The international arbitration landscape is, like many other areas of legal practice, continuously evolving. GCs and corporate legal teams must decide which forums they wish to bring disputes in. Does International Arbitration still boast the holy trinity of speed, cost and confidentiality? Has its procedural flexibility allowed it to embrace the advent of artificial intelligence…

Rimon attorneys have been recognized on the 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list. The list, published by Thomson Reuters recognizes attorneys who exhibit excellence in their practice in the New York metropolitan area. Congratulations to Rimon Entertainment Partners, Kenneth Anderson and Joe Rosenbaum, and Litigation Partner, Michael Lazaroff, who were recognized on the New York list…

In an article published by the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, Rimon Partner Michael Lazaroff explains how the U.S. Supreme Court expands the application of presumption against extraterritoriality, while limiting the international scope of U.S. trademark law. Read the article here. The article was edited by the Technology and Proprietary Rights Group of Weil,…

On June 27, 2023, the Supreme Court decided in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 2023 WL 4187749 (2023) that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did not prohibit the exercise of personal jurisdiction by a Pennsylvania state court based on a Pennsylvania statute mandating that an out-of-state entity be deemed to have…

Rimon Partner, Michael Lazaroff, discusses what the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Niaspan decision means for class certification in Law360’s recent article. Read the article below. Republished with consent from Law360 In a decision unsealed May 4, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the…

On April 14, 2023, in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission et al., 143 S.Ct. 890 (2023) (No. 21-86), the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision holding that district courts have jurisdiction to resolve constitutional challenges to the structure of the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)…

On January 23, the Supreme Court surprisingly decided to dismiss as “improvidently granted” the writ of certiorari it had granted in the case In re Grand Jury, No. 21-1397. This one-line dismissal order came after full briefing by the parties, thirteen substantive amicus briefs from various legal and business organizations, and oral argument. The issue…

A unanimous Supreme Court on June 13 determined that 28 U.S.C. §1782 (“Section 1782”) does not permit United States courts to order discovery for foreign or international “private adjudicatory bodies”.  ZF Auto. US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd., No. 21-401, 2022 WL 2111355, *3 (2022)(“ZF Automotive Decision”).  Rather, the Supreme Court held that Section 1782 only…

New York, NY – Rimon is pleased to welcome experienced trial litigator Michael Lazaroff, who focuses on complex commercial litigation and international litigation, as a partner in its New York office. Mr. Lazaroff joins Rimon from Reed Smith LLP, where he was a Partner. Prior to that, he was a Partner at Greenberg Traurig LLP.…