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Court Upholds Hearing Officer’s Decision and Grants Full Attorneys’ Fees After School Misses IDEA Appeal Deadline - A.L.L., A.L. v. Laboratory Charter School, 2025 WL 3269941 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 24, 2025) - The parent, A.L., filed...more
Under the Michigan Court Rules, a party who has failed to timely file a claim of appeal (or application for leave to appeal if the judgment or order was not appealable as of right) has the option of filing a late appeal....more
The Virginia General Assembly has filed a bill that would make challenges of local land use decisions more difficult. ...more
Federal circuit courts of appeal chimed in on participants’ eligibility for long-term disability (LTD) benefits in two recent decisions. Both decisions affirmed administrators’ denial of benefits and addressed the impact of...more
If you disagree with your property tax assessment, the deadline to file a formal appeal with your local Board of Assessment Appeals (BAA) is fast approaching....more
As many developers know, administrative approval of a request from a local zoning board can be an important step to making sure your project is approved in the timely manner that you desire....more
On January 7, 2026, the California Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board (Appeals Board or OSHAB) convened in Sacramento, California, for a stakeholders’ roundtable discussion to gather ideas for enhancing and...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on December 9, 2025 reversed and remanded a decision from the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas that had vacated a 2023 federal regulation that threatened to...more
Le Conseil d’Etat rend une décision sur une demande d’application de la règle dite du « taux de marché » prévue à l’article 212, I-a du Code général des impôts a posteriori sur réclamation du contribuable. Contrairement à...more
The Ohio Board of Tax Appeals (Board) has found that chargebacks, i.e., above the line price reductions, are not discounts to the customer and should not be included in “gross receipts” for Commercial Activity Tax (CAT)...more
The Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial puts significant limits on administrative adjudications, but defendants may waive that right without realizing it....more
As it is the season for Connecticut municipalities to send out Notices of Assessment to property owners, here are the five steps to take to understand your property assessment and your rights to challenge the municipality’s...more
A defendant’s prior authorization of medical treatment does not bar it from submitting subsequent requests for the same treatment to utilization review (UR), according to a new published decision from the Second District...more
On September 18, 2025, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals denied the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 2C and ANC 2C Commissioner Thomas Lee’s petitions challenging the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage and...more
Key Takeaways - The Federal Circuit upheld the USPTO director’s discretion to deny IPRs, rejecting due process and APA challenges to the agency’s evolving policy framework....more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - USA v. Miller - sentencing - USA v. Carter - sex trafficking, evidence, Confrontation Clause, constructive amendment - Aguirre-Jarquin v. Hemmert - § 1983, IIED, qualified...more
The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") is doubling down on its primary alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") tools. It is clear that the IRS wants taxpayers to resolve their disputes prior to going to court....more
In Williams v. Reed, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed Alabama’s application of its exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies requirement to 42 U.S.C. §1983 actions which challenge allegedly unlawful delays in that administrative...more
A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump Administration’s request to delay its response to an en banc hearing request in the lawsuit challenging the mass firings at the CFPB due to the government shutdown....more
Davis v. Big Bend Hospice, Inc., No. 1D2023-2932, 2025 WL 2404935 (Fla. 1st DCA Aug. 20, 2025) - The trial court entered summary judgment in favor of the employer, who argued that the employee’s disability discrimination...more
A developer’s plan to transform a former monastery into a 77-unit apartment complex has been put on hold — not because of the concept, but because of a flawed zoning approval process. In DiDonato v. Ross Township Zoning...more
Michael N. Lewis, Sr. v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB); No. 362 C.D. 2024; August 11, 2025; Judge Wolf - The Commonwealth Court has found that serial Petitions to Review may be permitted to add injuries, if they are of a...more
When government contractors receive an adverse decision from a contracting officer, it can be difficult to balance the costs, performance risks, and impact on future opportunities while considering litigation. Fortunately,...more
In an unusually taxpayer-friendly decision, a three judge panel of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court concluded that Section 406 of the Tax Reform Code of 1971 (the code), 72 P.S. § 7406, is an exception to the general...more
Global Health Solutions LLC, v. Marc Selner, No. 2023-2009 (Fed. Cir. (PTAB) Aug. 26, 2025). Opinion by Stark, joined by Stoll and Goldberg. “This case marks [the Federal Circuit’s] first review of an AIA derivation...more