Federal Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume VI, Issue 22 June 3, 2023 Manuel Farach   Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani, Case No. 22–200 (2023). A claimant must purchase the security in question in order to state a §11a Securities Act of 1933 claim of a materially misleading registration statement.   In Re: Purdue...Read More

Federal Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume VI, Issue 21 May 27, 2023 Manuel Farach   Dupree v. Younger, Case No. 22–210 (2023). A post-trial motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50 is not required to preserve for appellate review a purely legal issue resolved at summary judgment.   Sackett v. Environmental Protection...Read More

Federal Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume VI, Issue 20 May 20, 2023 Manuel Farach   GP Vincent II v. Estate of Edgar Beard, Case No. 21-16555 (9th Cir. 2023). A final judgment resolving a contribution claim under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”) between two prior owners of...Read More

Federal Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume IV, Issue 52 December 25, 2021 Manuel Farach   Persinger v. Southwest Credit Systems, Case No. 21‐1037 (7th Cir. 2021). A credit collection company does not violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., when it investigates a debtor after her discharge...Read More

Federal Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume IV, Issue 48 November 27, 2021 Manuel Farach     Mississippi v. Tennessee, Case No. 143, Orig. (2021). No State has a sovereign right to the water in an aquifer, and the Court’s Equitable Apportionment jurisprudence (each of the States has an equality right to use the...Read More

Federal Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume IV, Issue 37 September 11, 2021 Manuel Farach  Harper v. Amazon.Com Services, Inc. Case No. 20-2614 (3rd Cir. 2021). State law regarding arbitration may still apply even if federal law does not apply because of an exclusion under the Federal Arbitration Act. Bash v. Textron Financial Corporation...Read More