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September 08, 2026
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to reinstate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's upgraded citizenship verification database ahead of this year's midterm elections, claiming a lower court's finding that the system is unlawful threatens election integrity.
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September 08, 2026
Missouri can use a new congressional map that favors Republicans in the midterms — even though it is supposed to obtain voter approval, and the U.S. Supreme Court earlier rejected an emergency bid to reinstate it — after a federal judge paused the state high court's decision prohibiting the map's use in November.
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September 08, 2026
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday refused to disturb the conviction of a former New York attorney accused of arranging to pay a hitman to kill the mother of his two young children in the midst of a custody battle, ruling that it doesn't matter that his payment was made to an undercover agent rather than a person who really intended to arrange for murder.
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September 08, 2026
The Eighth Circuit has agreed with a tribal judge and thrown out a federal court's preliminary injunction barring him from hearing a suit brought by members of the Three Affiliated Tribes against an energy company over an easement agreement.
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September 08, 2026
Now that the Sixth Circuit has decided hold a full panel rehearing of its decision upholding the FCC's expanded data breach notification rules for telecommunications carriers, conservative legal groups are coming together to urge the appellate court to reject the Biden-era rule.
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September 08, 2026
Amgen urged the Fourth Circuit to overrule a Virginia federal judge's refusal to dismiss CareFirst's lawsuit accusing it of unlawfully delaying biosimilar competition for Enbrel, arguing that the health insurer's alleged injury was actually caused by court orders enforcing Amgen's patents.
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September 08, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit refused to revive a challenge to a gender-affirming care rule from the Biden administration that was later reversed by the Biden administration, concluding that the issue has become moot while the appeal was pending.
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September 08, 2026
Freddie Mac is urging the Sixth Circuit to reconsider its recent revival of a shareholder lawsuit dating to the 2008 financial crisis, arguing an appellate panel "usurped" the lower court's authority by allowing investors to argue for class certification a third time.
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September 08, 2026
A North Carolina software company told the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday not to pause an upcoming trademark trial with its former Dutch partner over a licensing agreement that went south, saying the quickest way to a resolution of the long-running litigation is to finally bring it to a jury.
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September 08, 2026
The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday backed a federal labor enforcers' finding that an Illinois fire-suppression company breached an earlier settlement with its employees when it stopped recognizing their union and bargaining for a first contract.
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September 08, 2026
A New York federal magistrate judge has recommended allowing a streetwear company's trademark suit against artist collective MSCHF to proceed, finding it plausibly alleged that MSCHF's use of "Wavy Baby" for its now-discontinued sneaker was likely to cause confusion with the company's "WaveyBaby" mark.
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September 08, 2026
Apple has pressed a California federal judge to reject Masimo's request for nearly $243 million in interest atop a $634 million patent jury verdict on the Apple Watch's heart rate feature, saying the "staggering" damages are so large that adding more would be an "enormous windfall."
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September 08, 2026
A pair of Tenth Circuit judges on Tuesday declined to shield Kalshi from Utah gaming regulators while it challenges a lower court ruling that cleared the way for the state to enforce its gambling laws against the firm's sports event contracts.
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September 08, 2026
The Board of Immigration Appeals said a judge failed to thoroughly consider the recent arrest and removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro before granting asylum to a woman who feared persecution for opposition to his government.
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September 08, 2026
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and two benefit advocacy groups urged the Eighth Circuit to back the dismissal of a suit claiming Wells Fargo allowed a pharmacy benefit manager to overcharge workers for generic drugs, arguing that employers shouldn't be penalized for general gripes about healthcare costs.
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September 08, 2026
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a lower court ruling that the owners of three shuttered nuclear power plants were entitled to $145 million due to the U.S. Department of Energy's continued failure to accept spent nuclear fuel for disposal.
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September 08, 2026
A split Fifth Circuit panel Tuesday affirmed the vacatur of a trial by a magistrate judge that resulted in a $125 million judgment against Port of Lake Charles, finding the district court correctly found that the magistrate judge didn't fully disclose her 40-year, "close, multifaceted, and personal friendship" with IFG Port Holdings LLC's attorney.
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September 08, 2026
A Miami apartment complex on Tuesday urged a Florida state appellate panel to remand its case for a new trial on damages over hosting exterior advertisements, arguing that a lower court misapplied the law when it found the complex couldn't establish liability after the city excluded it from a mural district.
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September 08, 2026
Motorola on Friday backed Google with a D.C. Circuit amicus brief arguing the U.S. Department of Justice is wrong to call for a complete ban on Google paying cellphone-makers like Motorola to incorporate Google search into their devices.
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September 08, 2026
The Second Circuit has partially revived a civil lawsuit from a New York City man wrongly convicted of a 1989 murder, giving the man another shot to hold the city accountable for violating his civil rights, and ruling that the cold case investigation of the killing fabricated evidence that affected the outcome of his trial.
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September 08, 2026
A once-bankrupt telecommunications company's bid for more than $80 million in interest on top of a $3.6 million judgment seemed "absurd" to one Connecticut Supreme Court justice hearing a 16-year-old contract dispute Tuesday, though he later said the party that hasn't paid shouldn't escape entirely unscathed.
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September 08, 2026
ArcherDX is asking the Federal Circuit to fully free it from a Delaware federal jury's $19 million verdict for infringing Natera cancer diagnostic patents, saying the district court judge was wrong to only remove $10 million from that total.
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September 08, 2026
The North Carolina Supreme Court pointedly questioned the NCAA over its refusal to compensate members of the 1983 North Carolina State University championship basketball team Tuesday, expressing skepticism that the dispute was entirely snuffed out over late claims.
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September 08, 2026
The Idaho Supreme Court has agreed to revised ballot language for an abortion amendment scheduled to be in front of voters this November.
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September 08, 2026
A D.C. Circuit panel appeared skeptical Tuesday that a civil liberties group should get access to the identities and internal documents of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officials involved in a 2022 "control deficiency" that resulted in the dismissals of over 40 administrative cases.