Appellate Law News and Insights

Illinois Appellate Court Reverses $18 Million Jury Verdict Against Freight Broker

Published: Oct 05, 2023
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Chicago, Ill. (September 29, 2023) - In a huge win for freight brokers, a panel of the Appellate Court of Illinois on Thursday reversed a jury verdict, including an $18,150,750 award, against a broker. The panel reached its conclusion after finding that all the evidence presented at trial, viewed in...

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Supreme Court Holds That Consent To General Jurisdiction Through Registration To Do Business Satisfies Due Process

Published: Oct 03, 2023
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Over a century ago, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Pennsylvania Fire Ins. Co. v. Gold Issue Mining Co., 243 U.S. 93 (1917), that a state could require out-of-state corporations to consent to general jurisdiction as a condition of registering to do business in that state. Out-of-state companies could,...

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Second Circuit Provides Valuable Guidance On Application Of The Supreme Court’s Price-Impact “Mismatch” Framework

Published: Sep 06, 2023
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In Short The Situation: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently decertified a class of stockholders who alleged that Goldman Sachs maintained an inflated share price by making misrepresentations about its business principles and conflict-of-interest policies. The Development: The Second Circuit applied the United States Supreme Court's "mismatch"...

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