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Latest News in Appellate

  • September 14, 2026

    Cumulus Tells 2nd Circ. Even Brief Stay of Nielsen Order Is Bad

    Cumulus Media says it's going to be irreparably harmed if the Second Circuit doesn't lift the administrative stay it put in place stopping a preliminary injunction that Nielsen is challenging for the second time from going into effect while the appellate court looks at the matter.

  • September 14, 2026

    Pennsylvania High Court Snapshot: Atty's Fraud Case

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court returns from its summer recess with arguments on exceptions to sovereign immunity, and which criteria to apply to an immigrant seeking in-home care benefits.

  • September 14, 2026

    Supreme Court Blocks USPS Mail Ballot Rules For Midterms

    The U.S. Postal Service cannot enforce new mail-in ballot regulations ahead of this year's midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, agreeing with an earlier First Circuit order that maintained a prohibition on the purported election integrity measures taking effect.

  • September 14, 2026

    Pa. Panel Says Vigilante Video Doesn't Violate Wiretap Act

    The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Monday upheld a man's child pornography conviction, saying a vigilante group's video of his admissions, which police used to obtain a search warrant, did not violate the state's wiretap and recording law.

  • September 14, 2026

    9th Circ. Orders Review Of Border Patrol Facebook Records

    A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday conditionally vacated a man's conviction for illegally entering the U.S., ordering a district court to determine whether the government withheld evidence about the involved Border Patrol agents' activity in a Facebook group that joked about migrant deaths and hurled racist and sexist slurs.

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