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By Amanda Bronstad | April 28, 2017
An appeals court ruling this week doesn't bode well for plaintiff lawyers, who are on the losing end of a fight to keep the cases in state court. The decision, along with a series of dismissals, have left the Flint class actions treading water.
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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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By Erin Mulvaney | April 27, 2017
Florida lawmakers will likely pass a measure that classifies drivers for companies such as Uber and Lyft as independent contractors rather than employees, marking the latest state to attempt to regulate the rapidly growing and litigious ride-hailing workforce.
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By Charles Toutant | April 27, 2017
Comments that might not create a hostile work environment may nonetheless violate the Law Against Discrimination in a public accommodation context, an appeals court said Thursday in a published decision reopening the case of a transgender man who says he was subjected to threats and demeaning comments by officers of the Jersey City Police Department.
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By Ross Todd | April 27, 2017
While the president has taken to Twitter to air his complaints about the Ninth Circuit, the White House Counsel's Office is taking steps to fill four vacant seats on the court.
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By Andrew Denney | April 27, 2017
A medical malpractice defendant cannot submit into evidence Facebook posts of the plaintiff allegedly discussing his physical activity because the defendant was unable to produce the person who printed out the posts to be deposed, a state appeals court ruled.
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By Jason Grant | April 27, 2017
The temp agency that placed convicted killer Natavia Lowery as a personal assistant to celebrity real estate agent Linda Stein can't be held liable for negligence, a Manhattan appeals court said Thursday.
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By JOHN COUNCIL | April 27, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ordered Texas to pay nearly $600,000 in attorney fees to Akin Gump lawyers who defeated the state's same-sex marriage ban nearly a year ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court's historic Obergefell v. Hodges decision.
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By Scott Graham | April 26, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court justices indicated they could remand a case involving the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act, a decision that would leave pharmaceutical companies without needed clarity on the law.
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By Cogan Schneier | April 26, 2017
Lawyers who cheered the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's live broadcast of oral arguments in President Donald Trump's first travel ban case now have another show to look forward to after the Fourth Circuit said it will live livestream oral arguments in its case next month.
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