The Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions:
PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic, Inc., No. 17-1705: Petitioner PDR produces the Physicians’ Desk Reference, which is distributed to health...more
6/24/2019
/ Criminal Prosecution ,
Establishment Clause ,
False Evidence ,
FCC ,
First Amendment ,
Gundy v United States ,
Hobbs Act ,
Loss of Liberty ,
McDonough v Smith ,
PDR Network LLC v Carlton & Harris Chiropractic Inc ,
Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) ,
Statute of Limitations ,
TCPA ,
The American Legion v American Humanist Association
The Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions this morning:
Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, No. 17-1702: A private nonprofit corporation known as MNN operates the public access channels on Time...more
6/21/2019
/ Atomic Energy Act ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Double Jeopardy ,
Dual Sovereignty Doctrine ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Gamble v United States ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
State Action Doctrine ,
State Contracts ,
Virginia Uranium Inc v Warren
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions this morning:
Return Mail, Inc. v. Postal Service, No. 17-1594: The Patent Trial and Appeal Board was created by Congress in the Leahy-Smith America Invents...more
6/11/2019
/ Administrative Procedure ,
America Invents Act ,
Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 ,
Burglary ,
Certiorari ,
Common Law Claims ,
Jurisdiction ,
Oil & Gas ,
Outer Continental Shelf ,
Return Mail Inc v United States Postal Service ,
SCOTUS ,
State Law Claims ,
Superfund
The Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions this morning:
Azar v. Allina Health Services, No. 17-1484: Congress has passed a law specific to Medicare, requiring that the government provide the public with...more
6/4/2019
/ Azar v Allina Health Services ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
Breach of Contract ,
Certiorari ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fort Bend County Texas v Davis ,
Jurisdiction ,
Medicare ,
Notice and Comment ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Strict Scrutiny Standard ,
Title VII
The Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions this morning:
Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. Jackson, No. 17-1471: After Citibank, N.A., filed a debt-collection action in state court against respondent George...more
5/29/2019
/ Abortion ,
Administrative Procedure ,
CAFA ,
Certiorari ,
Debt Collection ,
First Amendment ,
Home Depot USA Inc v Jackson ,
Planned Parenthood ,
Probable Cause ,
SCOTUS ,
Social Security Act
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions this morning:
Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, No. 17-1657: In this bankruptcy-related case, Tempnology, LLC entered into an agreement with...more
5/21/2019
/ Certiorari ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hunting ,
IP License ,
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht ,
Mission Product Holdings Inc v Tempnology LLC ,
Prescription Drugs ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Licenses ,
Tribal Lands ,
Warning Labels
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions this morning:
Apple, Inc. v. Pepper, No. 17-204: Apple’s App Store is the only place iPhone users may lawfully buy apps. Although Apple sells the apps...more
5/14/2019
/ Apple Inc v Pepper ,
Claims Limitations Period ,
Class Action ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Franchise Tax Board ,
Full Faith and Credit Clause ,
Immunity ,
Monopolization ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity
The Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decision this morning:
Thacker v. TVA, No. 17-1201: The Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”) is a federally-created and Government-owned corporation that...more
4/30/2019
/ Appeals ,
Discretionary Functions ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) ,
Government-Owned Corporation ,
Negligence ,
Public Utility ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Sue-and-Be-Sued Clause ,
Thacker v Tennessee Valley Authority ,
Waivers
The Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decision this morning:
Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, No. 17-988: Respondent Frank Varela, an employee of petitioner Lamps Plus, brought a putative class action in...more
Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the following cases:
Bostock v. Clayton County, No. 17-1618, Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda, No. 17-1623: Whether discrimination against an employee because of sexual...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions this morning:
Biestek v. Berryhill, No. 17-1184: Petitioner Michael Biestek, a former construction laborer, applied for social security disability benefits...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decision this morning:
Lorenzo v. SEC, No. 17-1077: The Securities and Exchange Commission charged petitioner Francis Lorenzo, an investment banker, with...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions this morning:
Republic of Sudan v. Harrison, No. 16-1094: Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), a foreign state may be served by means of mailing...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions this morning:
Frank v. Gaos, No. 17-961: Respondent Paloma Gaos and two other named plaintiffs brought a class action against Google. According to the complaint,...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions this morning:
Washington State Dept. of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc., No. 16-1498: The State of Washington has a statute that taxes “motor vehicle fuel...more
3/20/2019
/ Air and Liquid Systems Corp et al v Devries et al ,
Asbestos Litigation ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Deportation ,
Fuel Tax ,
Intended Use ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
State Taxes ,
Treaties ,
U.S. Navy ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
Washington State Department of Licensing v Cougar Den Inc
Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in four cases:
Ramos v. Louisiana, No. 18-5924: Whether the Fourteenth Amendment fully incorporates the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a unanimous verdict....more
Today, the Supreme Court issued three decisions:
Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA Inc., No. 17-1625: Section 505 of the Copyright Act permits courts to award “full costs” to a party in a civil action. Broadly interpreting...more
3/6/2019
/ Appeals ,
BNSF Railway Company v Loos ,
Certiorari ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Exhaustion ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Registration ,
Damages ,
Expert Fees ,
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp v Wall-Street.com LLC ,
Judicial Discretion ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Prevailing Party ,
Railroad Retirement Tax Act (RRTA) ,
Rimini Street Inc v Oracle USA Inc ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
The Copyright Act ,
USPTO
Today, the Supreme Court issued three decisions:
Jam v. International Finance Corporation, No. 17-1011: The International Finance Corporation is a U.S.-based international development bank of which 184 countries are...more
Today, the Supreme Court issued one decision:
Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert, No. 17-1094: In a class action against Nutraceutical Corporation, the district court decertified the class represented by Troy Lambert....more
2/27/2019
/ Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Collective Actions ,
Decertification ,
Equitable Tolling ,
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure ,
Filing Deadlines ,
FRCP 23(f) ,
Leave to Appeal ,
Nutraceutical Corp v Lambert ,
SCOTUS
Today, the Supreme Court issued one decision:
Yovino v. Rizo, No. 18-272: Eleven days after Judge Stephen Reinhardt passed away, the Ninth Circuit filed an en banc decision listing Judge Reinhardt as the author of the...more
2/26/2019
/ Appeals ,
Certiorari ,
Deceased ,
Discovery Rule ,
En Banc Review ,
Equal Pay Act ,
FDCPA ,
Judge Reinhardt ,
Judicial Review ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Yovino v Rizo
This afternoon, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in the following case:
Department of Commerce v. New York, No. 18-966: 1) Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decision this morning:
Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., No. 17-1229: Every patent statute over the past two centuries has included an...more
1/23/2019
/ America Invents Act ,
Appeals ,
Assignment of Inventions ,
Certiorari ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Helsinn Healthcare SA v Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc ,
Inventions ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Public Use ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 102 ,
Third-Party Relationships ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration
The Supreme Court of the United States issued the following two decisions today:
New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, No. 17-340: Respondent Dominic Oliveira works as a driver for petitioner New Prime, Inc., an interstate trucking...more
1/16/2019
/ Armed Career Criminal Act ,
Class Arbitration ,
Class Certification ,
Contract Terms ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Firearms ,
Independent Contractors ,
New Prime v Oliveira ,
Robbery ,
SCOTUS ,
Trucking Industry
On Friday, January 11, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in the following eight cases:
Fort Bend County v. Davis, No. 18-525: Whether Title VII’s administrative exhaustion requirement, 42...more
1/15/2019
/ Burglary ,
Class Certification ,
Confidential Information ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Due Process ,
Estate Planning ,
FOIA ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Outer Continental Shelf ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
Search Warrant ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Title VII
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions today:
Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., No. 17-1272: Under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) and the Court’s precedents, who decides...more
1/9/2019
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Arbitrators ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Contract Terms ,
Culbertson v Berryhill ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Henry Schein Inc v Archer and White Sales Inc ,
SCOTUS ,
Social Security Administration (SSA) ,
Social Security Benefits ,
Vacated ,
Wholly Groundless Doctrine