Takeaway:  Class action litigation tends to be complicated, especially for trial courts resolving motions for class certification.  These motions usually require courts to pour through dense briefing and evidentiary submissions, including dueling expert witness reports.  It has long been the case that a district court must conduct a “rigorous analysis” of the arguments and

This week marked the end of our School of Law exams, and tomorrow morning graduates will share in a celebratory virtual commencement ceremony. Earlier today the law school shared a compilation video of best wishes with the world. Many members of the Law Library can be seen shouting a group congrats message at 19 minutes

On March 12, 2020, Indiana-based SIMBA Chain announced it received a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (“DOD”) to architect a blockchain proof of concept for securing sensitive research and development (“R&D”) data. The DOD has historically received the largest percentage (approximately 40%) of federal R&D funding among federal agencies, and has requested 44.3%

One thing I have noticed with the pandemic is that legal bloggers have shifted what issues they are talking about to anything related to Covid-19. That said, there are other issues besides Covid-19 going on. For example, service animals and emotional support animals in housing. I am aware of reports from those in university towns

Takeaway:  A lot of ink has been spilled on the issue of class arbitration, but this much is clear:  If a federal court decides the class arbitration issue, then the proponent of class arbitration should lose, unless the arbitration agreement explicitly provides for class arbitration.  But if the arbitration agreement commits that “gateway” issue

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The European Union celebrates Europe Day, tomorrow, May 9, to commemorate the 1950 Schuman Declaration proposing consolidated European coal and steel industries, binding the member nations so closely together that renewed war would be unthinkable. The Schuman Declaration is considered to be the genesis of