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October 08, 2025
5th Circ. Wary Of TitleMax Affiliate's Aim To Skip Usury Case
A Fifth Circuit panel appears skeptical of a TitleMax affiliate's argument that it should get to escape the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities usury case alleging the affiliate breached state law, saying Wednesday the proceedings looked like typical state police power.
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October 08, 2025
Fed. Circ. Hesitant To Review DOD Contract Cost Appeal
A Federal Circuit judge appeared reluctant Wednesday to review an Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals' decision over the proper way to calculate the cost Pratt & Whitney paid for commercial engine parts, pointing to precedent that goes against the government's position.
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October 08, 2025
Senate IP Leader Plans Push To Pass Patent Eligibility Bill
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., the leader of the Senate's intellectual property subcommittee, said Wednesday that before he leaves Congress in just over a year, one of his primary goals will be to advance his long-gestating bill to make more inventions eligible for patents.
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October 08, 2025
4th Circ. OKs Verdict In Gang Case Despite Bad Translations
The Fourth Circuit said Wednesday that a court translator's errors during trial don't merit overturning the convictions of three men on gang-related racketeering conspiracy and other charges.
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October 08, 2025
Utah Tribe Appeals Denial To Fight $16M Ovintiv Air Deal
The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation is appealing a federal district court decision that denied its intervention to challenge a $16 million Clean Air Act consent decree between the U.S. government and Ovintiv USA Inc.
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October 08, 2025
Pa. Court Says New Murder Trial Can't Rely On Witness Video
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has asked a lower court to revisit its grant of a new trial for a man convicted of a 1976 murder, saying it wrongly relied on video testimony from a witness who claimed police bribed him with sexual liaisons while in custody in order to frame an innocent man.
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October 08, 2025
Ga. Panel Upholds $250K Award Over False Murder Claims
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's denial of a new trial for a man hit with a $250,000 verdict after falsely claiming that an attorney murdered his own wife, rejecting the man's claims that damages weren't properly pled in the complaint filed against him.
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October 08, 2025
NJ Court Partially Revives Worker's Suit Over Truck Collision
A New Jersey appeals panel on Wednesday partially reinstated a worker's negligence claim against a wine company, finding there were questions about its relationship to the worker's employer and whether it owed him a duty of care.
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October 08, 2025
Chiquita Victims Urge 11th Circ. To Revive Claims Over Killings
Family members of victims of paramilitary violence in Colombia asked the Eleventh Circuit Wednesday to revive their claims against Chiquita Brands International Inc. executives, arguing they had provided enough information to show the killings were committed "under color of law" as required by the Torture Victim Protection Act.
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October 08, 2025
Mich. Justice Unsure Gov. Exempt From 1-Year Claim Deadline
Michigan's chief justice said Wednesday she was "struggling" with an immigration legal assistance group's contention that a one-year notice deadline for claims against the state doesn't apply to suits against the governor.
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October 08, 2025
Immigration Judges Can Reject Stipulations, BIA Rules
The Board of Immigration Appeals has backed an immigration judge's decision to reject an agreement between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a Honduran transgender woman seeking to avoid deportation, holding that judges are free to accept or reject such agreements.
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October 08, 2025
Welder Asks Fla. High Court To Revive Whistleblower Claims
A welder mechanic asked the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday to revive his whistleblower retaliation claims against his former employer, Gulf Power Co., arguing that state law requires only that he reasonably believed a violation of law or regulation occurred, not that he have to prove an actual violation.
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October 08, 2025
FirstEnergy Investors Seek Clarity On 6th Circ. Privilege Order
FirstEnergy investors asked the Sixth Circuit Wednesday to clarify a recent ruling blocking them from accessing internal investigation documents in a lawsuit over a $1 billion bribery scandal, arguing that the company is holding up depositions due to its misreading of the court's opinion.
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October 08, 2025
3rd Circ. Upholds Ruling In Debt Collector's Trade Secrets Suit
A Third Circuit let stand a ruling that work passwords are not trade secrets and that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is inapplicable to workplace policy violations in an appeal from a debt collection company suing two former employees.
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October 08, 2025
3rd Time's The Charm? The Tax Court's Odyssey In Medtronic
A U.S. Tax Court judge has been sent back to the drawing board once again in the long-running transfer pricing litigation brought by Medtronic, raising questions about how much weight the court must give to IRS transfer pricing regulations and how much authority it has to go its own way.
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October 08, 2025
5th Circ. Says Some NOLA Rental Rules Are Unconstitutional
A Fifth Circuit panel partially revived a proposed class action filed by homeowners and two companies challenging New Orleans' short-term rentals regulations, ruling in a published opinion that some of the regulations are unconstitutional.
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October 08, 2025
The Legal Advocacy Behind Fan Fiction's Biggest Site
A nonprofit that appears on the docket as a friend of the court in some of the most important copyright cases at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appeals courts is also responsible for running one of the largest fan fiction sites on the internet.
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October 08, 2025
High Court Open To Allowing USPS 'Campaign Of Terror' Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely Wednesday to let a Texas woman pursue claims that U.S. Postal Service workers engaged in an alleged "racially motivated harassment campaign," with several justices doubting that a federal tort law immunized the service from being held liable for intentional delivery failures.
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October 08, 2025
Mich. Justices Weigh Axing Slip-And-Fall Visitor Categories
A Michigan Supreme Court justice said Wednesday she is "troubled" by a longstanding practice that calls for different standards of care for different types of property visitors in slip-and-fall cases, asking why volunteers and those coming to do business should be treated differently, as the court considers a pair of cases that could upend decades-old precedent.
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October 08, 2025
11th Circ. Urged To Keep Ga.'s E-Commerce Regs On Ice
Internet trade group NetChoice urged the Eleventh Circuit Wednesday to leave in place an injunction that for more than a year has kept Georgia from enforcing new requirements on e-commerce platforms, arguing the state's law tries to push past a regulatory "ceiling" already imposed by federal law.
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October 08, 2025
7th Circ. Backs DePaul In Ex-Instructor's Race Bias Suit
The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld DePaul University's win over a former religious studies instructor's suit claiming he wasn't rehired because he's Arab American, finding he couldn't overcome the school's explanation that he was let go because of allegations he'd sexually assaulted a student.
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October 08, 2025
Trump Admin Cites Shutdown In Bid For CFPB Case Delay
Amid growing calls for the full D.C. Circuit to revisit a recent panel ruling that would allow mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Trump administration is asking for a pause in the case until after the government shutdown is over.
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October 08, 2025
Power Cos. Want In On Challenge To W.Va. Regional Haze Plan
American Electric Power Co. Inc. and FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiaries are asking the Fourth Circuit to uphold a federally approved air quality plan for West Virginia that spared their facilities from some potentially expensive upgrades.
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October 08, 2025
NBA Video Privacy Law Review Premature, Plaintiff Tells Justices
A website user urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to weigh in on the Second Circuit's decision last year that revived his lawsuit accusing the NBA of illegally sharing his viewing activity with Meta, arguing that the suit's second dismissal this week and his planned appeal "might complicate the court's review."
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October 08, 2025
Justices Probe Standing In Suit Over Ill. Ballot Counting
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared open to reviving an Illinois congressman's suit challenging the state's policy of counting certain ballots after Election Day, with several justices pressing counsel for the state to address whether its position would require courts to analyze a candidate's potential success in an election to determine their standing to sue.
Expert Analysis
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Eye Drop Ruling Clarifies Importance Of Patent Phrasing
The Federal Circuit's recent ruling in Eye Therapies v. Slayback, rejecting the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's interpretation of "consisting essentially of," highlights the importance of using clear and consistent terms throughout a patent's filing history to shield it against future challenges, says Liliana Di Nola-Baron at Panitch Schwarze.
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Midyear Rewind: How Courts Are Reshaping VPPA Standards
The first half of 2025 saw a series of cases interpreting the Video Privacy Protection Act as applied to website tracking technologies, including three appellate rulings deepening circuit splits on what qualifies as personally identifiable information and who qualifies as a consumer under the statute, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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How Justices' Ruling On NEPA Reviews Is Playing Out
Since the U.S. Supreme Court's May decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, narrowing the scope of agencies' required reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act, the effects of the ruling are starting to become visible in the actions of lower courts and the agencies themselves, say attorneys at Saul Ewing.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From ATF Director To BigLaw
As a two-time boomerang partner, returning to BigLaw after stints as a U.S. attorney and the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, people ask me how I know when to move on, but there’s no single answer — just clearly set your priorities, says Steven Dettelbach at BakerHostetler.
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Reverse Bias Rulings Offer Warning About DEI Quotas
Several recent holdings confirm that targeted or quota-based diversity programs can substantiate reverse discrimination claims, especially when coupled with an adverse action, so employers should exercise caution before implementing such policies in order to mitigate litigation risk, says Noah Bunzl at Tarter Krinsky.
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4th Circ. Favors Plain Meaning In Bump-Up D&O Ruling
The Fourth Circuit's latest denial of indemnity coverage in Towers Watson v. National Union Fire Insurance and its previous ruling in this case lay out a pragmatic approach to bump-up provisions that avoids hypertechnical constructions to limit the effect of a policy's plain meaning, say attorneys at Kennedys.
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A Look At Key 5th Circ. White Collar Rulings So Far This Year
In the first half of 2025, the Fifth Circuit has decided numerous cases of particular import to white collar practitioners, which collectively underscore the critical importance of meticulous recordbuilding, procedural compliance and strategic litigation choices at every stage of a case, says Joe Magliolo at Jackson Walker.
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High Court Cert Spotlights Varying Tests For Federal Removal
A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to review Chevron v. Plaquemines Parish, a case involving the federal officer removal statute, highlights three other recent circuit court decisions raising federal removal questions, and serves as a reminder that defendants are the masters of removal actions, says Varun Aery at Hollingsworth.
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Rule 23 Class Certification Matters In Settlements, Too
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Trump v. CASA Inc. highlighted requirements for certifying classes for litigation in federal court, but counsel must also understand how Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure may affect certifying classes for settlement purposes, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Contract Disputes Recap: Privity, Pressure, Procedural Traps
Three recent decisions from the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims offer fresh lessons for contractors navigating the procedural edge of Contract Disputes Act litigation, says Zachary Jacobson at Seyfarth.
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Series
Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.
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3rd Circ. Bias Ruling Offers Safety Policy Exception Lessons
The Third Circuit's decision in Smith v. City of Atlantic City, partially reinstating a religious bias suit over a policy requiring firefighters to be clean-shaven, cautions employers on the legal risk of including practical or discretionary exceptions in safety procedures, say Joseph Quinn and Mark Schaeffer at Cozen O'Connor.
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APA Relief May Blunt Justices' Universal Injunction Ruling
The Administrative Procedure Act’s avenue for universal preliminary relief seems to hold the most promise for neutralizing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA to limit federal district courts' nationally applicable orders, say attorneys at Crowell.
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Opinion
Prosecutors' Duty To Justice Sometimes Demands Mea Culpa
Two recent cases — U.S. v. Lucas and U.S. v. Echavarria — demonstrate that prosecutors’ special ethical duty to seek justice can sometimes be in tension with other obligations and incentives, but it nonetheless requires them to concede their mistakes in the interests of justice, say Eastern District of Texas law clerk Ian Stephens and Texas A&M University law professor Jemila Lea.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion
In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.