News & Analysis as of

Statutory Interpretation Due Process

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court Update - June 27, 2025

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

Today, on the last day of the 2024-2025 term, the Supreme Court of the United States issued five decisions: Trump v. CASA, Inc., No. 24A884: This case addresses whether district courts had the authority to issue...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Supreme Court Undermines Taxpayers’ Due Process Rights

Lippes Mathias LLP on

On June 12, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Zuch, clarifying the jurisdictional boundaries of the U.S. Tax Court in Collection Due Process (CDP) appeals....more

Fox Rothschild LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously That Federal Courts Can Exercise Jurisdiction Over the Palestinian Authority in Damages...

Fox Rothschild LLP on

In 2019, Congress enacted the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (PSJVTA), which created jurisdiction over the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Upholding State Exclusion of Planned Parenthood from Medicaid, and Three Other Split Decisions - SCOTUS Today

Epstein Becker & Green on

The U.S. Supreme Court decision yesterday that likely will get the most attention is Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, in which a 6–3 Court that lined up according to the conservative vs. liberal stereotype, held...more

Whiteford

Client Alert: Due Process or Due Trouble? Navigating the Legal Maze of Covenant Enforcement in Virginia Community Associations

Whiteford on

Community associations governed by the Virginia Condominium Act (VCA) and the Virginia Property Owners’ Association Act (POAA) are frequently called upon to enforce their association’s covenants, rules, and restrictions....more

Hone Maxwell

Supreme Court Gives IRS Ability to Levy Taxpayers Without Tax Court Challenge

Hone Maxwell on

In a pivotal ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 12, 2025, held that the U.S. Tax Court lacks jurisdiction to hear a taxpayer’s Collection Due Process appeal under IRC § 6330 once the IRS can no longer pursue a levy,...more

Baker Donelson

Thompson v. United States: A Reminder That Statutory Language is Critical in Criminal Cases

Baker Donelson on

On March 21, 2025, a unanimous Supreme Court overturned a false statement conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1014 holding that the statute requires false, and not merely misleading, statements to certain federal agencies including...more

Miller Canfield

FTC’s Power to Demand Substantiation for Ads Faces Fiery Lawsuit

Miller Canfield on

Under current Federal Trade Commission (FTC) policy, an advertising claim requires substantiation if it makes an objective assertion about a product or service. But a new lawsuit filed by a former defendant in an FTC suit...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court Update - June 23, 2025

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

On June 20, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions: Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 24-7: This case addresses fuel producers’ Article III standing to...more

Cole Schotz

Plaintiffs Raise Constitutional Challenges to March 2025 Milestone Amendments to the DGCL; Delaware Governor Matt Meyer Files...

Cole Schotz on

As noted in our prior blog post, on March 25, 2025, significant amendments to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL), were adopted by the Delaware General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Matt...more

WilmerHale

U.S. Supreme Court Holds That FSIA Does Not Require Plaintiffs to Prove Minimum Contacts to Establish Personal Jurisdiction Over a...

WilmerHale on

On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) does not require plaintiffs to show that a foreign state...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Cleaning the Cupboard—Six More Decisions in One Day, and a Largely Harmonious Court - SCOTUS Today

Epstein Becker & Green on

As the end of the term seems to be rushing towards us, the U.S. Supreme Court issued six more opinions yesterday, mostly unanimous or near unanimous....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court Update - June 12, 2025

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

The Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions today: Parrish v. United States, No. 24-275: This case addresses the procedural requirements for filing a notice of appeal after the original deadline to appeal...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Timing is Everything: Retroactive Application of the Direct Action Statute Amendment

McGlinchey Stafford on

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,...more

Law Office of Jason Ostendorf

Issue Framing Is the New Battleground in Appellate Advocacy

In appellate practice, there was once comfort in formality. You started with the standard of review, cited black-letter law, and walked the court through a step-by-step application of precedent to facts. But a subtle shift...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New York Court of Appeals to Determine Whether FAPA Can Be Applied Retroactively

Holland & Knight LLP on

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in the matter of Article 13 LLC v. Ponce De Leon Fed. Bank, 132 F. 4th 586, 594 (2d Cir. 2025), certified the following questions to the New York Court of Appeals on March 25,...more

Allen Matkins

Is This Harvard Magazine Article Incorrect?

Allen Matkins on

There have been numerous news reports about the discovery of an original Magna Carta at the Harvard Law School Library, including this article in Harvard Magazine.  According to these reports, a document previously...more

Kilpatrick

5 Key Takeaways | Retroactive Taxation: Legal Framework, State Applications, and Policy Implications

Kilpatrick on

Kilpatrick’s David Hughes recently moderated a panel discussion at the ABA Tax Section May 2025 Meeting in Washington, D.C. on the topic of “Retroactive Taxation: Legal Framework, State Applications, and Policy Implications.”...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Land banking after Tyler: No government taking where there’s a process (so says federal 6th Cir.)

Bricker Graydon LLP on

Land banking advocates across the country took notice of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Tyler v. Hennepin County that found a “government taking” occurred when a Minnesota county sold a tax-foreclosed home to recover...more

Snell & Wilmer

Arizona Court of Appeals “Updates the Handbook” on Judicial Review of Agency Action

Snell & Wilmer on

When operating a business, it is nearly impossible not to have to interact with state or other local government agencies. Decisions regarding permits, licenses, government contracts, workforce compliance, environmental...more

Snell & Wilmer

U.S. Supreme Court Limits Section 1988 Attorney’s Fees for Property Owners and Other Civil Rights Litigants

Snell & Wilmer on

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Lackey v. Stinnie, 145 S. Ct. 659 (2025), limits the ability of civil rights litigants to recover their attorney fees under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act, specifically...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court Update - April 7, 2025

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in two cases: Ellingburg v. United States, No. 23-3129: This case addresses the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which the government...more

Nossaman LLP

New Court Case Reasserts Reasonableness as a Limitation on Water Use

Nossaman LLP on

On April 2, 2025, the Court of Appeal for California’s Fifth Appellate District issued its decision in Bring Back the Kern v. City of Bakersfield, 2025 S.O.S. 909. That case held that courts must apply the reasonableness...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Don’t Get Zoned Out of Your Second Amendment Rights   

Property owners may occasionally face challenges when municipalities interpret zoning ordinances in ways that could limit certain lawful activities. We recently represented a client in a case where the municipality sought to...more

Venable LLP

SCOTUS Dodges Confrontation Clause Case, but Justices Are Open to Reconsidering Crawford

Venable LLP on

The Supreme Court refusing to hear a case is nothing new, but an otherwise run-of-the-mill denial of the cert petition in Franklin v. New York, 604 U.S. ____ (2025) was accompanied by statements from Justices Alito and...more

58 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide