On Dec. 19, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took on the confusing question of declaratory judgments under the federal Superfund statute, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation ...

Marie Sharp’s Fine Foods, Ltd., a Belize condiment and jam manufacturer, and Eve Sales Corp., a New York-based purchaser of Marie Sharp’s branded products, filed an anticipatory declaratory judgment ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of trademark declaratory judgment claims, finding that pre-enforcement commercialization activities can be used to ...

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 ...

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 ...