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On Sept. 5, the Federal Trade Commission officially abandoned its appeal in the case that challenged the Biden administration’s rule banning most employee noncompete clauses nationwide....more
This past week marked the end to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) controversial noncompete rule, with the FTC shifting its focus to individual enforcement actions “to root[ ] out” what it considers to be unfair and...more
On September 5, a California appellate court reversed a lower court’s order that had dismissed an individual’s complaint seeking to vacate a default judgment for unpaid debt brought by a collection company. ...more
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has finalized its rule under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), addressing prior express consent requirements for sellers to send advertisements and telemarketing notices...more
In response to artist and entrepreneur Erik Brunetti’s ongoing efforts to register FUCK as a trademark for various goods and services, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated the Trademark Trial & Appeal...more
IN RE: ERIK BRUNETTI - Before Lourie, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) refusing to register a...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently issued a significant administrative law ruling1 requiring the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to provide due process and greater...more
At summer’s start, the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) made headlines with a landmark decision invalidating the Trump Administration’s imposition of tariffs on nearly all imported goods from nearly all U.S. trading...more
What began with the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) February 2025 Dear Colleague Letter has now unraveled into injunctions, stays, and ultimately a ruling that voided the guidance and its certification requirements...more
Since 2023, H-2A employers have navigated a complex framework for determining the proper wage for their workers. But it’s time to throw all that out the window – agriculture employers can celebrate because we’re back to the...more
On August 29, the FCC reinstated its previous standard for “prior express consent” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), following the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit’s decision to vacate the agency’s...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) set out to modernize the Negative Option Rule promulgated in 1973, now referred to as the “Click to Cancel” rule (the “Rule”), to make it easier for consumers to cancel recurring...more
Jiaxing Super Lighting Elec. Appliance Co. Ltd. v. CH Lighting Tech. Co., Ltd., No. 23-1715 (Fed. Cir. 2025) – On July 28, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued a decision affirming in part, reversing in part, vacating in part,...more
The Federal Circuit recently issued a significant decision in the ongoing patent litigation between Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Labcorp) and Qiagen Sciences, LLC, reversing a Delaware district court’s judgment...more
In a significant blow to Apple, the Federal Circuit recently vacated a summary judgment of noninfringement in the case of Taction Technology, Inc. v. Apple Inc. The dispute centers on Taction’s U.S. Patent Nos. 10,659,885 and...more
On August 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a decision in the case of National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau). The appellate court...more
On August 6, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and denied the Fed’s cross-motion for summary judgment. The court found that Regulation II, which sets...more
On August 12, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Midland Odessa Division) granted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) request to vacate and remand the agency’s final rule (Final Rule)...more
On August 6, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota vacated the Federal Reserve’s 2011 Regulation II interchange fee cap rule, finding that the rule allegedly exceeded the FRB’s authority under the Durbin...more
On July 11, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s medical debt rule. The final rule, originally scheduled to go into effect in March of this...more
In that case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated a district court’s preliminary injunction and outlined an analytical framework that could change how courts evaluate injunction requests going forward....more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a preliminary injunction (PI), finding that the district court improperly construed a claim term based on references cited in a provisional application but...more
In a ruling issued on June 18, 2025, in Purl v. Department of Health and Human Services, Docket No. 2:24-cv-00228-Z, Doc. 110 (N.D. Tex. 2025), the District Court for the Northern District of Texas largely vacated the privacy...more
On August 1, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissed without prejudice a case against the CFPB’s medical debt rule (covered by InfoBytes here) following the plaintiffs’ request to withdraw their...more
On July 11, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rule prohibiting the inclusion of medical debt on consumer credit reports. The court also...more