Dr. Sunny Wear began her career as a developer, spending countless hours maintaining others' code—a humbling experience, as she describes it. Realizing she wanted a different path, a friend suggested exploring cybersecurity at…
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/ Business Organizations, Communications & Media Law, Electronic Discovery, Intellectual Property, Securities Law
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals -
USA v. Simmons - playing video in closings -
Nehme v. Fla Int’l Univ Bd of Trustees - ADA, medical school -
USA v. Graham - RICO saga, search and seizure, jury selection,…
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/ Civil Procedure
Last term’s opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo was a landmark in the U.S. Supreme Court’s administrative law jurisprudence, overturning 40 years of Chevron deference with a pen stroke. The Loper Bright/Chevron body…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Constitutional Law
In Subway Franchise Systems of Canada ULC v. Subway Developments 2000 Inc., the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York addressed whether an arbitrator exceeded her authority when ordering that one of the…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Franchise Law
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals -
No decisions this week..…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Criminal Law, Family Law
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals -
Grayson v. Ala DOC - capital case, postconviction relief..…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Criminal Law
The Secure Act, passed in 2019 and updated in 2022, made significant changes to the required minimum distribution (RMD) rules applicable to qualified retirement plans, IRAs, 403(b) plans, and other eligible deferred compensation…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
On November 15, 2024, U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Department of Labor’s 2024 regulations for executive, administrative, and professional (EAP)…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals -
Baxter v. Hendren - appellate jurisdiction, not pursuing claim, § 1983, excessive force, battery..…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently refused to invalidate an arbitration award in a breach of contract case involving patent royalties based on purported violations of public policy…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Under Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, in most federal civil actions, a notice of appeal must be filed with the district court clerk within 30 days after entry of the judgment or order being appealed, as…
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/ Civil Procedure
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 does not provide an implied right of action for sex discrimination in employment. This decision deepens an…
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/ Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals -
Joseph v. Ga Bd of Regents - Title IX, implied right of action, sex discrimination -
Project Veritas v. CNN - defamation, Twitter deplatform -
USA v. Maisonet - sentencing…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), at its board meeting on November 8, 2024, voted 4–1 to advance proposed regulations to a formal rulemaking. As currently drafted, these regulations would, among other things..…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Writs are formal written commands developed in English common law more than a thousand years ago. Despite the antiquated Latin terminology, when properly understood writs provide a critical avenue for immediate and expeditious…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Constitutional Law
