The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions today:
Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, No. 22-660: This case concerns the elements required to prove an employer retaliated against a whistleblower employee in...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case:
Glossip v. Oklahoma, No. 22-7466: This criminal procedure case addresses the obligation of prosecutors to disclose information to the...more
On Friday, January 12, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in five cases:
Smith v. Spizzirri, No. 22-1218: This case involves the interpretation of Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”),...more
1/19/2024
/ Arbitration ,
Certiorari ,
Cruel & Unusual Punishment ,
Due Process ,
Eighth Amendment ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Citizens ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
SCOTUS ,
Social Security Act ,
Stays ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Visas
On January 5, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in three cases:
Trump v. Anderson, No. 23-719: This case addresses the Colorado Supreme Court’s December ruling that barred Donald Trump from...more
On December 20, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear oral argument in four consolidated cases:
Ohio, et al. v. EPA, et al.; Kinder Morgan, Inc., et al. v. EPA, et al.; American Forest & Paper...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in seven cases:
Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine; Danco Laboratories, L.L.C. v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, Nos....more
On December 8, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision:
Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, No. 22-429: Deborah Laufer sued hundreds of hotels under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §...more
12/6/2023
/ Acheson Hotels LLC v Laufer ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Article III ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Mootness ,
Public Accommodation ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
Statutory Violations ,
Title III ,
Website Accessibility ,
Websites
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case:
Diaz v. United States, No. 23-14: This criminal drug-trafficking case involves interpretation of Rule 704(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence,...more
On October 13, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in 4 cases:
Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce, 22-1219: This is the second case that the Court has agreed to hear this term...more
10/17/2023
/ Arrest ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
Certiorari ,
Chapter 11 ,
Chevron Deference ,
Escrow Accounts ,
First Amendment ,
Mortgages ,
National Bank Act ,
Preemption ,
Probable Cause ,
Real Party in Interest ,
Relentless Inc v US Department of Commerce ,
Retaliation ,
SCOTUS ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in three cases:
Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani, No. 22-200: This case presents an issue of federal securities law. After the messaging software company,...more
12/14/2022
/ Certiorari ,
Confrontation Clause ,
Criminal Procedure ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Material Misstatements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Putative Class Actions ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Sixth Amendment ,
Slack ,
Venue
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in four cases:
Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, No. 22-105: This case presents an issue of federal arbitration law. The question presented is: Whether a...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case:
Biden v. Nebraska, No. 22A444: The Court agreed to consider a challenge brought by six States to the Federal Government’s student-loan relief...more
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case:
Dubin v. United States, No 22-10: This case involves the federal aggravated identity theft statute, which provides that during and in...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in three cases:
Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, No. 21-757: This case concerns the Patent Act’s requirement that a patent’s “specification shall contain a written...more
Today, on the first day of the new term, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in nine cases:
Gonzalez v. Google LLC, No. 21-1333: Section 203(c)(1) of the Communication Decency Act shields an...more
10/4/2022
/ Certiorari ,
Civil Service Reform Act ,
Communications Decency Act ,
Corporate Liability ,
Disabled Children ,
First Amendment ,
Grand Juries ,
IDEA ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Iran Sanctions ,
NLRA ,
Puerto Rico ,
Puerto Rico Oversight Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) ,
SCOTUS ,
Social Media ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Subpoenas
West Virginia v. EPA, No. 20-1530 (and consolidated cases): This case concerns the scope of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to impose carbon dioxide emission standards under Section 111(d) of the Clean...more
7/5/2022
/ Clean Air Act ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Mexico ,
Non-Citizens ,
Power Plants ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Telecommunications ,
Wire Fraud
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, No. 21-429: This case involves whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in “Indian country.” The defendant was convicted in Oklahoma state court of...more
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, No. 19-1392: The Supreme Court held that the U.S. “Constitution does not confer a right to abortion,” overruled its prior decisions in Roe v. Wade and Casey, and returned “the...more
New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, No. 20-843: This case involves a constitutional challenge to a New York handgun-licensing law. New York makes it a crime to possess a firearm without a license. ...more
Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita Inc., No. 20-1641: This case concerns the interpretation of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act’s (MSPA) anti-discrimination provisions regarding individuals with...more
6/22/2022
/ Disparate Impact ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FBAR ,
Federal Contractors ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Governmental Immunity ,
Habeas Corpus ,
Hobbs Act ,
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel ,
Medicare ,
Private Schools ,
Public Schools ,
Religious Schools ,
Rural Areas ,
SCOTUS ,
Supremacy Clause ,
Tuition ,
Workers' Compensation Claim
Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, No. 20-1573: This case involves the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) preemption of a California law invalidating contractual waivers of the right to assert certain representative claims....more
6/16/2022
/ Arbitration ,
Child Abduction ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Gaming ,
Hague Convention ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Indian Gaming ,
Medicare ,
Preemption ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Reimbursements ,
SCOTUS ,
Tribal Lands ,
Veterans
Kemp v. United States, No. 21-5726: This case concerns whether the word “mistake” in Rule 60(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure applies to a judge’s error of law. Rule 60 authorizes a district court to reopen a...more
Egbert v. Boule, No. 21-147: In this case, Robert Boule sued a border patrol agent arguing the agent violated his Fourth and First Amendment rights by using excessive force during a search and retaliating against Boule when...more
Southwest Airlines v. Saxon, No. 21-309: This case concerns the scope of the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) exemption for certain interstate transportation workers - namely, “seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of...more
6/9/2022
/ Airlines ,
Arbitration ,
Bankruptcy Trustees ,
Exemptions ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Interstate Commerce ,
Medicaid ,
SCOTUS ,
Southwest Airlines ,
Wage and Hour