Statutes of limitations and statutes of repose, when applicable, can provide time-based defenses that will bar a complaint filed against contractors and design professionals, whether the claim is ...

The article discusses a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Moreira v. Société Générale, which held that Section 6084 of the Helms-Burton Act functions as a statute of repose ...

Through television and movies, many people have become familiar with the concept of statutes of limitations—those procedural time limits that prevent a claim from being litigated or (in many courtroom ...

The plaintiff, Comprehensive Marketing, Inc. ("plaintiff"), filed a lawsuit against its former attorneys ("defendants") for legal malpractice related to legal advice the defendants provided regarding ...

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Not long after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008, an investor in Lehman filed a federal class action complaint. It claimed that underwriters of Lehman’s securities offerings (the defendants) ...

The court’s opinion “offers a baseline recognition of the difference between limitations and repose,” said Timothy Bishop of Mayer Brown, who was not involved in the Waldburger case. According to the ...

26Last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 360 into law; it significantly reduced the time for owners to bring claims for construction defects. The time deadlines to bring claims for ...