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Standing
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Supreme Court Update
Department of Commerce v. New York (No. 18-966), Rucho v. Cause (No. 18-422), Mitchell v. Wisconsin (No. 18-6210)
By David R. Roth, Tadhg Dooley
Earlier this month, in her annual report to the Second Circuit Judicial Conference , Justice Ginsburg remarked that, to that point, only 11 decisions of the term had produced 5-4…
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Blog
Supreme Court to review Eighth Circuit decision regarding standing in ERISA defined benefit plan cases
On Friday, June 28, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case involving a hotly debated ERISA topic: standing to bring breach of fiduciary duty claims in defined…
The Labor Dish
No Harm, No Foul? Not So, Under Illinois Biometric Privacy Law
By DLA Piper
Dozens of employment class actions have been filed against employers with operations in Illinois for alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Those suits relate primarily to…
PrawfsBlawg
Justice Gorsuch, standing, and the end of the Establishment Clause
Main Thursday, June 20, 2019Justice Gorsuch, standing, and the end of the Establishment ClauseJustice Gorusch, joined by Justice Thomas, concurred in the judgment in American Legion v. American Humanist Association.…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Finds Virginia House Lacks Standing to Appeal Racial Gerrymandering
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its divided opinion in Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill, the Court concluded that the Virginia House of…
Supreme Court Update
Return Mail Inc. v. U.S. Postal Service (No. 17-1594), Quarles v. United States (No. 17-778), Parker Drilling Management Services v. Newton (No. 18-389)
By David R. Roth, Tadhg Dooley
Well, we’d hoped to have last week’s update out by Friday, but guess who had other plans? Virginia Katherine Roth, born Thursday, June 13, 2019. Congratulations, Dave! (Nice timing, Virginia.)…
The Nickel Report
You Don’t Have to Go Home, But You Can’t Stay Here: DC Circuit Tells Litigants to Show Injury If They Want the Court to Hear Their Cases
Standing may seem like an arcane concept, but, as lawyers, we know that this term has special legal meaning—and that it affects whether our clients or our clients’ opponents can…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Late May Wrap-up: Another First Opinion, Another En Banc, Another Cert Grant
By Lauren Kuley
Note -- This post (plus many others) arrives thanks to the hard work of Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog intern extraordinaire Barrett Block, a rising 3L at UK Law. Murphy’s (first)…
The Fiduciary Litigator
Court Held That Heirs Had Standing To Participate In Estate Even After They Received The Assets They Were Due
In In re Estate of Daniels, after the decedent’s death, his wife and his other heirs filed competing applications for independent administration of his estate. No. 06-18-00049-CV, 2019 Tex. App.…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Bankruptcy Takes It All Away
Your attorney negligently steered you into bankruptcy? It could be a good cause of action in legal malpractice. A few technicalities, however. Do you still have standing to sue the…