January 30, 2026
Issues involving privacy feature prominently on the Third Circuit's February oral argument schedule, with panels set to hear a dispute regarding an optometry business's duty to protect private data belonging to third-party customers, and a case over whether the city of Philadelphia can be sued by a mother after a police officer shared images of her son's death from the scene where he committed suicide.
December 12, 2025
The Third Circuit has agreed to rehear en banc a high‑profile challenge to New Jersey's firearms law, vacating a September panel decision that upheld major portions of the state's sweeping "sensitive places" restrictions while striking down others.