September 2020 Business Litigation Report

Announcements:

• Brussels Office Lawyer Analyzes the Public Order Exception in Newly Published Book
• Partner Robert Becher Named “Cannabis Law Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal

Lead Article:

• Nobel-Prize-Winning Insights for Trial Lawyers

Noted with Interest:

• Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Forum Non Conveniens Doctrine

Practice Group Notes:

• Appellate Update:  Supreme Court Holds Nonsignatories May Enforce Agreements To Arbitrate

• Life Sciences Litigation Update:  Traditional Commercial Patent Incentives in the Spotlight in the Race to Develop a COVID-19 Vaccine

• Product Liability Litigation Update:  New Jersey Supreme Court Rules on Statements Against Interest by Settling Defendants

• Bankruptcy and Restructuring Litigation Update:  The Bankruptcy Courts vs. FERC: A Jurisdictional Clash over the Rejection of Energy Contracts

Victories:

• QE Rescues COVID-19 Treatment Funding for Rural Hospitals

• Firm Wins Decision That Motion Picture Academy Properly Expelled Roman Polanski