Litigation

Robotic technology may spawn both medical malpractice and product liability exposures, claims and lawsuits. Suits and claims may arise from one area or both. Here's what you need to know.

In late June, the Third Circuit considered the broad definition of "employer" under the FLSA to determine when two employers jointly employ an employee, an issue that has been arising with increasing frequency.

Since the owners of an Ulster County, NY, mall took at least "minimal precautions to protect tenants from foreseeable harm," they cannot be held liable for the brutal after-hours murder of the night manager of a restaurant, an appellate court has held.

In-depth analysis of several key rulings.

A look at a recent case.

The First Department's recent decision in Fletcher v. The Dakota, Inc., et al. overrules a prior decision that set forth an overly onerous pleading standard for discrimination claims against coop directors and condominium board members.

Highlights of the latest intellectual property cases from around the country.

The question of whether a defendant had willfully infringed a patent has typically been decided by a jury. However, under Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. v. W.L. Gore & Assoc., a judge may now have the exclusive role of determining whether a jury is entitled to decide this question.