Topic
Equitable Relief
115 published works
Sidley Austin Blog
Equity Has Its Limits: Chancery Rejects Bid For An “Equitable Eraser”
By Nora L. Brodnitz, Alex J. Kaplan
It may seem obvious that “[e]quity cannot bless th[e] deliberate violation of an explicit statutory prohibition,” but in the recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision, TS Falcon I, LLC v.…
Your ERISA Watch
ERISA v. The Evils of Archaic Rigidity
By Emily Payson
Suchin v. Fresenius Med. Care Holdings, No. Civ. JKB-23-01243, 2024 WL 3495778 (D. Md. Jul. 22, 2024) (Judge James K. Bredar) Lovers of Don Quixote, and we count ourselves among…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
UWindsor Law professor updates Law of Equitable Remedies amid increasing interest in the area
'Significant developments warranted a thorough revisiting,' says Jeffrey Berryman
Bench & Bar of Minnesota
In the Matter of Equity v. Finality
By Minnesota State Bar Association
Two recent Supreme Court cases shift the emphasis in Minnesota divorce law By m boulette, Seungwon Chung, and Abby Sunberg As divorce lawyers, we can’t make many promises. Family court outcomes…
Your ERISA Watch
Tenth Circuit Clarifies Difference Between Claims for Plan Benefits and Claims for Equitable Relief
Watson v. EMC Corp., No. 22-1356, __ F. App’x __, 2024 WL 501610 (10th Cir. Feb. 9, 2024) (Before Circuit Judges Matheson, Kelly, and Eid) Individual benefit plan participants and…
Your ERISA Watch
Fourth Circuit Attempts to Clarify the Scope of ERISA’s Equitable Relief in Tragic Heart Transplant Case
Rose v. PSA Airlines, Inc., No. 21-2207, __ F.4th __, 2023 WL 5839282 (4th Cir. Sept. 12, 2023) (Before Circuit Judges Richardson, Quattlebaum, and Heytens) One of the thorniest issues…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Book The Jurisprudential Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By Tracy Thomas
I was happy to contribute a chapter to this new book, The Jurisprudential Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Ryan Vacca & Ann Bartow, eds. NYU Press 2023). My chapter "Justice…
Inside Class Actions
A Closer Look: Equitable Jurisdiction in the Ninth Circuit After Sonner
Under the Ninth Circuit’s 2020 decision in Sonner v. Premier Nutrition Corp., 971 F.3d 834 (9th Cir. 2020), plaintiffs cannot recover equitable relief in federal court if they have an…
Delaware Chancery Law Blog
Speculative Relief Insufficient to Invoke Equitable Jurisdiction
By Chaney Hall
Vice Chancellor Glasscock discussed the limits of equitable jurisdiction in Elavon, Inc. v. Electronic Transaction Systems Corp, C.A. No. 2021-0440-SG, memo. op. (Del. Ch. Mar. 7, 2022). The Court granted…
Minding Your Business
Without Equitable Monetary Relief, No Need for Asset Freeze or Receivership to Preserve Resources, and More Takeaways from the Eleventh Circuit
By Rina Kim
The Eleventh Circuit’s opinion last month in FTC v. On Point Capital Partners LLC, et al., clarifies the ramifications of the Supreme Court’s ruling in AMG Capital Management regarding the…