The National Transportation Safety Board operates under a mandate that is almost philosophically distinct from the legal system that surrounds it. The Board does not assign blame. It does not determine liability. It does not adjudicate fault in any legally
PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the second quarter of 2026. We will continue to update these graphics on a quarterly basis.
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signed budget legislation yesterday that resolved a long-standing stand-off between Republicans in the state House and Senate. Republicans in both chambers passed their own budgets in 2025 but couldn’t reach a final deal over employee
Governor Stein signed a state budget into law today, triggering happy headlines about teacher pay and investments in community colleges, amidst debates over a number of other provisions. Tweaks to our appellate system tend not to make the front page,
Registration for the best national appellate CLE program is now open.
Here’s the link: https://judges.org/appellate judges edu/about-ajei. You need to be there.
The AJEI Summit will be held November 12-15, 2026, in Philadelphia.
Speakers and presenters include Dean Erwin Chemerinsky,
On July 1, 2026 the IRS unveiled a new portal for Kwong related refund claims. Taxpayers who want file Forms 843 claiming a refund for interest or penalties that accrued between January 20, 2020 and July 10, 2023 can file
When a defendant defaults, fails to respond to a motion for class certification, and produces no evidence of consent, one might assume that class certification is a formality. A recent decision from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is a useful
Last month, EPA issued a press release outlining its “comprehensive PFAS strategy,” followed by a series of press releases announcing grant funding to over 40 states and territories for PFAS projects. The grant funding is the final installment of
California’s Workplace Know Your Rights Act (SB 294) has been in effect since January 1, but there’s one more milestone in the rollout most employers don’t know about. Tomorrow, July 1, the California Labor Commissioner is required to publish two
In Rick Aviation, Inc. v. United States, the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) tackled a novel application of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) “late is late” rule. The question the court squared up against is what happens when an otherwise
