Ominous Signs From Eleventh Circuit As Meadows Seeks To Stay Out Of Georgia State Court

Ominous Signs From Eleventh Circuit As Meadows Seeks To Stay Out Of Georgia State Court

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) On Friday, Judge Steve Jones bounced Mark Meadows back to Fulton County Superior Court. Meadows had hoped to remove his Georgia RICO prosecution to federal court under... Read more »
Third Circuit Rejects Convergence Element in United States v. Moshe Porat

Third Circuit Rejects Convergence Element in United States v. Moshe Porat

Tuesday, September 5, 2023 On August 7, 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit became the most recent federal appellate court to reject the argument that a wire fraud... Read more »
Federal Circuit Vacates and Remands PTAB Decision in Volvo Case

Federal Circuit Vacates and Remands PTAB Decision in Volvo Case

Tuesday, September 5, 2023 On August 24, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision in Volvo Penta of the Americas,... Read more »
Seventh Circuit Reinstates No Poach Provisions Allegations Against McDonalds

Seventh Circuit Reinstates No Poach Provisions Allegations Against McDonalds

Friday, September 1, 2023 A recent opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reinstates allegations against McDonald’s that no-poach provisions in the company’s franchise agreements violate the antitrust... Read more »
5th Circuit Arredondo v. Sunlife TCPA Case Dismissed For Lack of Prosecution

5th Circuit Arredondo v. Sunlife TCPA Case Dismissed For Lack of Prosecution

Related Practices & Jurisdictions Friday, September 1, 2023 So there is something about El Paso, TX. The heat, it seems. brings out both the rattlesnakes and the far more dangerous TCPA litigators.... Read more »
Third Circuit Offers Guidance on When Donning and Doffing Safety Gear Is Compensable

Third Circuit Offers Guidance on When Donning and Doffing Safety Gear Is Compensable

A federal district court applied the wrong legal test when it held on summary judgment that oil rig workers were not entitled to compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for... Read more »
The 6th Circuit and 1st Circuit Now Have Different Superfund Rules

The 6th Circuit and 1st Circuit Now Have Different Superfund Rules

Anyone who has been practicing environmental law for more than a few years has had a case requiring a dive into the black hole that is CERCLA’s statute of limitations which specifies... Read more »
The Fifth Circuit Announces New Standard for Pleading a Title VII Claim

The Fifth Circuit Announces New Standard for Pleading a Title VII Claim

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently announced that Title VII plaintiffs are no longer required to plead an “ultimate employment decision” to properly allege a disparate treatment claim.... Read more »
11th Circuit Florida Insurance Coverage for Email Scam

11th Circuit Florida Insurance Coverage for Email Scam

Related Practices & Jurisdictions Wednesday, August 23, 2023 A federal court recently denied an insurer’s motion to dismiss an insured’s claim for declaratory relief. The insurer argued that the policyholder’s declaratory judgment... Read more »
Federal Circuit Only Product Sales Count Toward Commercial Success

Federal Circuit Only Product Sales Count Toward Commercial Success

Related Practices & Jurisdictions Wednesday, August 23, 2023 In affirming final written decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in two inter partes reviews (IPRs), the Court of Appeals for the Federal... Read more »
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