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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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Supreme Court Weighs in for a Second Time on Jurisdiction over Grant Termination Cases

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The Supreme Court recently ruled for the second time that federal district courts likely lack jurisdiction under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) to hear challenges to terminations of federal grants. The first such...more

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Caught Between Courts: Navigating Grant Termination Claims

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Those doing business with the government may face an ogre’s choice at the intersection of two Supreme Court decisions and longstanding Federal Circuit precedent precluding jurisdiction over non-procurement contracts....more

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International Terrorism Lawsuits: What American Victims and Family Members Need to Know

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Bombings and other attacks committed by terrorist organizations can have devastating consequences for victims and their families. While members of terrorist organizations may face criminal prosecution in federal court or...more

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The Supreme Court Grant Termination Hokey Pokey: Put Your First Foot in the Court of Federal Claims and Your Second Foot (Maybe)...

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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to permit the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to terminate hundreds of grants related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives worth approximately $800 million. The...more

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A New Two-Step Dance: Supreme Court Decision Complicates Relief for Government Grant and Contract Terminations

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Organizations challenging an agency’s termination of a grant or government contract based on an allegedly illegal government policy need to master a two-step dance, according to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. Under the...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Proceed with Termination of $783 Million in NIH Funding Grants

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On August 21, 2025, the United States Supreme Court allowed the federal government to proceed with the cancelation of $783 million in funding grants from the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) to universities and research...more

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What Businesses Formed Outside Illinois Need to Know About SB 328

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Last week, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Illinois Senate Bill 328 (“SB 328”) into law, marking a significant expansion of the jurisdictional reach of Illinois courts in the realm of toxic tort litigation. The law...more

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South Platte River Compact/Bill of Complaint: Nebraska Files Action in U.S. Supreme Court Against Colorado

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The State of Nebraska filed a Bill of Complaint (“Complaint”) and Motion for Leave to File Bill of Complaint (“Motion”) in the Supreme Court of the United States (“Supreme Court”) against the State of Colorado in regard to a...more

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The Supreme Court Ends Nationwide Injunctions - Now What?

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You’ve probably heard about the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc.—the “birthright citizenship case.” But the Court actually didn’t decide anything about who is a citizen....more

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Arbitration in the Fifth – June 2025

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June 2025 saw opinions from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals addressing issues including the authority of a court to dismiss a case that had been stayed pending an arbitration and the sequence of decision-making when a...more

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No Need to Notify Anew: Supreme Court Holds Premature Notice of Appeal Can Relate Forward

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Missing the deadline to file a notice of appeal has severe consequences. A late notice of appeal in a civil case deprives the United States Court of Appeals of jurisdiction, meaning no appeal can take place. In the event a...more

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Client Alert: US Supreme Court Opens the Door to More Flexible Personal Jurisdiction Test for Foreign Defendants

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The longstanding view of most courts of appeals has been that federal and state courts are bound by the same constitutional standards for the exercise of personal jurisdiction, each requiring the plaintiff to show that the...more

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Will Trump v. CASA Lead to Increased State AG Multistate Investigations and Litigation?

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On June 27, 2025, in its long-anticipated decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court significantly narrowed the ability of a single federal court to issue “universal” or “nationwide” injunctions—through which...more

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Insurers remain subject to tribal jurisdiction in the Ninth Circuit following denial of certiorari by the Supreme Court

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Present or not, insurers doing business with tribal government and businesses cannot escape the jurisdiction of tribal courts, at least within the Ninth Circuit....more

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Gavel to Gavel: Officers working on tribal land may be immune to claims

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The actual authority of certain law enforcement officers is sometimes unclear in today’s climate. The most obvious example in the news today is the authority and identity of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) agents...more

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Two Years After Abitron: Navigating the Limits of US Trademark Enforcement Abroad

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Two years after the US Supreme Court’s decision in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc., US trademark owners and global businesses continue to grapple with its implications for cross-border enforcement. The...more

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Hanging in the Balance: Supreme Court Declines to Decide the Uninjured Class Member Question in Labcorp v. Davis

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Labcorp v. Davis brought a pivotal question to the fore: Can a court certify a class under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) that includes uninjured members? The case had the potential to significantly affect forum...more

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Second Circuit Decision Clarifies Scope of Honest Services Wire Fraud Statute

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On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in United States v. Lopez that foreign commercial bribery schemes fall within the ambit of the honest services wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. §...more

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Litigation Byte (June 2025 Edition)

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SCOTUS Says: Hobbs Act Does Not Bind a District Court to the FCC’s Interpretation of a Statute - On May 1, 2025, the American Arbitration Association’s new amendments to the Consumer Arbitration Rules officially went into...more

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Supreme Court Rules on Nationwide Injunctions

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On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that lower court judges do not have the authority to issue nationwide injunctions blocking federal policy. Although nationwide injunctions have been issued...more

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Supreme Court to Resolve Federal Officer Removal Circuit Split in WWII Contracts Case

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The US Supreme Court on June 16, 2025 granted certiorari for an appeal from a divided opinion by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit relating to the federal officer removal statute. The appeal comes after a jury...more

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Supreme Court sets new rules for Clean Air Act lawsuits

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In Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C., the Supreme Court set out the test for determining the proper venue for judicial review of EPA actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Challenges to...more

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A SHARP DISSENT: A Review Of The Dissent’s Take On The Supreme Court’s Ruling In McLaughlin.

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In McLaughlin Chiropractic Assocs., Inc. v. McKesson Corp., No. 23-1226, 2025 WL 1716136 (U.S. June 20, 2025), the Supreme Court determined that the Hobbs Act does not bind district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to...more

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Supreme Court Undermines Taxpayers’ Due Process Rights

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On June 12, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Zuch, clarifying the jurisdictional boundaries of the U.S. Tax Court in Collection Due Process (CDP) appeals....more

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U.S. Supreme Court holds district courts are not bound by agency interpretations in civil enforcement proceedings

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On June 20, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed and remanded a lower court decision, holding that the Hobbs Act does not bind district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to an agency’s interpretation of a statute. In this...more

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