Well, that was fast. In the blink of an eye last week, TikTok—the social-media platform used by over 170 million Americans but owned by a foreign company with connections to the Chinese government—went dark in the United States. This followed the Supreme Court’s per curiam decision in TikTok v. Garland (No. 24-565), upholding the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” (PAFACA), which
Read More Supreme Court Update: TikTok, Inc. v. Garland (No. 24-656)A few months ago, securities litigators viewed OT24 with excitement: The Court had granted cert in not one, but two cases addressing when a complaint adequately alleged securities fraud under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. No more: A few weeks ago, the Court took back the first of those grants, dismissing Facebook, Inc. v. Amalgamated Bank as improvidently granted. Then last week, to the
Read More Supreme Court Update: NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:Or Fonder AB (No. 23-970)This week saw the first “real” decision of the term (that is, an opinion in an argued case), a unanimous affirmance in Bouarfa v. Mayorkas (No. 23-583), holding that federal courts lack jurisdiction to review the discretionary decision of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to revoke an approved visa petition based on a so-called “sham-marriage determination.”
Petitioner Amina Bouarfa is a U.S. citizen
Read More Supreme Court Update: Bouarfa v. Mayorkas (No. 23-584)Wiggin and Dana’s Appellate Practice Group is excited to announce the transition of the Supreme Court Update to a new blog platform. The blog combines over 20 years of Supreme Court cases and decisions into one dynamic resource, delivering the latest Supreme Court news and appellate law insights.
Jonathan Freiman, Chair of Wiggin and Dana’s Appellate Practice Group, commented, “We’re excited to launch The
Read More Introducing Wiggin’s Supreme Court Update Blog: Combining Over 20 Years of Supreme Court Updates into One Dynamic ResourceGreetings, Court Fans!
It’s the First Monday in October, the traditional start of a new Supreme Court term. Coinciding with the start of OT24, we’re heralding a new way of delivering our summaries of the Court’s decisions: Welcome to the Supreme Court Update blog, which will combine our usual decision summaries with other news and insights from Wiggin and Dana’s Appellate Practice Group.
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Read More First Monday OT24Like the Court, itself, we’ll close out OT23 with Trump v. United States (No. 23-939), a highly consequential (and arguably consequentialist) decision on presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. As you all know by now, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision authored by the Chief Justice (with important concurring opinions by Justice Thomas and, in particular, Justice Barrett), held that presidents are entitled to
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