Duane Morris Takeaway: This week’s episode features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman, senior associate Kat Alphonso, and associate Caitlin Capriotti with their analysis of a ruling from the Ninth Circuit rejecting a game platform’s motion to compel arbitration, finding the
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North Carolina Superior Court Denies Class Certification In Hospital Monopoly Case
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Sean P. McConnell Duane Morris Takeaways: On September 8, 2026, Judge Mark A. Davis of the North Carolina Superior Court denied Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and excluded key portions of Plaintiffs’ expert report…
Show Your Work: California Federal Court Denies Preliminary Approval Of Data Breach Class Action Settlement
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Anna Sheridan, and Olga Romadin Duane Morris Takeaways: On September 16, 2026, in Jimenez, Jr., et al. v. OE Federal Credit Union, Case No. 24-CV-02746 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 16, 2026), U.S. District Judge Jon S.…
It’s An Arbitration Agreement After All: Disney Compels Arbitration And Obtains Dismissal Of Class Claims In Antitrust Suit
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Mike Rosenblatt Duane Morris Takeaways: On September 8, 2026, in Unger, et al v. The Walt Disney Company, No. 5:25-CV-01163 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 8, 2026), Judge Edward J. Davila granted Defendant’s…
It’s An Arbitration Agreement After All: Disney Compels Arbitration And Dismisses Class Claims In Antitrust Suit
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Mike Rosenblatt Duane Morris Takeaways: On September 8, 2026, in Unger, et al v. The Walt Disney Company, No. 5:25-CV-01163 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 8, 2026), Judge Edward J. Davila granted Defendant’s…
SEC Proposes Limitations on Shareholder Rights
Today the SEC has formally proposed two significant changes to the rights afforded by Federal law to stockholders in publicly traded companies.
The SEC seeks to rescind Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which permits shareholders to…
Anwalt in Vietnam Dr. Oliver Massmann – Vietnams Energiechance: Vom Marktpotenzial zu investierbaren Projekten
Ein praktischer Aktionsplan für einen erfolgreichen MarkteintrittVietnam tritt in eine der bedeutendsten Phasen der Energieexpansion in Südostasien ein. Rasches Wirtschaftswachstum, Industrialisierung, steigender Strombedarf, die fortgesetzte Verlagerung und Ausweitung internationaler Produktion nach Vietnam, wachsende Nachfrage von Rechenzentren sowie die Dekarbonisierungsanforderungen multinationaler…
Prediction Markets– Headed to the Supreme Court?
Betting on an athletic event against a sports book is gambling and, absent general Federal regulation, can be regulated (or banned) on a State-by-State basis. Today, States have the direct regulatory role for gambling.
Prediction markets operate differently. Here, your…
Court Bars Employer From Distributing Arbitration Agreement To Settlement Class Members During Pendency Of Class Settlement
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Anna Sheridan Duane Morris Takeaways: On September 4, 2026, in Calderon, et al. v. Public Partnerships, LLC, No. 25-CV-02320 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 4, 2026), U.S. Magistrate Judge Lara K. Eshkenazi of the U.S. District Court…
VIETNAM’S ENERGY OPPORTUNITY: FROM MARKET POTENTIAL TO INVESTABLE PROJECTS
A Practical Action Plan for Successful Market EntryVietnam is entering one of the most consequential periods of energy-sector expansion in Southeast Asia.Rapid economic growth, industrialization, increasing electricity demand, the continuing relocation and expansion of international manufacturing into Vietnam, growing data-centre…