Appellate

  • November 12, 2024

    3rd Circ. Says County Not Liable For Accused Harassers' Acts

    The Third Circuit refused to give a Delaware county worker a second shot at his suit claiming one male colleague targeted him with homophobic and racist harassment and another sexually assaulted him, saying the worker didn't do enough to put the company on notice that it needed to intervene.

  • November 12, 2024

    Missouri Appeals Court Quashes County Cannabis Taxes

    The Missouri Constitution bars counties from levying taxes on cannabis sales made inside incorporated municipalities that can impose their own taxes, a state appeals court held Tuesday in ruling in favor of a dispensary that challenged two counties' taxes.

  • November 12, 2024

    Justices Deny Nurse's Challenge To Labor Preemption

    The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a California nurse's challenge to a state court decision rejecting an unfair firing suit Tuesday, declining to take another pass at what sort of labor-related suits plaintiffs may bring in court.

  • November 12, 2024

    High Court Turns Away Fired Cop's Race Discrimination Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to review a Black police officer's suit alleging a New York town unlawfully fired her after she hurt her back, leaving in place the Second Circuit's determination that she lacked evidence of white men being treated better.

  • November 12, 2024

    Trump's NY Case Paused As DA Weighs Impact Of Election

    A New York state judge agreed to a joint motion to freeze the proceedings in Donald Trump's hush money case following his electoral victory last week, allowing the Manhattan district attorney time to brief the court on "appropriate steps going forward."

  • November 12, 2024

    High Court Declines Remaining NY Rent Stabilization Suits

    The U.S. Supreme Court will not probe a Second Circuit decision upholding a lower court's dismissal of two suits challenging distinct provisions of New York's Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, a contentious tenant-friendly change to state rental regulations.

  • November 12, 2024

    Supreme Court Won't Revive Youth Climate Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will not undo the Ninth Circuit's order allowing the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by youth plaintiffs who accuse the federal government of endangering their futures with policies that exacerbate climate change.

  • November 12, 2024

    High Court Turns Away Appeal From 'Insider' Hedge Fund

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up hedge fund Raging Capital Management LLC's petition to review whether its status as a large investor in 1-800-Flowers should leave it vulnerable to a derivative suit claiming it made illegal swing-trades.

  • November 12, 2024

    Justices Won't Review Family's Suit Over Airport Searches

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to review the dismissal of a Muslim family's challenge to their possible inclusion on a terrorist watchlist.

  • November 12, 2024

    Justices Won't Review Mark Meadows' Ga. Case Removal Bid

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' petition to review an Eleventh Circuit ruling that he couldn't move his Georgia election interference case to federal court because the federal officer removal statute doesn't apply to former federal officers.

  • November 12, 2024

    Justices Won't Take On Tossed Bid-Rigging Conviction

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to look at a Fourth Circuit decision that upended the bid-rigging conviction of a government contractor's former executive, rejecting U.S. Department of Justice concerns that the ruling could make it harder to prosecute when contractors have a subcontracting relationship.

  • November 10, 2024

    High Court Bar's Future: Arnold & Porter's Allon Kedem

    Allon Kedem is a familiar face at the U.S. Supreme Court, with a baker's dozen arguments and the rare distinction of two clerkships, and his face is usually smiling when cases end, thanks to a laudable 10-3 record. All that, plus a resume chock-full of bipartisan bona fides, is why he's among 12 leading attorneys in the Supreme Court's next generation of sought-after oral advocates.

  • November 08, 2024

    8th Circ. Flips $12M Verdict Against Jagermeister's US Arm

    The Eighth Circuit has overturned a jury's verdict that Jägermeister's U.S. importer must pay a distributor $11.75 million after terminating their deal, saying Friday the jury was misinstructed and a new trial is required.

  • November 08, 2024

    Tort Report: Royal Caribbean Spycam Victim Seeks Class Suit

    A proposed class action over Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.'s alleged failures regarding an employee's surreptitious installation of cameras in passengers' cabins and a D.C. Circuit ruling on a gun magazine ban lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

  • November 08, 2024

    Judiciary Advisers Back Development Of AI Evidence Rules

    The federal judiciary's advisory panel for evidentiary issues agreed Friday to develop rules aimed at strengthening scrutiny of testimony and materials derived from artificial intelligence systems, saying AI-generated information should meet the same reliability standards that apply to expert witnesses.

  • November 08, 2024

    1st Circ. Affirms Order Ending Jet Blue-American Partnership

    The First Circuit backed a lower court decision blocking a partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines that it found substantially diminished competition in the domestic air travel market, saying it found no error in the district judge's thorough review of the deal that could revive the venture.

  • November 08, 2024

    Justices Urged To Review Fed. Circ.'s 1-Word PTAB Decisions

    The U.S. Supreme Court must reckon with the Federal Circuit's "disconcerting pattern" of affirming decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board with one-word orders, patent holder ParkerVision Inc. has told the justices, saying that by failing to explain its reasoning, the court is creating uncertainty that is stifling innovation.

  • November 08, 2024

    1st Circ. Agrees No Coverage For Contractor In Defect Row

    A First Circuit panel affirmed an insurer's win Friday, concluding that the carrier and excess insurers owed no coverage to a general contractor embroiled in underlying litigation regarding damage caused by a subcontractor's allegedly faulty work on a New Jersey project.

  • November 08, 2024

    5th Time Not The Charm For 'Stale' Dow Implant Check Fight

    The Sixth Circuit has again rejected an appeal from South Korean claimants who sought replacement checks from a Dow Corning breast implant settlement fund, finding in claimants' fifth trip to the appeals court that they missed their window to cash their duly disbursed settlement checks.

  • November 08, 2024

    Iowa Justices Scotch Record $97M Baby Brain Damage Award

    The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday wiped away the largest medical malpractice verdict in state history after finding that the $97 million award was invalid because the trial judge flubbed the admission of certain evidence regarding a vacuum baby delivery system in a suit over a newborn's permanent brain damage.

  • November 08, 2024

    Meet The Attys Arguing Nvidia Securities Case At High Court

    Two former BigLaw colleagues and a onetime Consumer Financial Protection Bureau litigator are set to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to argue a closely watched case that could change the pleading standards shareholders have to meet to sue companies like Nvidia Corp.

  • November 08, 2024

    Up Next At High Court: Self-Deportation Deadlines & Murder

    The U.S. Supreme Court will be closed Monday for Veterans Day, but the justices will return to the bench Tuesday to consider whether a 60-day deadline for immigrants to voluntarily leave the country has a grace period and what evidence is needed to allege securities fraud.

  • November 08, 2024

    Fed. Circ. Backs Invalidation Of Geolocation IP Under Alice

    The Federal Circuit won't breathe new life into GeoComply's infringement suit against its geolocation competitor XPoint over an anti-location-spoofing patent, affirming a lower court's dismissal.

  • November 08, 2024

    Fed. Circ. Unclear If Teva Inhaler IP Belongs In Orange Book

    A trio of Federal Circuit judges took a complex question tied to whether Teva should be able to include inhaler patents in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Orange Book and tried to make it simple: Does owning a patent for a steering wheel mean you claim the whole car?

  • November 08, 2024

    Biden Announces SDNY Judicial Pick As Lame Duck Kicks Off

    President Joe Biden announced judicial nominees for the Southern District of New York and the District Court of Guam on Friday night.

Expert Analysis

  • Testing The Waters As New Texas Biz Court Ends 2nd Month

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    Despite an uptick in filings in the Texas Business Court's initial months of operation, the docket remains fairly light amid an apparent wait-and-see approach from some potential litigants, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

  • Employer Lessons From Mass. 'Bonus Not Wages' Ruling

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    In Nunez v. Syncsort, a Massachusetts state appeals court recently held that a terminated employee’s retention bonus did not count as wages under the state’s Wage Act, illustrating the nuanced ways “wages” are defined by state statutes and courts, say attorneys at Segal McCambridge.

  • Opinion

    Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules

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    The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.

  • The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO

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    The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.

  • Fed. Circ. Ruling May Signal Software Patent Landscape Shift

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    The Federal Circuit's recent ruling in Broadband iTV, despite similarities to past decisions, chose to rely on prior cases finding patent-ineligible claims directed to receiving and displaying information, which may undermine one of the few areas of perceived predictability in the patent eligibility landscape, say attorneys at King & Wood.

  • Series

    After Chevron: The Future Of OSHA Enforcement Litigation

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Loper Bright provides a blueprint for overruling the judicial obligation to defer to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations established by Auer, an outcome that would profoundly change the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s litigation and rulemaking landscape, say attorneys at Ogletree.

  • What Hawaii High Court Got Right And Wrong In AIG Ruling

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    Though the Hawaii Supreme Court in its recent Aloha Petroleum v. National Union Fire Insurance decision correctly adopted the majority rule that recklessly caused harm is an accident for coverage purposes, it erred in its interpretation of the pollution exclusion by characterizing climate change as "traditional environmental pollution," say attorneys at Haynes Boone.

  • Series

    Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.

  • Amazon Holiday Pay Case Underscores Overtime Challenges

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    The recent Hamilton v. Amazon.com Services LLC decision in the Colorado Supreme Court underscores why employers must always consult applicable state law and regulations — in addition to federal law — when determining how to properly pay employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek, says James Looby at Vedder Price.

  • Opinion

    It's Time To Sound The Alarm About Lost Labor Rights

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    In the Fifth Circuit, recent rulings from judges appointed by former President Donald Trump have dismantled workers’ core labor rights, a troubling trend that we cannot risk extending under another Trump administration, say Sharon Block and Raj Nayak at the Center for Labor and a Just Economy.

  • Anticipating Jarkesy's Effect On Bank Agency Enforcement

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    Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, federal courts may eventually issue decisions on banking law principles and processes that could fundamentally alter the agencies' enforcement action framework, and the relationship between banks and examiners, says Brendan Clegg at Luse Gorman.

  • Opinion

    Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits

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    With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.

  • Peeling Back The Layers Of SEC's Equity Trading Reforms

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently adopted amendments lowering the tick sizes for stock trading and reducing access fee caps will benefit investors and necessitate broad systems changes — if they can first survive judicial challenges, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • 5th Circ. DOL Tip Decision May Trigger Final 80/20 Rule Fight

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    A recent Fifth Circuit decision concerning a Labor Department rule that limits how often tipped employees can be assigned non-tip-producing duties could be challenged in either historically rule-friendly circuits or the Supreme Court, but either way it could shape the future of tipped work, says Kevin Johnson at Johnson Jackson.

  • Strategies To Avoid Patent Issues In AI Drug Discovery

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    Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve drug discovery and design, but companies should consider a variety of factors when patenting drugs created using AI systems, including guidance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and methods for protecting patent eligibility, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

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