On June 6, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Connelly v. United States, No. 23-146, holding that a corporation’s contractual obligation to redeem shares is not necessarily a liability that reduces a...more
On May 23, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, No. 22-807. The Court held that the finding of a three-judge district court panel that race was predominant in the...more
On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Abitron Austria GMBH v. Hetronic International, Inc., No. 21-1043, holding that two provisions of the Lanham Act that prohibit trademark infringement — sections 1114(1)(a) and...more
On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Financial Oversight Board v. CPI, No. 22-96, holding that the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) does not abrogate sovereign immunity of the...more
On April 14, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided two consolidated cases — Axon Enterprises, Inc. v. FTC, No. 21-86, and SEC v. Cochran, No. 21-1239 — holding that federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear...more
On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Kemp v. United States, No. 21-5726, holding that the term “mistake” in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(1) includes a judge’s errors of law, and therefore Petitioner...more
On April 4, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Thompson v. Clark, No. 20-659, holding that a plaintiff who brings a Fourth Amendment claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for malicious prosecution must show that the underlying...more
On March 4, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga, No. 20-828, holding that Section 1806(f) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), which establishes procedures...more
On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that civil-service pension payments received by dual-status military technicians are not payments based on “service as a member of a uniformed service” under 42 U.S.C. §...more