Where a cabinet maker sued multiple parties, but most of its claims were barred by res judicata or collateral estoppel from a prior arbitration, and the remaining claims were barred by the statute of ...

Under Evans the full and fair opportunity to litigate requirement under New York law is met when a defendant was properly served and had the opportunity to defend against the claim. Evans does not ...

Alan Feigenbaum discusses the recent decision in ‘M.H. v. S.A.’ which clarifies how New York courts apply the Gender-Motivated Violence Act, res judicata, and collateral estoppel in the context of ...

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The doctrine of collateral estoppel can assist parties facing costly litigation. Robert Berezin and Carmen Bremer consider how it can be invoked in patent disputes Collateral estoppel can be used to ...

“Metz and her company were never allowed to have their patent infringement claims heard by an Article III court or federal jury…. because of the Federal Circuit’s entrenched and oft-repeated ...

The Federal Circuit recently issued an opinion vacating the District of Delaware’s grant of summary judgment of non-infringement based on collateral estoppel. Specifically, the Federal Circuit held ...

The 2024 election is inevitably headed to the Supreme Court. The Trump legal team plans to appeal the Colorado Supreme Court’s judgment this week that Donald Trump is not a constitutionally valid ...