On September 27, 2022, Judge Richard Andrews of the District of Delaware granted Novartis’s motion to dismiss declaratory judgment (“DJ”) counterclaims raised by two generic drug manufacturers in the ...

Even so, the ultimate goal of some equity proceedings is a declaration of the plaintiff's rights vis-à-vis the defendant. Actions to rescind or reform a contract are examples. A request for an ...

Collateral estoppel, or issue preclusion, the Court of Appeals found, "precludes a party from relitigating in a subsequent action or proceeding an issue clearly raised in a prior action or proceeding ...

A New Jersey patent owner's cease-and-desist letter to an alleged infringer isn't enough to subject it to a lawsuit in Tennessee, the alleged infringer's state, the Federal U.S. Circuit Court of ...

The U.S. Tax Court has been brutal in its treatment of so-called microcaptive insurance companies. These are captive insurance companies which have both made the Internal Revenue Code § 831(b) ...

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ARWR) today announced that yesterday it filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment in the United States District Court for the ...

The legal challenge surrounding the Liberia Football Association (LFA) eligibility dispute has renewed attention on the role of declaratory judgments in conflicts between private institutions and ...