By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez | May 30, 2017
With many celebrating the recent decision as a shake-up that may loosen the Eastern District of Texas' grip on patent infringement suits, in-house lawyers are faced with questions around if–and how–patent strategies should change.
By Tony Mauro | May 30, 2017
Ruling in BNSF Railway v. Tyrrell, the court said Monday that the 14th Amendment does not allow a state to bring an out-of-state company before its own courts for an incident that happened elsewhere.
By Cogan Schneier | May 24, 2017
An en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit must decide whether the way SEC administrative law judges are hired is unconstitutional.
By Erin Mulvaney | May 23, 2017
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said a recent federal appeals court decision "institutionalizes" the gender pay gap by allowing employers to pay women less than men based on previous salaries.
By C. Ryan Barber | May 23, 2017
From the day it was born out of the Dodd-Frank reforms, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has faced questions over the constitutionality of its independent, single-director structure. On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will take a step toward providing an answer, as a full panel of 11 judges will hear arguments in the mortgage provider PHH Corp.'s appeal of a $109 million penalty. Here are seven things to know.
By Cogan Schneier | May 19, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled the FAA's registration rule for personal drones and model planes violates federal law.
By Mike Scarcella | May 19, 2017
Escape the daily flood of Trump news dominating the Washington headlines with this roundup of big regulatory developments. Zillow is facing CFPB scrutiny, Amazon mulls a pharmaceuticals play, Democratic state AGs move to defend a key part of Obamacare, and the SEC is boosting its ranks in new hires from Big Law. And here's a story about ducks at the U.S. Capitol.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 10, 2017
On Wednesday, Armstrong Teasdale partner Thomas Weaver asked the Missouri Court of Appeals to reverse a $72 million award—one of four hefty verdicts against Johnson & Johnson cases linking its baby powder to ovarian cancer.
By Erin Mulvaney | May 10, 2017
Mosquitoes now are at the center of a liability question the U.S. Supreme Court could consider for the first time Thursday: Should the Union Pacific railroad company have protected employee William Nami and other workers from the mosquitoes? In a 5-1 ruling, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the rail company. But courts are split on the issue.
By C. Ryan Barber | April 28, 2017
A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday rejected Anthem Inc.'s proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna Corp., upholding a trial judge's decision to block the deal on the ground it would substantially reduce competition.
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