The Court has been busy again this week with five new opinions and five new cert grants so far. This Update covers the cert grants and two of the opinions, Lawson v. FMR LLC (12-3), holding that the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act extend to the employees of contractors and subcontractors of public companies; and Law v. Siegel (12-5196), applying § 522
Read More Lawson v. FMR LLC (12-3), Law v. Siegel (12-5196) and Order List
Walden v. Fiore (12-574), Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice (12-79) and Kaley v. United States (12-464)
We’re back with the three remaining decisions from last week: Walden v. Fiore (12-574), refining matters of personal jurisdiction; Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice (12-79), permitting state law class actions to proceed against various persons and entities – including two law firms – accused of facilitating Allen Stanford’s massive Ponzi scheme; and Kaley v. United States (12-464), finding that defendants have
Read More Walden v. Fiore (12-574), Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice (12-79) and Kaley v. United States (12-464)
Fernandez v. California (12-7822), United States v. Apel (12-1038) and Hinton v. Alabama (13-6440)
The Court returned from its midwinter recess this week, issuing a slew of new opinions. We’re going to break things up and bring them to you in bite-sized chunks. Today’s Update will cover Fernandez v. California (12-7822), a Fourth Amendment decision on whether a co-occupant’s consent to search is sufficient where the suspect occupant has objected to the search; United States v. Apel (12-1038)
Burrage v. United States (12-7515), Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. v. Hoeper (12-315) and Order List
We have two new summaries for you in this edition, with two more to come shortly. First up is Burrage v. United States (12-7515), which held that a drug dealer who supplied only one of many drugs to a drug user who ultimately dies or is seriously injured may only receive an enhanced sentence if the drug he supplied was a but-for cause of
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Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp. (12-417) and Medtronic v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC (12-1128)
As promised, we’re back to wrap things up with two more decisions: Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp. (12-417), on what constitutes “changing clothes” under the Fair Labor Standards Act; and Medtronic v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC (12-1128), holding that a patentee has the burden of proving infringement even in a declaratory relief action brought by a licensee.
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Read More Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp. (12-417) and Medtronic v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC (12-1128)
Mississippi v. AU Optronics (12-1036), Daimler AG v. Bauman (11-965), Ray Haluch Gravel Co. v. Central Pension Fund (12-992) and Order List
Greetings, Court fans!
In this first Update of the new year, we bring you three significant decisions and a number of cert grants. On the decision front, we have Mississippi v. AU Optronics (12-1036), in which the Court ruled that parens patriae suits brought by states are not mass actions and thus are not subject to removal to federal court under the Class Action