On April 30, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Feliciano v. Department of Transportation, No. 23-861, holding that federally employed military reservists called to active duty during wartime or a national emergency are...more
On February 21, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath, holding that a whistleblower can bring a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit against a telecommunications carrier over...more
On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, No. 23-217, holding that the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 requires an employer to demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence, rather...more
On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Trump v. United States, No. 23-939, holding that former Presidents are absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for official acts that arise within their “conclusive and...more
On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Smith v. Spizzirri, No. 22-1218, holding that federal courts have no discretion under Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to dismiss a case once the court has ruled...more
On April 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided DeVillier v. Texas, No. 22-913, holding that owners of property north of U.S. Interstate Highway 10 adversely affected by the flood evacuation barrier constructed by Texas...more
On March 15, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Lindke v. Freed, No. 22-611, holding that a public official who prevents someone from commenting on the official’s social media page engages in state action under 42 U.S.C. §...more
On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, No. 22-660, holding that whistleblowers do not need to establish retaliatory intent on the part of their employers in order to prove a claim...more
On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Groff v. DeJoy, No. 22-174, holding that Title VII requires an employer that denies a religious accommodation to show that the burden of granting an...more
On June 23, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, holding that litigation in district court is automatically stayed when a party appeals the denial of a motion to compel arbitration, reversing the...more
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On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Sackett v. EPA, No. 21-454, holding that the Clean Water Act (CWA) extends only to wetlands that are as a practical matter indistinguishable from “waters of the...more
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, No. 19-1392, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and holding that those cases erred in deciding that whether...more
On June 23, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, No. 21-248, holding that the speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives and the president pro tempore...more
On June 15, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas, No. 20-493, holding that Texas cannot prohibit a federally recognized Native American tribe from engaging in certain gambling activities under...more
On June 8, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Egbert v. Boule, No. 21-147, declining to recognize a cause of action for damages against a federal border agent for either a Fourth Amendment excessive-force claim or a First...more
On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Gallardo v. Marstiller, No. 20-1263, holding that the federal Medicaid Act does not preempt Florida’s policies dictating how the State can obtain Medicaid reimbursements from...more
We don’t need to wait for the confirmation of Michael Regan as the new Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to get the first look at how the Biden administration intends to regulate certain per- and...more