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August 12, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday rejected an environmental group's challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision allowing the construction of a private road with a radioactive byproduct from fertilizer production, finding EPA regulations don't categorically bar such use.
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August 12, 2026
The Ninth Circuit Wednesday affirmed a $12 million judgment to former students of bankrupt for-profit college ITT Education Services Inc., saying their RICO claims against student loan servicers weren't time-barred because evidence showed the students had no way of knowing they were being scammed more than four years before they filed suit.
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August 12, 2026
The Ninth Circuit said Wednesday that a U.S. citizen can't escape his extradition to Iraq to be tried for the murders of two Iraqi police officers because the killings constitute international terrorism, meaning he is not protected by a political-offense exception to the relevant extradition treaty.
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August 12, 2026
The Tenth Circuit upheld an Oklahoma man's child pornography convictions Wednesday, rejecting his arguments that police unlawfully prolonged a traffic stop and obtained an overly broad warrant to search his cellphone.
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August 12, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a brief stay Wednesday in a case from Epic Games targeting Apple's App Store policies, after the district court refused to put the case on hold while the justices review a contempt order against Apple.
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August 12, 2026
Fossil fuel companies have urged the First Circuit to uphold the dismissal of a racketeering and antitrust lawsuit from several Puerto Rico municipalities claiming the companies misrepresented the climate dangers of fossil fuel products in causing a pair of hurricanes.
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August 12, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit has dismissed Mt. Hawley Insurance Co.'s appeal of a ruling requiring it to defend a subcontractor in a wrongful death lawsuit, saying the settlement of the underlying suit in a Florida state court divested the federal appeals court of jurisdiction.
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August 12, 2026
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Wednesday rolled out its finding that a man's wheelchair does not constitute a vehicle and that his use of the device to leave the scene of a car crash did not imply consent for a blood test as part of a DUI investigation.
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August 12, 2026
A Tenth Circuit panel found Tuesday that antitrust allegations against listing rules created by the National Association of Realtors are time-barred because the four-year statute of limitations applies to the Utah-based real estate firm's claims.
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August 12, 2026
President Donald Trump urged the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to halt sanctions imposed by a lower court over an immunity deal that would have given him broad protections from federal tax audits and investigations, arguing he and the government have distinct interests.
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August 12, 2026
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has asked the Federal Circuit to intervene in Inari Agriculture's appeal of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision upholding a Corteva patent on insect-repellent corn, saying part of the board's decision was wrong.
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August 12, 2026
Exiled Chinese businessman Miles Guo's daughter has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review decisions transferring a yacht that sold for $23 million plus a $37 million escrow fund to her father's Connecticut Chapter 11 estate, saying a Second Circuit ruling conflicts with decisions in several other circuits.
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August 12, 2026
A Connecticut town didn't err when it assessed a tax penalty on a property owner that failed to file an income report requested by the town's assessor, even though the assessor had sent the form to an old address, the state Supreme Court affirmed Wednesday.
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August 12, 2026
An Eleventh Circuit panel has revived a former Florida fire department employee's Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit against his ex-employer, saying a reasonable jury could find that the department caused the former medical chief's termination by failing to accommodate his disabilities.
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August 12, 2026
The Sixth Circuit has rejected a Michigan prison employee's excessive force claim stemming from injuries she suffered during a hostage training exercise, ruling that she was not "seized" under the Fourth Amendment because the officers were practicing a rescue rather than carrying out an actual law enforcement operation.
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August 12, 2026
The full Fifth Circuit partially unraveled federal regulations that implemented an arbitration system between insurers and out-of-network providers that Congress established in a 2020 law called the No Surprises Act, holding aspects of how the rules calculated payment amounts for disputed claims were unlawful.
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August 12, 2026
Four months was not an unreasonable delay between police taking a suspect's cellphone and obtaining a warrant to search its contents, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Wednesday, reversing suppression of phone evidence in two unrelated cases.
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August 12, 2026
The Trump administration prodded the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to "promptly" lift a Massachusetts judge's order prohibiting the enforcement of new restrictions on mail-in ballots in 23 states and the District of Columbia in this year's midterm elections.
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August 12, 2026
The Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that an incarcerated man in Pennsylvania must be given a second shot at bringing claims that a prison administrator violated his constitutional rights by calling him a "snitch" for filing previous federal lawsuits against the prison.
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August 12, 2026
Zillow investors have asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear a lawsuit over the company's shuttered homebuying business, arguing that the justices should reject Zillow's request to apply a "new, stricter rule" for certifying shareholder class actions.
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August 12, 2026
Kalshi intensified its push for the Second Circuit to shield it from a New York state lawsuit targeting its sports event contracts Wednesday, arguing a new U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission directive demonstrates the company's need for protection.
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August 12, 2026
The Trump administration is dropping its D.C. Circuit appeal of a lower court's order blocking sweeping Executive Office for Immigrant Review rule changes that would have fast-tracked the review of deportation orders nationwide.
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August 12, 2026
A former WXYZ reporter lost her sex discrimination suit when a Michigan state appeals court ruled the Detroit station had legitimate reasons for paying a male reporter more and that comments about her "distracting" forehead were not direct evidence of sex bias.
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August 12, 2026
The Ninth Circuit revived allegations that Aetna misrepresented how much it would pay toward a patient's $150,000 surgery, finding that federal benefits law didn't preempt a claim brought under state law because the dispute centered on the payment commitments rather than the health plan itself.
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August 12, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for a former Fulton County District Attorney's Office aide's appeal seeking to revive her pregnancy discrimination claim against her employer.