The Supreme Court has removed Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, from its oral argument calendar. As covered earlier here, the case would have addressed “[w]hether the discretion granted to district courts in 28 U.S.C. §1782(a) to render assistance
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Carroll on Sabbeth & Steinberg on Gender and the Right to Counsel
Now on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Maureen Carroll’s essay, A Gendered Right to Counsel? Maureen reviews Kathryn Sabbeth and Jessica Steinberg’s article, The Gender of Gideon, 69 UCLA L. Rev. (forthcoming 2022).
SCOTUS Order in Texas Abortion Case
Late last night, the Supreme Court issued its order in Whole Women’s Health v. Jackson, denying by a 5-4 vote the application for injunctive relief or, in the alternative, to vacate the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the district court…
Bankruptcy Judge Approves Purdue Pharma Plan
Today Judge Robert Drain of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved a plan that gives individual members of the Sackler Family immunity from civil lawsuits relating to the opioid epidemic. Here’s coverage from NPR…
Michigan Federal Court Issues Sanctions in 2020 Election Case
Yesterday U.S. District Judge Linda Parker of the Eastern District of Michigan issued a 110-page opinion in King v. Whitmer, imposing sanctions against the plaintiffs and their attorneys in a case brought by supporters of Donald Trump in the wake…
Call for Nominations: Pound Institute Civil Justice Scholarship Award
The Pound Civil Justice Institute is accepting nominations for its Civil Justice Scholarship Award:Pound is seeking nominations for its 2022 Civil Justice Scholarship Award. The nomination deadline is Monday, September 13, 2021; the award will be presented in February…
Hiring Announcement: Suffolk University
Joe Glannon has shared the following hiring announcement from Suffolk University Law School:Dear Colleagues,I am writing to let you know that Suffolk University Law School is hiring. We are looking for both entry level and lateral candidates to teach in…
Zimmerman on the Class Appeal
Adam Zimmerman has posted on SSRN a draft of his article The Class Appeal, which will be published in the University of Chicago Law Review. Here’s the abstract:For a wide variety of claims against the government, the federal courthouse…
Standing and Class Actions: Ninth Circuit Grants En Banc Review in Olean
Yesterday, the full Ninth Circuit voted to vacate the April panel decision in Olean Wholesale Grocery v. Bumble Bee Foods and to hear the case en banc.One of the important issues in the case is the extent to which a…
Summer 2021 Civil Procedure Workshop Works-In-Progress Series
There’s still time to submit papers for the next installment of the Civil Procedure Workshop’s online works-in-progress series, which is happening on Thursday, August 12 (1:00-3:00pm eastern time). But you’ll need to act fast. Here’s a quick reminder from…