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SCOTUS Declines Review of Fourth Circuit ERISA Surcharge Ruling | JD Supra
JD Supra· 15 hours agoThe U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear Rose v. PSA Airlines, Inc., Case No. 23-734, which raised the question of whether a remedy known as “surcharge” falls under ERISA’s equitable ...
Supreme Court Endorses Broad Insurer Standing in Bankruptcy Reorganizations | JD Supra
JD Supra· 15 hours agoThe Supreme Court reversed the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of insurance companies in a unanimous decision written by Justice Sotomayor. In short, the United States Supreme Court ...
Fourth Circuit: Felon-in-Possession Statute Upheld under Bruen and Another ACCA Violent Felony Waves...
JD Supra· 2 days agoOn Tuesday, the Fourth Circuit issued an important opinion in United States v. Canada, No. 22-4519, holding that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (the “felon in possession” statute) is facially constitutional ...
Baltimore County Fails to Nab Prisoner Wage Appeal Rehearing
Bloomberg Law· 1 day agoThe full Fourth Circuit won’t weigh in on a three-judge panel’s ruling giving incarcerated workers who earned $20 per day sorting recycling a new shot at their pay claims against Baltimore County ...
Fourth Circuit says South Carolina must answer Google’s subpoena in antitrust case
Courthouse News Service· 3 days agoU.S. Circuit Judge Steven Agee wrote on behalf of a three-judge panel in a unanimous opinion...
US Supreme Court Allows Broad Right to Be Heard in Bankruptcy
Bloomberg Law· 5 hours agoThe US Supreme Court, by restoring insurers’ rights to participate in a bankruptcy proceeding, endorsed a view of the Chapter 11 system that welcomes a wide range of interests in a restructuring ...
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Reason.com· 3 hours agoPlease enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice. In which the Supreme Court, in 1954, abandoned previous constitutional ...
When a Rule 23(f) Appeal Becomes Something More: Fourth Circuit Exercises Pendent Appellate...
JD Supra· 2 days agoFederal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) gives the court of appeals discretion to review a narrow class of interlocutory orders: those granting or denying class certification. The court’s use of ...
Littler Lightbulb: May Appellate Roundup | JD Supra
JD Supra· 56 minutes ago2024), the Seventh Circuit upheld summary judgment for the employer in a case brought by the EEOC claiming Black employees at an assisted living facility were subjected to harassment because ...
4th Circuit Reverses Qualified Immunity Award in Army Lt.'s Civil Rights Suit | National Law Journal
Law.com· 4 days agoThe law firm representing U.S. Army Lt. Caron Nazario in a civil rights complaint filed against two...