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Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of May 5 - 9, 2025

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Jones v. Ceinski - qualified immunity - Otto Candies v. Citigroup - RICO, fraud, conspiracy - Berrocal v. US Att’y Gen - standing, international treaty - Maglana v....more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Supreme Court Sets the Bar for Recovering Attorneys' Fees in Civil Rights Cases

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On February 25, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Lackey v. Stinnie that plaintiffs who gain preliminary injunctive relief before an action becomes moot do not qualify as “prevailing parties” for attorney’s fees under 42...more

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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of March 10 - 14, 2025

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Albert v. Ass’n of Anti-Money Laundering - ADA, § 309 - NRA v. Bondi - firearms, sales to minors, young adults, constitutional challenges - Org of Prof Aviculturists v. FDLA...more

Venable LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Decision Prohibits Plaintiff Recovery of Attorney’s Fees After a Preliminary Injunction Win

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On February 25, 2025, the United States Supreme Court held that plaintiffs who obtain a preliminary injunction are not eligible for attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b) because they do not qualify as “prevailing...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Lackey v. Stinnie

On February 25, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Lackey v. Stinnie, holding that obtaining a preliminary injunction does not bestow a litigant with the status of “prevailing party,” as required for an award of attorney’s...more

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Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of November 4-8, 2024

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Joseph v. Ga Bd of Regents - Title IX, implied right of action, sex discrimination - Project Veritas v. CNN - defamation, Twitter deplatform - USA v. Maisonet - sentencing - ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry

Orders of Interest Roundup

At Federal Circuitry blog, we like to check in once in a while on what the Federal Circuit is doing in its orders that don’t get posted on the public website. Those orders often offer nuggets about practice at the Federal...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - October 2019 #2

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - HZNP Medicines LLC v. Actavis Laboratories UT, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-2149, et al. (Fed. Cir. Oct. 10, 2019) - In a lengthy decision following a bench trial, the Court addressed a matter of...more

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Appellate Court Notes

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Supreme Court Advance Release Opinions: SC19384 - State v. Carter - SC19282 - State v. Peeler - Appellate Court Advance Release Opinions: AC37262 - Dumbauld v. Dumbauld - AC37262 Concurrence -...more

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