March 05, 2024
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday ruled that tech companies facing suit for using cobalt mined with child labor didn't share in a "venture" with the companies responsible for extracting the metal, upholding a district court decision to dismiss the suit.
December 08, 2022
Apple Inc., Google parent company Alphabet Inc., Dell Technologies Inc., Microsoft Inc. and Tesla Inc. urged the D.C. Circuit on Thursday to uphold a lower court ruling that tossed a case seeking to hold the companies accountable for using cobalt in their products that is mined by children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
November 30, 2022
As the year winds down, circuit courts will hear argument on the kinds of crimes Jan. 6 rioters can be charged with, whether federal law unconstitutionally delegates power to a private entity, and whether a class can be certified even if some class members weren't actually injured.