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Appellate - December, 2015

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• Labor And Employment Cases To Watch In 2016
• Securities Cases To Watch In 2016
• State Tax Cases To Watch In 2016
• How To Woo In-House Counsel In 2016
• Federal Tax Cases To Watch In 2016
• Competition Cases To Watch In 2016
• Trademark Cases To Watch In 2016
• Legal Ethics And Malpractice Cases To Watch In 2016
• Patent Cases To Watch In 2016
• Class Actions To Watch In 2016
• Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2016
• Copyright Cases To Watch In 2016
• Health Care Cases To Watch In 2016
• UK High Court To Hear Gov't's $1.49B Tax Appeal
• Enviros Tell DC Circ. To Follow Own Lead In EPA Rule Fight
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink $4M IP Verdict Against Globus
• EU Advocate General Backs New Tobacco Regs
• Calif. Gov. Names 14 Judges, Including Nossaman Partner
• 11th Circ. Snubs Fla. Tribe's RICO Suit Against Leaders
• 3 Things To Expect From Legal Tech In The New Year
• Pharmacies Ask Justices To Nix Arbitration In CVS RICO Suit
• Finnegan's Malpractice Win Comes With Warning For IP Attys
• 7th Circ. Says Caesars Might Be Able To Halt Creditor Suits
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Rehear Terror Finance Ruling
• Koch Foods Workers Crying Abuse To Get Visas, 5th Circ. Told
• 10th Circ. Won't Restore Fatal Crash Suit Against Polaris
• Patent Holder Takes DirecTV, Pro Sports Row To Fed. Circ.
• Posner Calls Sanctioned Atty's Excuses 'Pathetic'
• ICE Agent's Bad Atty Advice Made Removal Unfair: 9th Circ.
• Immigration Reform Group Backs States In High Court Appeal
• Fed. Circ. Shouldn't Revive $10M Malpractice Suit, Atty Says
• Gov't Must Face Iraq Kidnap Suit Claims, High Court Hears
• Sierra Club, Texas County Settle Suit Over Waste Disposal
• $50M Miami Tennis Stadium Project Dead-Ends On Appeal
• State Farm Off Hook For City Clerk's $5.8M Crash Deal
• Cox Renews High Court Bid To Overturn Cable Box Decision
• Cato, ACRU Tell 9th Circ. Hawaii Voting Can't Discriminate
• California Shark Fin Ban Case Heads To Supreme Court
• Biggest Federal Tax Cases Of 2015
• Pa. Justices Snub Appeal Over $37M Med. IT Co. Stock Buy
• Pelvic Mesh Plaintiff Wants $1.2M Ethicon Win Restored
• FERC, Energy Groups Ask DC Circ. To OK Auction Decision
• 9/11 Detainees Fight Bush Officials' Bid To Delay Litigation
• Business, Oil, Enviro Groups Challenge EPA's Ozone Rule
• Flawed CPP Must Be Delayed, Challengers Tell DC Circ.
• The Biggest Sports Cases Of 2015
• 8th Circ. Wrong On Trucking Co. Liability Row, Insurer Says
• Trade Groups Back Warner Chilcott In 3rd Circ. Doryx Row
• Congo Asks DC Circ. To Vacate $770M Arbitration Award
• Ill. Court Upholds Botched Surgery Verdict Against Hospital
• Kane Says More Judges Likely To Be Implicated In Email Flap
• Simpson Thacher Wins 2nd Chance For Man On Death Row
• A Look Back At The Fed. Circ.'s 1st Year Of AIA Decisions
• Jamaican Fires Back In Removal Case At High Court
• Finnegan Cleared In High-Stakes Patent Malpractice Case
• Russian Tycoon Takes Morgan Stanley Case To 2nd Circ.
• Notable Illinois Insurance Coverage Decisions In 2015
• Fla. High Court Declines Jurisdiction In Workers' Comp Row
• Policy Language Trumps 'Factual Nexus' Test In NY
• Opening Courts To Seat Belt Nonuse Evidence
• A Striking Defense Victory Amid SEC In-House Court Debate
• High Court Dives Into The Restraint Of Untainted Assets
• HHS Used Proper AIDS Treatment Boundaries, 1st Circ. Says
• Redskins, Slants TM Sagas: A Look Back
• Patent Holder Asks Fed. Circ. To Clarify Alice In Netflix Case
• Allstate Urges Fla. High Court To Mull Personal Injury Issue
• 7th Circ. Says Debt Autodial Wasn't Used In TCPA Row
• Feds Tell High Court To Nix RICO Suit Against RJR Nabisco
• Court Erred On Slots License Reversal, Fla. Track Says
• Pa. High Court Says 'Overweening' Town Can Tax Landlords
• Drug Cos. Ask 3rd Circ. To Halt Trial For Class Cert. Fight
• 10th Circ. Says Feds Immune To Massacre Reparations Suit
• Redskins Win Big In Fed. Circ. Free Speech Ruling
• Fed. Circ. Lets EchoStar Revive License Defense In IP Suit
• DC Circ. Sides With DHS In Asylum Report FOIA Battle
• DC Circ. Backs Toss Of 17-Year-Old Bias Suit Against Fed
• 9th Circ. Says Jurisdiction Lacking In Citizenship Row
• 3rd Circ. Backs Pa. Hospital In Nurse's Age Bias Dispute
• 9th Circ. Won't Bar Access To Patient Data In Monopoly Suit
• Army Corps Tells 11th Circ. It Properly Reviewed Coal Permit
• Ban On Contractor Campaign Money Still Vital, Justices Told
• Guatemalan Removable, But Can Apply For Waiver: 10th Circ.
• DC Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Poultry Rule Suit
• Biggest State Tax Cases Of 2015
• Justices Asked To Decide Who Can Sue Over Verizon Pensions
• Judge Adams Of 3rd Circ., Schnader Harrison Dies At 94
• FERC Must Justify Winter Power Program Costs, DC Circ. Says
• How Great Lawyers Win Bad Cases
• Fed. Circ. Urged To Overturn Patent Jurisdiction Law
• NJ Court Again Strikes Down Waterfront Public Access Rules
• Justice Eakin Suspended Over Offensive Emails
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Guru Hit With Atty Fees In Defamation Suit
• USPTO Asks High Court To Let Claim Construction Rule Stand
• Fla. Atty Fights Suspension In DUI Setup Case
• Facebook Photo Scans Covered By Biometrics Law, Court Told
• Tech Workers Fight Student Visa OPT Ruling In DC Circ.
• New Evidence Backs Experts In Fixodent MDL, Consumers Say
• Pa. Justices Say Court, Not Jury, Must Interpret Farm Law
• 4 BigLaw Attys Shortlisted For Open NY Judge Seat
• Ex-Oriole Can't Nix Insider Trading Evidence At 9th Circ.
• Pa. Supreme Court OKs $6.5M Blue Cross Tax Credits
• Enviros Jumped The Gun On ESA Suit, DC Circ. Rules
• High Court Asked To Weigh Repose Statutes In $2B MBS Suit
• NY Court Nixes $6.5M Sandy Crane Damage Coverage
• Chamber Urges 11th Circ. To Reconsider Nixing H-2B Ruling
• 2nd Circ. Upholds $20M Wine Fraudster's Conviction
• DC Circ. Urged To Keep Oil Train Safety Dispute On Track
• EPA Fights Bid To Speed Up Clean Power Plan Challenge
• Fosamax Users Rip Merck's Fracture Warnings In 3rd Circ.
• Judge's YouTube Vids Can't Enter Wildfire Row, Gov't Says
• Offensive TM Rule Is Unconstitutional, Fed. Circ. Rules
• FCA In 2015: 10 Qui Tam Highlights From The Past Year
• The Continuing Conundrum Of The California Food Fight
• Dow Takes Radioactive Waste Class' $926M Win To High Court
• GE Says Gov't Twists Precedent In $62M Tax Case
• NFL Calls Goodell Deflategate Ruling 'Eminently Reasonable'
• Tribe Urges 9th Circ. To Hear Salmon-Kill Prevention Row
• High Court Asked To Look At P&G's $50M Battery Life Deal
• Belize Asks DC Circ. To Nix $4.4M Airport Contractor Award
• Oil Co. Asks Fed. Circ. Not Rehear Attys' Name-Clearing Bid
• Insurer Off The Hook For Four Loko Injury Coverage
• Feds Urge High Court To Nix Enhanced Patent Damages Test
• UK Court Cuts Sentence For Ex-Libor Trader To 11 Years
• States, Groups Back Power Plant Subsidies At High Court
• 11th Circ. Says Assignee Can't File Bankruptcy
• BB&T Says Justices Must End Circuit Split In $500M Tax Fight
• Tearful Eakin Pushes To Keep Job Despite Offensive Emails
• NJ City Tells High Court Not To Protect Hypothetical Speech
• CMS Makes Sweeping Defense Of Uncompensated Care Pay
• 11th Circ. Revives MetLife Employee's Age Discrimination Suit
• Banks Say 2nd Circ. Violated 'Cardinal Rule Of Usury'
• Insurance Fraud Conviction Upheld For Mass. Atty
• High Court Urged Not To Review Willful Infringement Rules
• The Dysfunctional Functional Standard For Design Patents
• Appeals Court Says Calif. Law Firm Isn't Liable For Spying
• Activision Blizzard Beats 'Warcraft' Worker's IP Suit In 9th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Stands Down On BofA Tellers' Seating Suit
• Maricopa County Asks High Court To Keep It Out Of Bias Case
• Neustar Makes Final Push For FCC Phone Contract
• Worker Injury Claim Sent To Arbitration By Texas Court
• Privacy Group Blasts Gov't High Court Defense Of Secrecy
• FTAIA May Bar US Cos. From Relief Under US Antitrust Laws
• Airline's Contract Suit Against San Diego County Doesn't Fly
• Walgreens Pushes Lipitor Pay-For-Delay Row At 3rd Circ.
• Shippers Ask High Court To Rule FAA Trumps State Claims
• Spirit Airlines Tells 11th Circ. RICO Suit Rightly Tossed
• Woman Fights Removal At High Court After Conviction Nixed
• Victims' Families Say Congress Set Up $1.75B Iran Bank Award
• In Fla., Risk-Utility Is Out, Consumer-Expectation Is In
• 9th Circ. Says Classified Info Saves Raytheon From FCA Suit
• Not The Pro Bono You're Looking For
• The Firms That Dominated In 2015
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Why All US Attorneys Should Read Justice Breyer's New Book
• Texas Justices To Weigh Subcontractor Liability In Injury Suits
• Town's Expectations Don't Sway Tribal Tax Tiff, Justices Told
• Calif., Tribe Denied Casino Compact Rehearing By 9th Circ.
• Merck Ruling A Wake-Up Call For Patent Owners Facing PTAB
• Florida Courts Get 6 New Circuit Judges
• $84M Arbitration Award Shouldn't Freeze Assets, 9th Circ. Told
• Texas Justices Won't Rehear $67M Methane Field Case
• 2nd Circ. Pauses Feds' Win In AmEx Anti-Steering Suit
• Industry Picks Apart EPA Coal Ash Rule At DC Circ.
• Fla. County Wins Sovereign Immunity Argument In Land Row
• Texas Court Blocks $11M Antitrust Award In Marketers' Fight
• 10th Circ. Denies Marijuana Co. Appeal Of Tax Info Order
• 9th Circ. Rejects Appeal Over NSA Internet Spying
• Nonprofit Can't Get Higher Interest On Tax Refund: 2nd Circ.
• Pfizer Should Face Lipitor Row In Calif., 3rd Circ. Hears
• Crow Members Urge High Court To Hear Water Rights Row
• 4th Circ. Backs FCC In Local Cell Tower Zoning Regs Row
• Texas Justices Take Independent Contractor Injury Suit
• Texas High Court Takes Suit Over City Lake Lease
• Texas High Court To Mull Public-Official Status In Libel Suits
• Affirming FAA, DC Circ. Rules Flight-Sharing Is Commercial
• Alaska Says Feds Can't Dodge Tribal Trust Land Appeal
• Texas Justices To Eye Utility Contractor's Immunity Challenge
• Time To Move Out? Parents' Address Prompts Atty Inquiry
• 2nd Circ. Junks $574M False-Ratings Suit Against S&P
• Pharma Groups Urge Justices To Revive $18M Fine In IP Row
• U-Haul Asks 11th Circ. To Overturn $66M 'Pods' TM Verdict
• GameStop Twists Case Law In Privacy Suit, 8th Circ. Hears
• Pa. Bill Would Nix High Court's Role In Judicial Discipline
• Pa. Justices Won't Revive Settlement-Based Malpractice Suit
• HHS Urges Reversal Of Ga.'s $75M Medicaid Refund Win
• 3 Lessons From Stockton's Bankruptcy
• FTC Tells High Court To Nix Boehringer's Appeal In Doc Row
• FCC, AT&T Clash In DC Circ. Over VoIP Charges
• Public Should See Judges' Names In Complaints, DC Circ. Told
• Philly Atty On Hook For $18M In ERISA Row, 3rd Circ. Told
• The Biggest Native American Law Cases Of 2015
• DC Circ. Won't Look At EPA's Backing Of Calif. Emission Rule
• 2nd Circ. Keeps Wyly Asset Freeze In Place
• Genzyme Asks Fed. Circ. To Revive Muscle Treatment Patents
• A 2nd Circ. Decision That Muddied Loss Causation
• 9th Circ. Ruling Might Be End For ZIP Code Coverage Suits
• Banks In The Supreme Court In 2015
• 5th Circ. Steel Boycott Ruling Likely To Be Controversial
• The 13 Hottest Patent Law Issues Of 2015
• Millennium Labs Wants $1B Bond Posted If Ch. 11 Plan Halted
• Rich Mexicans Not A Persecuted Group, 6th Circ. Again Says
• 6th Circ. Urged To Keep Ky. Court's Kim Davis Rulings
• Warner Chilcott Defends Dismissal Of Doryx Case In 3rd Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Rules PTAB Mixed Up 'Printed Matter' Doctrine
• DOJ Grilled Over 'Extraordinary' AmEx Antitrust Case
• Congress, DOJ Input Likely In Iran Bank's High Court Appeal
• Split Fed. Circ. Won't Review Toss Of $30M Dow Patent Award
• EEOC Can't Skip Steps To Sue CVS, 7th Circ. Says
• EPA Says 9th Circ. Has Power To Nix Dow Herbicide Approval
• NY Towns Lose Challenge To Tribal Gambling Deal In Appeal
• Merck Can't Save Patents In 1st Fed Circ. Pharma AIA Appeal
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Ruling Axing E-Reader Patent Under Alice
• $100M Twitter Pre-IPO Dispute Hits Del. High Court
• 9th Circ. Affirms FERC Ruling In '01 Energy Rate Case
• Sprinkler Maker Urges Fed. Circ. To Reverse Duties Ruling
• Calif. High Court Undoes Ruling Critics Said Expanded CEQA
• Insurers On Hook For Exxon $4M Plant Explosion Settlement
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Sentences Against NJ Atty, Pa. Businessman
• Fellow States Back California, Oregon In Hydroelectric Row
• Prize Insurer Takes Yahoo March Madness Fight To 5th Circ.
• Fla. High Court OKs Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative
• Marshall Islands Tells 9th Circ. Courts Have Nuke Oversight
• Whistleblower's FCA Case Too Weak To Revive, 11th Circ. Told
• Fla. Judge Removed From Bench Over Courtroom Scuffle
• Obama Urges High Court To Kick Colorado Pot Suit Aside
• Offensive Private Emails Don't Bear On Public Role, Eakin Says
• Oral Deal Would Be Enough For Coverage, 7th Circ. Says
• The Biggest NJ Decisions From The Second Half Of 2015
• 5th Circ. Backs IRS Over Exec's Income From Google Deal
• FERC Ignored GHGs In Approving LNG Project, DC Circ. Told
• Mining Co. Takes Polluted Union Pacific Site To DC Circ.
• Whose Lien Has Priority In Fla. — The Mortgagee Or HOA?
• Top 10 Alice Cases Of 2015
• Gatekeepers No More: Del. Defines M&A Adviser Liability
• Pa. Atty Asks 3rd Circ. To Ax $19M ERISA Judgment
• Artesyn, Astec Duck Willfulness Claim In Converter IP Case
• Ex-Cosmetics Exec Fights To Revive Sex Harassment Claims
• Calls For Bigger Patent Awards 'Disastrous,' Justices Told
• Marriott Gets $16.5M Judgment Axed In Bahamas Project Row
• Chemical Cos. Back Industry In Solid Waste Fight At DC Circ.
• XL Unit Can't Dodge Katrina Reporting Deadline, 5th Circ. Says
• Sheriff's Exec. Action Appeal Is Speculation, Feds Tell Justices
• Senators Reach Bipartisan Deal On Judicial Nominees
• Comcast Says Calif. Can't Tax It, QVC As Unitary Business
• Pesticide Fits Foster Home Pollution Exclusion: Vt. Justices
• Fla. Justices Asked To Uphold Personal Injury Damages Cap
• Oil Co. Tells 5th Circ. Botched Well Is 'Physical Damage'
• Ex-DLA Piper Atty Can't Revive Disability Suit
• Fla. Appeals Court Rejects Rezoning For Miami-Area Hotel
• Texas Farmers Ask High Court To Leave Water Ruling Intact
• Ex-Baker Botts Client Says Patent Malpractice Suit Cut Short
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear O'Bannon Student-Athlete Pay Case
• Peanut Co. Says 4th Circ. Flubbed Ruling In $19M Fire Row
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Blocking Samsung Phone Features
• 3rd Circ. Revives Deceptive-Contract Class Action
• BofA Slams 'Preposterous' $1.3B Mortgage Fine In 2nd Circ.
• Pa. Woman's Estate Gets New Trial In Cancer Insurance Row
• 9th Circ. Urged To Rethink 'Chilling' Child Abuse Ruling
• Anda Not Covered In Drug 'Epidemic' Suit, 11th Circ. Told
• 3 Things Younger Attys Can't Stand About Legal Vets
• NJ Justices Won't Rethink Ex-City Atty's Whistleblower Win
• Ex-Foundry Exec Tells 2nd Circ. Newman Mars Tipping Case
• Serial Numbers Don't ID People, ESPN Tells 9th Circ.
• Anderson News Tells 2nd Circ. To Revive $371M Antitrust Suit
• Impossibility Preemption Possible For Brand-Name Drugs
• 10 Key Trade Secret Developments Of 2015: Part 1
• Lessons From Fed. Circ.'s 1st Wave Of Post-Grant Appeals
• 11th Circ. Again Says Fla. 'Gun Gag' Law Is Constitutional
• Strapp, Horvitz Face Bid To Revive Malpractice Claims
• Agency Aborts Native Hawaiian Election To Thwart Court Case
• Full 9th Circ. Rules Man Failed To Prove US Citizenship
• 8th Circ. May Reshape Restitution Coverage In US Bank Case
• Par Pharma Can't Get 2nd Fed. Circ. Win Over AIDS Drug
• Fed. Circ. Backs Apple Win In AIA Biz Method Review
• Oil Train Rule Challenge Needs 60-Day Pause, DC Circ. Told
• Highland Asks Texas Court To Revive Gray Reed Extortion Suit
• Ill. Appeals Court Upholds Municipal Gaming Terminal Fee
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Polaris Win In Device Locator AIA Review
• NJ Justices To Mull Class Action Standard In Insurance Row
• Construction Co. Not Covered For Unlisted Crew: 4th Circ.
• 8th Circ. Says DOL Overreached In H-1B Probe Of Staffing Co.
• Patent Win for Apple, BlackBerry Upheld By Fed. Circ.
• 8th Circ. Revives H-2B Carnival Workers' Wage Suit
• Baker Botts Ex-Client Will Seek New Trial After $41M Loss
• 4th Circ. Hands DynCorp Win, Tosses $6M Discrimination Suit
• 8th Circ. Says Debt Collection Isn't Car Repo Under Policy
• 6th Circ. Tags Out Baseball Player Mo Vaughn In Tax Case
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Masons' Madoff Feeder Fund Suit
• AmEx Antitrust Appeal To Highlight Market Share Fight
• Dealer Loses 2nd Bid To Arbitrate Used Car Class Suit
• FCC Exceeded Its Authority In Cable Reg Shift, DC Circ. Told
• Sandusky To Keep Pension After Pa. Agency Doesn't Appeal
• Teachers Double Down On Saying Union Fee Rule Is Obsolete
• NJ High Court Disbars Atty For Misusing Clients' Funds
• Videos Link Sierra Pacific Judge To Tweet, 9th Circ. Told
• Pa. Appeals Court Upholds Widened Labor Protest Injunction
• DC Circ. Questions If $460M Czech Arbitration Row Is Moot
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Game Show Network's Gaming Patent Win
• Coast Guard Can Hold Polluting Ships In Port, DC Circ Says
• Calif. Appeals Court Says Rule On Judge Pay Constitutional
• NY Residents Take Seneca Casino Challenge To High Court
• 9th Circ. Says Immigrant's Sex Crime 'Particularly Serious'
• 7 Deadly Business Mistakes That Can Tank Your Law Practice
• What Fed. Circ. Is Considering In Patent Exhaustion Case
• Mercury Power Plant Rule Left Intact By DC Circ.
• Courtney Love's Ex-Lawyer Fights To Revive 'Twibel' Suit
• Ind.'s Cold Beer Ban Doesn't Violate 14th Amendment: 7th Circ.
• Wells Fargo Wins As 9th Circ. Says TILA Rule Not Retroactive
• US' Paris Pledge Threatened By Changing Political Winds
• 9th Circ. Ends $31M Challenge To Stockton's Ch. 9 Plan
• Oxy Can't Recoup $1M Tax Overpayment, Colo. Court Says
• Wind Co. Says Osage Can't Appeal Wind Farm Ruling
• Justices Deny Bid To Make Porn Studio Pay More Atty Fees
• Aluminum Users Continue Bid To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Insurers Can't Depreciate Labor Costs, Ark. High Court Says
• Nestle Should Face Child Slavery Suit, High Court Told
• Samsung Asks High Court To Slash $400M Apple Patent Award
• High Court Refuses Patent Case On How Courts Apply Alice
• Attys React To Supreme Court's DirecTV Arbitration Decision
• Cobb Martinez Adds Appellate Partner In Dallas
• High Court's DirecTV Ruling Shows No Leeway On Arbitration
• HR Director's Reports Are An FLSA Complaint, 9th Circ. Says
• 10th Circ. Says Ranch Worker On Visa Has FLSA Protections
• Gap Gift Card Patent Row Heads To Supreme Court
• 7th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Securities Firms' Fee Suit
• Ark. 12-Week Abortion Ban Unconstitutional, Justices Told
• Foreign Arbitration Award Doesn't Bar RICO Claim: 9th Circ.
• $838M NC Bypass Approval Is Sound, 4th Circ. Told
• High Court Won't Hear Tribal Appeal Over $925M Bakken Buy
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear Cartoon Network App Privacy Appeal
• 'Service Adviser' OT Ruling Not A National Issue, Justices Told
• Hispanic Caucus Slams Delay In Latino Judge Confirmations
• Ore. Homeowner Freed From $10M Insurance Fraud Ruling
• Ex-KBR Workers Say FCA Suit Shouldn't Pause For Appeal
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of 'Mean Girls' Investors Suit
• Media Rights Brings Capital One IP Row Before High Court
• Feds Tell High Court Bulgarian Gypsy Rightly Denied Asylum
• Ex-NJ Official Can't Revive Suit Over Defeated Charges
• Justices Won't Hear Ex-Friedman Schuman Clerk's Bias Suit
• BNSF Tries To Derail Worker's $3.2M PI Win At High Court
• Ill. Court Shields Architect Firm From Suit Over ADA Violations
• Supreme Court Refuses CarMax's Iskanian Challenge
• S. Korean Cos. Can't Dodge Sawblade Duties At Fed. Circ.
• 3rd Circ. Denies Rehearing Bid In Google Tracking Suit
• PHH Unit Calls $109M CFPB Mortgage Kickback Fine Illegal
• 5th Circ. Reprimands Texas Judge For Sexual Harassment
• The Biggest Pa. Court Decisions Of 2015: Year-End Report
• Tennis Channel, Comcast Volley Over Bias In DC Circ.
• Divided 2nd Circ. Denies Rehearing In 9/11 Detainee Case
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Chopper Parts FCA Against Woodward
• Ore. High Court Says Taxi Co. Owes Drivers' Payroll Taxes
• Calif. Health Club's Youth Discount Upheld In Age Bias Row
• Are Your Patent Agent Communications Privileged?
• The Biggest Immigration Cases Of 2015
• High Court Won't Touch Microsoft Win In Allvoice IP Feud
• High Court To Examine Uncounseled Tribal Convicts' Rights
• High Court Boosts Federal Arbitration Rule In DirecTV Case
• Energy Cos. Say Rival Can't Get 'Mulligan' On Atty Fees
• Jaw Disease Patient's Novartis Suit Timely, 9th Circ. Hears
• Del. Justices Uphold No-Damages Ruling On 'Unfair' Deal
• Stalled Navajo Mine Expansion Can't Be Appealed: Enviros
• Dark-Pool Marketplace To Seek Sanctions Against SEC
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Ignore Canada Case In $9.5B Chevron Row
• Fed. Circ. Upholds ITC Import Ban On Chinese Co.'s Resin
• 6th Circ. Cements J&J Win In Ortho Evra Blood Clot Suit
• Fed. Circ. Urged To Revive IP Suit Against 3 Automakers
• Expert Didn't Establish Hailstorm Coverage, 5th Circ. Affirms
• Fla. Court Upends Insurer's Sinkhole Coverage Victory
• Texas Tort Reform Group Says Hail Suits Rife With Abuse
• Water Districts Say Fish Habitat Suit Needs High Court Ruling
• Ski Club Trustee Wants Jailed Founder, Counsel Sanctioned
• LCD Maker Urges 9th Circ. To Nix Best Buy's Price-Fixing Win
• Enron Scandal Didn't Nix Nigeria Contract, DC Circ. Told
• Fed. Circ. Floats New Rules For Docketing, Confidentiality
• Fed. Circ. Urged To Revive Locator IP Row With Polaris
• 10th Circ. OKs Additional Damages In Trucker FLSA Row
• Fed. Circ. Questions Application Of Alice To Lip-Sync Tech
• Texas Court Revives Suit Alleging Fraudulent Apartment Sales
• Give Judges Free Hand To Hike Patent Awards, Justices Told
• Ill. High Court Says State Law Blocks Old Asbestos Suits
• Litvak Decision A Boon To Securities Fraud Defendants
• Aerotek Appeal In EEOC Row Could Be Moot, 7th Circ. Says
• NY Appellate Court Keeps DraftKings, FanDuel Operating
• Ore. Justices Say Not All Atty Mediation Talks Confidential
• NJ Appeals Court Rejects Golf Course's Tax Challenge
• The Biggest California Employment Cases Of 2015
• Alice Doesn't Nix Amazon E-Reader Suit, Fed. Circ. Told
• DC Circ. Backs NLRB No-Impasse Ruling Against Snack Maker
• Justices To Decide If Private Debt Attys Can Be State Officers
• High Court To Hear Army Corps' CWA Appeal
• Calif. Malpractice Suit Can't Hide Behind Anti-SLAPP Law
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Sony Win In 3-D Picture Patent Row
• Dish Says Users Not Entitled To Offsets For Lost Channels
• Defer To Gov't On Disabled Car Buyers Rights, 9th Circ. Told
• 5th Circ. Clears Trucking Co. In Transgender Bias Row
• Whistleblower Wants 2nd Shot At Ungaretti & Harris Case
• 8th Circ. Says Immigrant's SC Gun Charge Is A Violent Crime
• PRP Letter Response Costs Are 'Required' By NY Enviro Law
• Will Changes To Federal Rules Reduce Scope Of Discovery?
• What The 9th Circ. Missed In Yoga Copyright Ruling
• A Closer Look At Ariosa After Fed. Circ. Denies Rehearing
• 8th Circ. Partially Reverses Superfund Ruling Against Tire Co.
• 9th Circ. Urged To Rehear FOIA Dispute With USCIS
• Gamblers' Foxwoods Suit To Continue In 2nd Circ.
• Tessera Is Owed Coverage For Patent Spat, 9th Circ. Says
• 10-Year Sentence Too Harsh, $959M Fraudster Tells 2nd Circ.
• 6th Circ. May Speed Up Water Rule Fight's Rise To High Court
• 8th Circ. OKs 4-Year Sentence For Re-entry After Assault
• Fed. Circ. Backs MLB Media Arm Over Edited Games Patent
• 11th Circ. Says Levan Must Leave BankAtlantic
• 5th Circ. Tells Lower Court To Resolve Deepwater Claims Rule
• Pa. Justice Faces Potential Suspension After Ethics Charges
• Court Upholds Air Permit for $1.3B Tenn. Steel Project
• 9th Circ. Asked To Protect Tortoise From Solar Project
• Ex-Merrill Lynch Trainees Want Sex Bias Suit Revived
• Title Insurers' Atty Fees Not Kickbacks, Ill. Court Rules
• Fed. Circ. Mulls Claim Construction In Nuance-Abbyy Row
• Feds Appeal Injunction Blocking DOI's Fracking Rule
• Fed. Circ. Laments Ambiguities In Gaming Patent Row
• Don King Loses 2nd Circ. Appeal Over Botched Fight
• Ore. Utility Rests On Environmental Progress In Water Row
• Activision Urges 9th Circ. Not To Revive 'Warcraft' IP Suit
• Conn. 3rd-Degree Assault Won't Trigger Removal: 1st Circ.
• ERG Tells Texas Justices Rival Can't Avoid Texas Courts
• 9th Circ. Orders EPA Pesticide Plan By December 2016
• Gov't Asks High Court To Reject Removal Case Over Address
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Skadden's $4M Fee In Radnor Ch. 11
• Industry, Enviros Blast EPA's Solid Waste Rule
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Rest Stop's Right To Toss Strip Club Ads
• 9th Circ. Sends Mexican Trans Woman's Appeal Back To BIA
• State Farm Needn't Cover TCPA Class Action, Court Affirms
• Held-Up 3rd Circ. Nominee Slated For Senate Vote
• Mo. Atty Disbarred After Admitting To Medicaid Fraud
• 1st Circ. Revives Dunkin' Donuts Managers' OT Complaint
• DC Circ. Tosses Watson's Appeal Of Vascepa FDA Remand
• Dexia Can't Bring $626M MBS Suit, Morgan Stanley Says
• Monmouth Judge Gets Official Nod For NJ Appeals Court
• Mintz Levin Must Spill Docs In Vet-Owned Fraud Case: 1st Circ.
• 1 More Step Toward Unified Business Judgment Review
• The Art Of The Mock
• Reconciling The Fed. Circ.'s VirnetX And Summit 6 Rulings
• High Court Set To Determine Scope Of FCA
• A Toast To 2015 Wine And Beer Trademark Disputes: Part 3
• JPMorgan Defends $69M Refund In Patent Licensing Row
• JPMorgan Wins Annuity Suit After Opponent's Stun Gun Threat
• 3 Immigrants Ask Supreme Court To Hear Exec. Action Case
• Wine Counterfeiter In $20M Scam Alleges Illegal Home Search
• SEC Feels Home Court Disadvantage After 1st Circ. Rebuke
• 10th Circ. Denies Oppenheimer's Junk Bond Class Cert. Appeal
• Del. High Court Told Insider Case Is Bad Faith 'Blueprint'
• AARP Backs CFPB's $109M Fine For Mortgage Kickbacks
• Pa. Landowner Can't Revive Claim That Fracking Spoiled Well
• State Farm Beats Suit Over Storm-Induced Tornado Damage
• Sirius Gets Support On Pre-1972 Royalty Fight In 2nd Circ.
• 3rd Circ. Plans Sweeping Hearing In NJ Sports Betting Case
• Fed. Circ. Asked To Save IP Suit Against T-Mobile, Ericsson
• Duke Energy Cannot Limit Wind Farm Output, 7th Circ. Hears
• When Land Use And Antitrust Collide
• Burlington County Judge Bumped Up To NJ Appellate Court
• Fed. Circ. Rules Man's Veteran Preference Rights Not Violated
• Prison Guard Says 3rd Circ. Meal Pay Ruling Broke Precedent
• 9th Circ. Axes Tax Refund On Insurance Co. Stock Sale
• Florida Judge Tangles With Specter Of Removal
• Fla. High Court Struggles With 11th Circ. Accrual Question
• Justices Wonder What's New In UT Affirmative Action Fight
• Facebook Lacked Standing In $3M Spam Win, 9th Circ. Told
• Pa. Justices To Mull Misconduct Test In Unemployment Rows
• DOI Says Tribal Land Buy OK Under Carcieri
• 4th Circ. Says EPA Head Deposition Not Needed In Coal Row
• Auto Emissions Part Didn't Need State OK, Calif. Court Says
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• High Court Won't Hear Suit Against Bankruptcy Trustee
• 8th Circ. Denies Mexican National's Deportation Order Appeal
• Are General Contractors 'Sellers' Under Texas Law?
• The Real Issue In Fed. Circ. Dynamic Drinkware Decision
• JPMorgan Board Liable For Madoff Failures, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Fla. Canal Isn't Navigable Waterway, 11th Circ. Told
• NCUA Tells 9th Circ. Goldman, Nomura MBS Claims Are Timely
• Md. Power Plant Subsidy Doesn't Usurp FERC, High Court Told
• 10th Circ. Asked To OK $1.6M Award Over Solar Panel Parts
• Pa. Justice Faces Ethics Charges Over Offensive Emails
• FDIC Tells 9th Circ. American Pipe Saves $1B RMBS Suits
• 1st Circ. Nixes SEC's Fines Against Ex-State Street Execs
• 2nd Circ.'s Litvak Reversal Has Silver Lining For Prosecutors
• Center for Food Safety Weighs In On Maui Anti-GMO Law
• Texas Asks State Justices To Revive 'Small Tobacco' Tax
• Comcast Carriage Row Rightly Before FCC, 11th Circ. Says
• Texas Justices Mull History's Role In Royalty Rights
• PPL Loses 6th Circ. Bid To Rehear CAA Coal Dust Claims
• High Court's Ch. 9 Stance Key To Puerto Rico's Fate
• DOJ Urges Justices To Reject Appeal By Ex-UBS Execs
• 7th Circ. Rules Denying Cert To Debt Class Was In Error
• Catholic Orgs To Take 2nd Circ. ACA Loss To High Court
• Pork Producers, Enviros Challenge EPA Farm Pollution Rule
• Power Cos., States Blast Carbon Plan Opponents' Stay Bid
• Fla. Lien Ruling Empowers Banks In Foreclosure Actions
• NJ Court Backs Firefighters' Reinstatement In Anti-Union Row
• 11th Circ. Sides With Insurer Over 'Employee' Coverage