SCOTUS Says: Hobbs Act Does Not Bind a District Court to the FCC’s Interpretation of a Statute -
On May 1, 2025, the American Arbitration Association’s new amendments to the Consumer Arbitration Rules officially went into…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
On June 17, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island dismissed pro se plaintiffs’ claims against the Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation (R.I. Housing) for alleged violations of…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
In a case of first impression, the Fifth Circuit in Reyes v. Equifax Information Systems, L.L.C., joined the First, Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits in affirming the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas’s decision…
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/ Civil Remedies, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
The Northern District of New York recently granted a motion to dismiss a putative class action on the grounds that the defendant honored the named class representative’s request to opt out of text messages within a reasonable…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Products Liability
The 5th Circuit recently reversed a district court’s decision to remand a case before ruling on a pending motion to compel arbitration. This is because the remand motion did not challenge the district court’s jurisdiction;…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts
On June 18th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two rulings determining where challenges to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions under the Clean Air Act must be filed.
The Court held challenges to EPA actions that are…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Following in the wake of last years’ Loper Bright and Relentless, Inc. decisions that ended agency deference, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday in McLaughlin Chiropractic Assoc., Inc. v. McKesson Corp. that the Hobbs Act…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
In employment law, we traditionally think of discrimination as applying to minority groups: African Americans, women, homosexuals, or other legally protected groups. In analyzing discrimination claims, one of the first questions…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
The decision for a company to self-disclose potential criminal misconduct to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is always complex. This is particularly true during periods of administration transitions when DOJ policies and…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Criminal Law
In a unanimous opinion, the Ohio Supreme Court held that a trial court is not required to first hold an oral hearing on a motion to compel arbitration under Ohio’s Arbitration Act (R.C. 2711 et. seq.) if no party requests a…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure
In a landmark ruling issued May 29, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the D.C. Circuit in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, sharply limiting the scope of environmental review under…
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/ Construction Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Transportation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Delivered in digestible, insightful bites, McGlinchey’s Litigation Byte is a monthly roundup of financial services decisions and cases nationwide that impact your business…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
Louisiana’s Direct Action Statute was recently amended to remove the right of an injured person or, if deceased, the statutory beneficiaries, to bring a direct action claim against a tortfeasor’s insurer, except in certain,…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Insurance
The increasing volume of litigation involving Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) presents substantial financial and operational uncertainties for the insurance sector. Due to their environmental persistence and…
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/ Environmental Law, Insurance, Toxic Torts
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the district court’s decision to dismiss a putative class action against a collection company on the grounds that the plaintiff lacked standing to sue under the Fair Debt…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection
