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12/31/2025 3:35:30 PM

Florida Federal Court Rejects Personal Jurisdiction Over Nonresidents Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks Based Solely on Their Global Promotional Activities

By Jonathan Richman

A Florida federal court recently dismissed a putative class action against Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks, two Texas-based...

12/9/2025 8:16:01 PM

By Jonathan Richman

A Wisconsin federal court recently sanctioned a plaintiff’s law firm for filing a securities class-action complaint that failed to plead...

9/15/2025 9:59:52 AM

By Ian Weinstein Neil Foster Stephen Palley +2 more...

1. What is the Online Safety Act and who does it affect? The Online Safety Act imposes a range of duties on certain services that are...

9/3/2025 9:44:00 AM

By Matthew Sharp

Tax-related trust litigation is rife — and for good reason. Trusts were often born of tax planning, and, for trustees, navigating their...

8/18/2025 6:06:12 PM

By Jonathan Richman

The California Supreme Court recently ruled that California courts should not refuse to enforce forum-selection provisions solely because...

8/18/2025 6:55:52 AM

By Matthew Sharp

For many UK businesses, R&D tax relief has offered a welcome cash injection, designed to reward innovation, fund development, and...

8/12/2025 8:26:09 PM

By Jonathan Richman

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently denied a petition challenging the SEC’s refusal to amend its rule that a...

6/26/2025 6:12:36 PM

By Matthew Sharp

When can you sue a Tax Adviser or Accountant for bad or deficient tax advice? When Tax Advice Goes Wrong In the UK, individuals and...

6/12/2025 1:22:12 AM

By Daniel Sachs Steven Tyrrell Stephen Best

On June 10, 2025, United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued revised and hotly anticipated...

5/30/2025 8:28:25 AM

By Matthew Sharp

The RTFO is a complex UK environmental credit scheme that plays a key role in driving decarbonisation in the transport sector. The FT...

5/21/2025 8:19:59 PM

By Jonathan Richman

The New York Court of Appeals confirmed that the internal-affairs doctrine, which generally applies the substantive law of a...

5/12/2025 12:30:58 PM

By Matthew Sharp

The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) is a central mechanism in the UK’s decarbonisation strategy for the transport sector....