On March 9, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case:
Department of the Air Force v. Prutehi Guahan, No. 25-579: This case addresses the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976...more
3/10/2026
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Review ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Judicial Review ,
NEPA ,
Permits ,
RCRA ,
SCOTUS ,
Waste Treatment Facilities
On March 4, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions:
Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corporation, New Jersey Transit Corporation v. Colt, Nos. 24-1021, 24-1113: These consolidated cases consider...more
On February 25, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions:
GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal, No. 24-758: This case interprets the scope of federal appellate courts’ jurisdiction to review collateral...more
2/26/2026
/ Absolute Immunity ,
Appellate Courts ,
Collateral Order Doctrine ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Appeals ,
Immunity ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Jurisdiction ,
Qualified Immunity ,
Right To Counsel ,
SCOTUS ,
Sixth Amendment ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Testimony
On February 24, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions:
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist, No. 24-724: This case considers the scope of federal courts’ diversity jurisdiction under 28...more
2/25/2026
/ Article III ,
Certiorari ,
Climate Change ,
Diversity Jurisdiction ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
USPS
On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision:
Learning Resources, Inc, v. Trump, No. 24-1287: This case addresses whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA")...more
2/23/2026
/ Article I ,
Congressional Authority ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Executive Authority ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Learning Resources Inc v Trump ,
SCOTUS ,
Separation of Powers ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
On January 26, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case:
Salazar v. Paramount Global, No. 25-459: This case interprets the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), a 1988 federal law that...more
On January 20, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions:
Berk v. Choy No. 24-440: This case involves state “affidavit of merit” statutes that require certain types of lawsuits, like medical...more
1/21/2026
/ Affidavits ,
Certiorari ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
ERISA Litigation ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
FIFRA ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Geo-Blocking ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Mandatory Victim's Restitution Act ,
Patent Infringement ,
Preemption ,
Restitution ,
SCOTUS
On January 14, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions:
Barrett v. United States, No. 24-5774: This case addresses whether a defendant who commits a single act that violates two subsections of...more
1/15/2026
/ Election Laws ,
Firearms ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Hobbs Act ,
Mail-In Ballots ,
Political Candidates ,
Probable Cause ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
State Elections ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Warrantless Searches
On January 9, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in five cases:
Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe I, No. 24-856: This case involves the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, and the Torture...more
1/13/2026
/ Aiding and Abetting ,
Alien Tort Statute ,
Certiorari ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
FCC ,
Immigration Procedures ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Seventh Amendment ,
Telecommunications ,
Torture Victims Protection Act of 1991
On June 6, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its decision in the consolidated cases of Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe (No. 23-250) and Becerra v. Northern Arapaho Tribe (No. 23-253)....more
6/18/2024
/ Administrative Expenses ,
Becerra v San Carlos Apache Tribe ,
Federal Funding ,
Health Insurance ,
Indian Health Service (IHS) ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Reimbursement ,
Medicare ,
Native American Issues ,
SCOTUS ,
Tribal Government Programs ,
Tribal Governments
Despite widespread vaccine availability and the corresponding optimism about returning to “normal,” the coronavirus pandemic continues to spawn hundreds of employment and health-related lawsuits. Many of these lawsuits have...more
6/8/2021
/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employment Litigation ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Masks ,
OSHA ,
Retaliation ,
Vaccinations ,
WARN Act ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Termination
The CARES Act allocated $100 billion in relief funds to hospitals and other healthcare providers, to be distributed by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) through the Public Health and Social Services...more
As the world grapples with the health crisis caused by COVID-19, litigation regarding a different health crisis - the opioid epidemic - continues to progress. In a major development last week for the multidistrict litigation,...more
In early August, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas granted a hospital system’s motion to dismiss a False Claims Act case that illustrates the increasing intersections in FCA litigation between data...more
9/13/2019
/ Analytics ,
Big Data ,
Billing ,
Coding ,
Dismissals ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Relators
At a July 12, 2016 hearing entitled “Examining the Stark Law: Current Issues and Opportunities,” members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee expressed openness to potentially significant amendments to the Stark Law aimed at...more
On July 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a jury verdict of more than $237 million against Tuomey Healthcare System, a nonprofit hospital in South Carolina, based on Stark Law and False Claims Act...more
7/23/2015
/ Advice-of-Counsel Defense ,
Appeals ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Hospitals ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Medicare ,
Patient Referrals ,
Relators ,
Stark Law ,
Tuomey ,
Whistleblowers