The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded a district court decision, allowing collection of actual damages in a default judgment where the complaint only sought damages “in ...

Diddy files for default judgment against Courtney Burgess after the accuser fails to respond to his one hundred million dollar defamation lawsuit.

In 1977, DC Comics and Marvel Comics launched the greatest crossover of all, between their legal departments. Co-operating over the registration of the trademark "superhero" which they decided to ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs has asked a federal court for a default judgment against Courtney Burgess, who has alleged possession of ...

The United States District Court of New Jersey recently granted default judgment to Defendant Slack Technologies (“Defendant”) for its breach of contract counterclaim against Plaintiff Gino D’Ottavio ...

An important issue that commonly arises in state court civil litigation is the vacatur of a default judgment. CPLR 5015(a)(1) permits a court to vacate a default judgment, and it states: (a) On motion ...

Jermaine Jackson is facing escalating legal pressure after a California court filing revealed he could be hit with a ...

In their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan discuss cases in which Judge Joanna Seybert relied on the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule in denying a motion to ...

Combs lost the judgment after failing to attend a virtual court hearing in Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith's sexual assault lawsuit against him on Monday Paras Griffin/Getty Images Sean "Diddy" Combs is ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs may be facing the heat of a damning sex-trafficking indictment, but the disgraced music mogul also landed a legal win in Michigan. A Lenawee County circuit court judge decided ...

A unanimous Maryland Supreme Court last week disbarred a Lanham attorney whose client, a homeowners’ association, discovered it had lost in court only after its bank had withdrawn the damages award ...

A Destiny 2 cheat maker is now on the hook for $12 million after Bungie successfully pursued a default judgment against the Romanian Company that provided Destiny 2 cheats for the popular FPS game. In ...