Consistently Inconsistent: An Example of Shifting Reasons for Employment Termination Precluding Summary Judgment by: Brandon E. Strey of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. - Our Insights ...

The purpose of summary judgment is to avoid unnecessary trials. It may also simplify a trial, as when “partial” summary judgment dispenses with certain issues or claims. For example, a court might ...

If a party files an unsuccessful motion for summary judgment and fails to appeal the denial, opting instead to go forward with a full trial on the merits, may that party then appeal the order denying ...

In one of its final decisions of 2020, the Florida Supreme Court amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510 to adopt the federal summary judgement standard articulated in the fundamental cases ...

Attorneys for a Nashua woman have filed a motion for summary judgment in her federal lawsuit against the Kearsarge Regional School District. Beth Scaer claims her First Amendment rights were ...

News Federal Judge, Clarifying FCA Causation, Grants Feds Partial Summary Judgment Against Teva A Massachusetts federal judge denied Teva's motion for summary judgment, granting the government's ...

JA Faris, The historical context of summary judgment in South Africa: politics, policy and procedure, The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, Vol. 43, No. 3 (NOVEMBER 2010), ...

In a dispute over definitions in a trademark licensing agreement, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a district court’s denial of summary judgment, determining that the ...