By Marcia Coyle | May 22, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered multimillion-dollar good news and bad news to two major law firms. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom lost its challenge to a tax refund in Michigan. Jenner & Block prevailed in a fee dispute that involved a former client. Here's a snapshot of the two cases.
By Mike Scarcella | May 22, 2017
Lawyers for the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on Monday asked a federal appeals court to freeze for another 90 days a dispute over billions of dollars in insurance industry subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, a delay that could further unnerve the health insurance markets.
By Michael Booth | May 22, 2017
A New Jersey appeals court has ruled in a case of first impression that child-welfare authorities may not rely solely on uncorroborated hearsay testimony from children where a person's parental rights are at stake.
By Samantha Joseph | May 22, 2017
An appellate panel sided with a court-appointed guardian who refused to turn over a Miami-Dade parcel designated for student housing.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 19, 2017
Plaintiffs who have been removed to federal court can't slip out by amending pleadings in ways intended to defeat federal jurisdiction, the court ruled in a 2-1 decision.
By Cogan Schneier | May 19, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled the FAA's registration rule for personal drones and model planes violates federal law.
By Mike Scarcella | May 19, 2017
Escape the daily flood of Trump news dominating the Washington headlines with this roundup of big regulatory developments. Zillow is facing CFPB scrutiny, Amazon mulls a pharmaceuticals play, Democratic state AGs move to defend a key part of Obamacare, and the SEC is boosting its ranks in new hires from Big Law. And here's a story about ducks at the U.S. Capitol.
By Samantha Joseph | May 18, 2017
Florida-based Am Law 200 firm Shutts & Bowen and Miami partner Kevin Cowan settled an antitrust lawsuit in a case that also raised allegations of wrongdoing against Hinshaw & Culbertson Coral Gables partner Steven Carlyle Cronig.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 18, 2017
Accused of not disclosing payments to two expert witnesses, Houston plaintiffs attorney W. Mark Lanier is throwing a similar charge at Johnson & Johnson's defense.
By Andrew Denney | May 17, 2017
Whether or not former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard is still a man who knows too much cannot be considered in his effort to loosen the terms of his parole, a federal appellate judge said.
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