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Latest News in Appellate

  • May 06, 2026

    Trump Wants Time For Justices To Review Carroll Verdict

    President Donald Trump has asked the Second Circuit to delay enforcement of the $83.3 million verdict against him for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll while he appeals the appellate court's en banc refusal to rehear his appeal, noting that Carroll does not oppose the delay as long as he pays interest if it's upheld.

  • May 06, 2026

    8th Circ. Strikes Down FCC's Digital Discrimination Rules

    The Federal Communications Commission's digital discrimination rules, which were passed during the Biden administration, were knocked down by the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday after the panel found the agency reached beyond its statutory mandate when creating the restrictions.

  • May 06, 2026

    Pa. Panel Greenlights NJ Transit Injury Suit, Citing Galette

    A Pennsylvania appellate panel on Tuesday affirmed the denial of New Jersey Transit Corp.'s bid to exit a passenger injury lawsuit, holding that the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Galette retroactively invalidates the agency's sovereign immunity defense.

  • May 06, 2026

    J&J, Tolmar Settle Patent Case Over Antipsychotic Drug

    A federal court Wednesday signed off on a consent judgment in a patent case brought by a Johnson & Johnson unit that prevents Tolmar Inc. from selling a generic version of the blockbuster schizophrenia drug Invega Sustenna.

  • May 06, 2026

    Calif. Tribe Can't Get ATF's Cigarette Sales Decision Tossed

    A Ninth Circuit panel determined Wednesday that federal tobacco regulators acted appropriately when placing the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians on a noncompliance list, concluding the tribe's remote cigarette sales to retailers of other tribes count as "off-reservation" activities covered by California state tax and licensing laws.

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