber quoted on the Supreme Court ruling in Hertz Corp. v. Friend. Subscription required. Read >>
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| Smoker's $300 Million Award to Be Overturned
Andy Frey quoted on the 8,000 pending suits against cigarette manufacturers in the state of Florida, saying punitive damages in each case should be capped at a sustainable amount. Read >>
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 | The Importance of Preservation
Bylined article by Brandon Baum and Donald Falk discusses the recent decision of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in i4i L.P. v. Microsoft Corp. Read >>
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| Michigan wants Asian carp case back on Supreme Court’s menu
Tim Bishop quoted on a request for the Supreme Court to intervene to keep Asian carp fish out of Lake Michigan. Read >>
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| Appellate court ruling narrows attorney work product doctrine
Bylined article by Richard Ben-Veniste and Dan Himmelfarb discusses the attorney work product doctrine. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown secures major appellate win for NY real estate developer East River Realty Company, LLC
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, won a significant victory for East River Realty Company, when the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, affirmed a lower court’s ruling in favor of East River in its efforts to enforce an environmental cleanup agreement with the State of New York. Read >>
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| Rescuing a Rule of Reason Claim by Aggregating the Effects of Noncollusive, Noncoercive Agreements -- A New Litigation Threat For Industry Standard Contracting Practices?
United States antitrust law condemns very few types of agreements between businesses outright. That per se status is generally confined to agreements to restrain price or output that are made between participants at the same level of a market—i.e., conspiracies among competitors. Read >>
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| A street vendor pleads the First
Andrew Tauber is representing Frank Enten on a pro bono basis to fight the DC government’s demand that he obtain a vending license and site permit to sell buttons. Read >>
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