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
Shurtleff v. Boston, No. 20-1800: This case concerns whether the City of Boston violated the First Amendment by refusing a private party’s request to raise a Christian flag on a city flagpole during an event, where Boston had...more
Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller PLLC, No. 21-869: This case concerns whether emotional distress damages are recoverable in a private action to enforce the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Affordable Care Act. The plaintiff...more
Reed v. Goertz, No. 21-442: This case concerns the statute of limitations applicable to claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 brought by prisoners seeking DNA testing of crime-scene evidence on the ground that available state...more
Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, No. 20-1472: This case involves the application of “equitable tolling” in tax “collection due process” cases. This case arose after the IRS sustained a proposed levy on the...more
4/22/2022
/ Advertising ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Due Process ,
Equitable Tolling ,
Fine Art ,
First Amendment ,
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) ,
Habeas Corpus ,
IRS ,
Nazi Looted Art ,
Puerto Rico ,
SCOTUS ,
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision:
Thompson v. Clark, No. 20-659: In 2014, police received a report that petitioner Larry Thompson was sexually abusing his newborn baby. When police...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision:
Badgerow v. Walters, No. 20-1143: This case concerns the scope of the federal courts’ jurisdiction to confirm or vacate arbitration awards under Sections...more
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, No. 21-869: This case concerns the scope of the Copyright Act’s fair use defense. The case arises from Andy Warhols’ artwork that utilized a photo of music legend...more
Houston Community College System v. Wilson, No. 20-804: This case concerns whether the First Amendment limits a local government’s power to censure its members. Mr. Wilson was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Houston...more
United States v. Tsarnaev, No. 20-443: This case concerns the death penalty imposed on one of the two brothers, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who planted and detonated bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding...more
United States v. Zubaydah, No. 20-827: Respondent Abu Zubaydah claims that following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the CIA held him in a detention site in Poland and subjected him to “enhanced interrogation”...more
3/4/2022
/ 28 U.S.C. § 1782 ,
Abortion ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Discovery ,
Foreign Jurisdictions ,
International Arbitration ,
International Litigation ,
Jurisdiction ,
SCOTUS ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Secrets