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Latest News in Appellate

  • July 10, 2026

    Justices' Ruling Alters Playing Field For State Subpoena Suits

    The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Davenport will spark more federal court challenges to state subpoenas, but procedural defenses will block some merits decisions, so plaintiffs must carefully time and manage parallel federal and state proceedings, say attorneys at Troutman.

  • July 10, 2026

    Ex-Reed Smith Atty Fights Pausing Bias Suit Amid Appeal

    A former Reed Smith LLP attorney on Thursday pushed back on the firm's bid to stay her gender discrimination suit against it while the attorney's appeal of the scope of the damages in the suit plays out.

  • July 10, 2026

    8th Circ. Says SD Tribe Waited Too Long On School Debt Fight

    A panel of the Eighth Circuit has rejected a South Dakota tribe's appeal in a dispute with the U.S. Interior Department over millions of dollars of allegedly over-collected school funding debt, saying the tribe had ample opportunity to challenge the agency's findings yet chose not to do so.

  • July 09, 2026

    2nd Circ. Won't Halt Payout Of Trump's $5M To E. Jean Carroll

    The Second Circuit refused to halt an order requiring Donald Trump to pay a $5 million jury verdict finding he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll, while the New York district judge who issued the order explained it was time for Trump "to 'do equity'" and pay up.

  • July 09, 2026

    Ohio Justices Say Juries Can Sort Out Carbon-Copy Counts

    A divided Ohio Supreme Court held that in cases where a criminal defendant faces multiple carbon-copy charges in an indictment, jury instructions are not required to assign specific unique conduct to each count in order for a jury to convict.

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