Appellate

  • September 04, 2025

    1st Circ. Finds 'Just Enough' Evidence For USPS Bias Trial

    The First Circuit on Thursday breathed new life into a former U.S. Postal Service worker's case alleging she was skipped over for promotion because of her sex, concluding that her interviewer's remark about the feasibility of a woman in the job raises "serious questions."

  • September 04, 2025

    Ill. Toymakers Ask Justices To Resolve Tariff Suit Venue Split

    A pair of toymakers asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to resolve a jurisdictional dispute concerning challenges to President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs, saying the justices should hear their case at the D.C. Circuit along with the federal government's just-filed appeal of a Federal Circuit decision that invalidated Trump's tariffs.

  • September 04, 2025

    11th Circ. Buries Ex-Atlanta Worker's Harassment Suit

    The Eleventh Circuit won't revive a former city of Atlanta worker's suit alleging she was harassed and fired after reporting sexual harassment from a co-worker, a three-judge panel has decided, finding that she offered "no evidence" that her termination wasn't because of her refusal to return to work after months away.

  • September 04, 2025

    DC Circ. Probes NLRB's 'Successor' Bar After Loper Remand

    A D.C. Circuit panel pressed a National Labor Relations Board attorney Thursday to identify the board's legal basis for its so-called successor bar in a case that asks the court to ponder its deference to the NLRB following last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling scaling back courts' respect for agencies' views.

  • September 04, 2025

    5th Circ. Panel Presses NLRB Over 'Menu Of Remedies' 

    A Fifth Circuit judge pushed counsel for the National Labor Relations Board to explain why make-whole remedies should cover things like late fees on credit cards or child care costs, asking Thursday if the agency wished to put companies out of business.

  • September 04, 2025

    3rd Circ. Preview: Sept. Features Biosimilars, Gambling Cases

    The Third Circuit's September argument lineup is packed with cases centering on the biosimilars segment of the pharmaceutical industry and gambling companies embroiled in disputes originating from New Jersey.

  • September 04, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Backs Motorola Camera Lens Patent Win At PTAB

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's finding that smartphone maker Motorola was able to prove that claims in an imaging lens system patent owned by a Taiwanese company were invalid.

  • September 04, 2025

    Beer, Wings, Patents: Tackling The Latest IP Football Fights

    As this NFL season kicks off, a copyright fight stemming from the statue of a famed Detroit Lions player and a suit from a former New York Jets player over his portrayal in the sports documentary series "30 for 30" are brewing in the courts.

  • September 04, 2025

    2nd Circ. Says Prison Violated Tribal Rights Of Two Inmates

    Two Native American inmates can pursue their First Amendment claims against Connecticut prison officials after they were barred from participating in sweat lodge and smudging ceremonies, the Second Circuit determined, saying there was no penological justification for the request denials.

  • September 04, 2025

    Ex-Solicitor General's Office Atty Rejoins Paul Weiss In DC

    A former assistant to the solicitor general who argued nine matters before the U.S. Supreme Court is returning to Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP as a partner after leaving the firm in 2020 as counsel to join the government.

  • September 04, 2025

    Gov't Backs Funds Against Activist Investor Before High Court

    The federal government and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have filed amicus briefs in support of a group of investment funds that are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to constrain the rights of private parties to file lawsuits under the Investment Company Act.

  • September 04, 2025

    10th Circ. Revives Suit Over Colo.'s Police Info Disclosure Law

    The Tenth Circuit, in reversing a lower court's ruling, said a former process server can move forward with his challenge to a Colorado law restricting the disclosure of police officers' personal information, finding he has standing because the law could affect the server's development of "CopScore," a data-driven project aimed at police accountability.

  • September 04, 2025

    PBM Rule Included In DOL Benefits Arm's Regulatory Update

    The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm detailed several new regulations in the works Thursday, including a new fee disclosure rule involving pharmacy benefit managers and plans to revisit retirement plan fiduciary investment advice regulations, according to the administration's latest regulatory update.

  • September 04, 2025

    Wash. Justices To Review Voter Measure Backing Natural Gas

    The Washington State Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on a dispute over a law approved by voters that prevents local governments and code officials in the state from passing rules restricting or discouraging the use of natural gas.

  • September 04, 2025

    Gov't Urges Justices To Fast-Track Emergency Tariff Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court must consider under a proposed fast-track schedule the Federal Circuit's finding of President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs as unlawful or jeopardize the recent bilateral trade agreements and the improvements to the U.S. economy as a result of those duties, the administration said.

  • September 03, 2025

    Trump Seeks To Have Justices Toss E. Jean Carroll Verdict

    President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's planning to challenge writer E. Jean Carroll's $5 million sexual assault finding against him at the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to give him 60 days to file a petition for the justices to review "significant issues."

  • September 03, 2025

    9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Satanists' Idaho Abortion Ban Suit

    The Ninth Circuit refused to revive the Satanic Temple's lawsuit that challenged Idaho's laws criminalizing abortion, ruling in a published amended opinion Tuesday that the religious association of more than 1.5 million Satanists lacked standing to sue, both based on its members and as an organization.

  • September 03, 2025

    11th Circ. Urged To Revisit Ruling On French Shipwreck Claim

    An underwater salvage outfit has asked the Eleventh Circuit to reconsider an appeals panel's decision that the Sunken Military Craft Act blocks the company's salvage rights to a sunken ship without France's consent, arguing that the panel misinterpreted the act.

  • September 03, 2025

    NBCUniversal Again Defeats Claims It Shared Data With Meta

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a proposed class action accusing NBCUniversal of sharing Today.com visitors' personal and video viewing information with Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., saying one website visitor in Missouri failed to meet the Second Circuit's newly adopted standard for what is considered personally identifiable information.

  • September 03, 2025

    7th Circ. Backs AbbVie's Win Against Ex-Sales Rep's FCA Suit

    The Seventh Circuit declined to revive a former AbbVie employee's False Claims Act retaliation suit alleging he faced repercussions for refusing to push Vraylar's off-label use to treat major depressive disorder, ruling Wednesday he didn't put AbbVie on notice that he reasonably believed it was defrauding the government. 

  • September 03, 2025

    Spain Says Justices Must Resolve $416M Arbitration Question

    Spain argued Tuesday that it is "imperative" the U.S. Supreme Court take up its case challenging a D.C. Circuit decision laying a path to enforce some $416.8 million in arbitral awards against it, as the parties await a certiorari decision that could come as soon as early October.

  • September 03, 2025

    Solicitor General Defends Supreme Court's NLRB Firing Order

    The federal government's top U.S. Supreme Court lawyer, speaking at a conference Wednesday, defended an emergency-docket ruling allowing the president to fire a member of the National Labor Relations Board.

  • September 03, 2025

    Atty's 'Highly Prejudicial Falsehood' Sparks Med Mal Retrial

    A Pennsylvania appellate panel has overturned a patient's trial win in a medical malpractice suit over a foot amputation, saying plaintiff's counsel's "highly prejudicial falsehood" to the jury during opening statements "tainted the trial at its inception" and warranted a new trial.

  • September 03, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Upholds Zynga PTAB Win Axing IGT Patent Claims

    The Federal Circuit on Wednesday backed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding that mobile game maker Zynga was able to show claims in an IGT patent were invalid, handing another loss to the gambling technology company.

  • September 03, 2025

    Trump's Refugee Admission Pause Looks Legal To 9th Circ.

    Two Ninth Circuit judges suggested on Wednesday that President Donald Trump had the authority to suspend U.S. refugee admissions in a January executive order, while also hinting that his administration went too far by pulling funding for resettlement support.

Expert Analysis

  • Bid Protest Spotlight: Size, Supply Schedules, SINs

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    In this month's bid protest roundup, Alissandra McCann at MoFo examines three recent decisions, two of which offer helpful reminders for U.S. General Services Administration schedule holders drafting blanket purchase agreement proposals, and one for small-business joint ventures to avoid running afoul of the U.S. Small Business Administration's two-year rule.

  • 4th Circ. Latest To Curb Short-Seller Usage In Securities Suits

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    The Fourth Circuit's recent decision in Defeo v. IonQ will serve as a powerful and persuasive new precedent for corporate defendants as courts continue curtailing securities class action plaintiffs' use of short-seller reports to plead federal securities law claims, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • Perspectives

    Reading Tea Leaves In High Court's Criminal Law Decisions

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    The criminal justice decisions the U.S. Supreme Court will announce in the coming weeks will reveal whether last term’s fractured decision-making has continued, an important data point as the justices’ alignment seems to correlate with who benefits from a case’s outcome, says Sharon Fairley at the University of Chicago Law School.

  • 8 Strategies For Proving The Laws Of Foreign Countries

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    A recently decided case in Virginia federal court highlighted some of the pitfalls surrounding expert testimony on foreign law, but certain strategies are available to counsel to circumvent these dilemmas, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • $38M Law Firm Settlement Highlights 'Unworthy Client' Perils

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    A recent settlement of claims against law firm Eckert Seamans for allegedly abetting a Ponzi scheme underscores the continuing threat of clients who seek to exploit their lawyers in perpetrating fraud, and the critical importance of preemptive measures to avoid these clients, say attorneys at Lockton Companies.

  • Hints Of Where Enforcement May Grow Under New CFPB

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    Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has significantly scaled back enforcement under the new administration, states remain able to pursue Consumer Financial Protection Act violators and the CFPB seems set to enhance its focus on predatory loans to military members and fraudulent debt collection and credit reporting practices, say attorneys at MoFo.

  • Series

    Teaching Business Law Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Teaching business law to college students has rekindled my sense of purpose as a lawyer — I am more mindful of the importance of the rule of law and the benefits of our common law system, which helps me maintain a clearer perspective on work, says David Feldman at Feldman Legal Advisors.

  • Jurisdictional Issues At Play In 9th Circ.'s FCA Trade Case

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    A decision by the Ninth Circuit in Island Industries v. Sigma Corp. could result in the U.S. Court of International Trade’s exclusive jurisdiction over trade-related FCA cases, a big shift in the enforcement landscape just as tariffs take center stage in trade policy, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.

  • Deregulation Memo Presents Risks, Opportunities For Cos.

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    A recent Trump administration memo providing direction to agencies tasked with rescinding regulations under an earlier executive order — without undergoing the typical notice-and-review process — will likely create much uncertainty for businesses, though they may be able to engage with agencies to shape the regulatory agenda, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

  • 4th Circ. 'Actionable Inaccuracy' Finding Deepens FCRA Split

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    The Fourth Circuit's March finding in Roberts v. Carter-Young Inc. that an actionable inaccuracy under the Fair Credit Reporting Act can be both legal and factual widens an existing circuit split and should prompt furnishers to review their processes for investigating readily verifiable information, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery

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    The discovery process and the rules that govern it are often absent from law school curricula, but developing a solid grasp of the particulars can give any new attorney a leg up in their practice, says Jordan Davies at Knowles Gallant.

  • Breaking Down 4th Circ. 'Actual Knowledge' Ruling For Banks

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    A recent decision from the Fourth Circuit finding that banks must have "actual knowledge" to be found liable for losses arising from an automated clearinghouse transfer warns that the more financial institutions know about a name mismatch issue for any particular transaction, the more liability they may face, say attorneys at Katten.

  • Strategies To Limit Inherent Damage Of Multidefendant Trials

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    As shown by the recent fraud convictions of two executives at the now-shuttered education startup Frank, multidefendant criminal trials pose unique obstacles, but with some planning, defense counsel can mitigate the harm and maximize the chances of a good outcome, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.

  • Patent Takeaways In Fed. Circ.'s 1st Machine Learning Ruling

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    The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Recentive Analytics v. Fox, a case of first impression affirming the invalidity of patents that applied general machine learning methods to conventional tasks, serves as a cautionary guide for patent practitioners navigating the complexities of machine learning inventions, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

  • AT&T Decision May Establish Framework To Block FCC Fines

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    The Fifth Circuit's recent decision in AT&T v. FCC upends the commission's authority to impose certain civil penalties, reinforcing constitutional safeguards against administrative overreach, and opening avenues for telecommunications and technology providers to challenge forfeiture orders, say attorneys at HWG.

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