/appellate?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Appellate Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:48:19 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375301?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375301 The Ninth Circuit on Friday vacated an order that granted class certification and gave final approval to a $56.6 million settlement reached between Lufthansa and customers in a dispute concerning refunds for flights canceled due to COVID-19, saying a district court's calculation gave class counsel a disproportionate distribution. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:47:41 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375155?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375155 A protester convicted of arson at a Minneapolis pawn shop during 2020 protests over the murder of George Floyd — and where the dead body of another man was later found — will get another shot at vacating his sentence after the Eighth Circuit ruled Friday that a district court miscalculated the deadline to challenge his sentence. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:35:47 +0000 /appellate/articles/2374768?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2374768 The Third Circuit refused to revive a proposed class action accusing GameStop of violating Pennsylvania's wiretap law through its use of third-party software to record website visitors' browsing activities, finding that the plaintiff failed to show that the alleged interception of her non-personal data caused a sufficiently concrete injury. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:17:34 +0000 /appellate/articles/2374997?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2374997 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's long-running case against Ripple Labs has finally come to an end with both sides agreeing to drop competing appeals, but the crypto firm's inability to shake a court-ordered judgment leaves it potentially vulnerable to future enforcement actions. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:59:34 +0000 /appellate/articles/2374720?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2374720 The Washington State Supreme Court will not take up a case involving a $19.2 million jury trial verdict for a construction company in a dispute with the owner and developer of a 41-story Seattle condo tower project, according to recent filings. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:50:03 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375034?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375034 The Ninth Circuit refused to free a disbarred attorney from a $243 million order that included civil penalties to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for his role in a student loan scam, finding no genuine dispute whether the former lawyer violated consumer protection law. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:39:36 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375271?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375271 The ousted head of the U.S. Copyright Office brought the fight over President Donald Trump's termination of her to the D.C. Circuit on Thursday, where she asked for an emergency injunction to reinstate her while she challenges her "patently unlawful removal." Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:32:50 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375306?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375306 The Sixth Circuit signaled Friday that federal law doesn't preempt a group of drivers' claims alleging Fiat Chrysler and engine manufacturer Cummins deceptively marketed Dodge Ram trucks as being more environmentally friendly than they actually were, punting the dispute back to Michigan federal court. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:30:48 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375170?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375170 A Texas appeals court has affirmed a $150,000 arbitration award for a law firm sued over the contingency fees owed by a former client in a personal injury suit that ended in a post-trial settlement of about $130,000, rejecting the woman's bid to invalidate the award. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:28:12 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375164?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375164 Exxon Mobil Corp. and Suncor Energy Inc. on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Colorado Supreme Court's decision allowing the city and county of Boulder's climate change tort against the companies to proceed in state court, arguing that the localities' claims are preempted by federal law. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:24:17 +0000 /appellate/articles/2355298?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2355298 MSN Laboratories urged the full Federal Circuit on Friday to reconsider a decision on when patents can be invalidated for double patenting, arguing in a Parkinson's disease drug case that the court has improperly limited the free use of expired patents and permitted harassing lawsuits. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:12:29 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375313?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375313 The Federal Circuit has twice cited a company's marketing practices to allow arguments that a generic drug's "skinny label" could induce patent infringement, and here, Law360 offers tips on how patent attorneys can take a more active role in making sure company and client advertisements pass muster. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:08:12 +0000 /appellate/articles/2373957?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2373957 A Florida state appeals panel has rejected a bid by an ousted elected official challenging his removal from office for having prior felony convictions from another state. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:04:53 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375159?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375159 A California appeals court has refused to revive a woman's suit against a psychiatric hospital and outpatient clinic blaming them for the death of her husband who was stabbed by her mentally ill son, saying the healthcare providers are shielded by a psychotherapist immunity statute. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:51:38 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375091?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375091 A man who was allowed to go on an incoherent rant before a jury while wearing prison clothes and was subsequently sentenced to 12 years in prison for growing marijuana will get a new trial, a Colorado state appeals court said, finding that his unsworn ramblings undoubtedly deprived him of a fair hearing. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:49:42 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375238?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375238 The Texas Office of the Attorney General filed a lawsuit in the Texas Supreme Court on Friday aiming to strip several Texas House Democrats of their office and clear the way for a controversial redistricting plan in the Lone Star State. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:43:59 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375000?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375000 A 57-year-old man serving up to 150 years in prison for the brutal gang rape of a woman committed when he was 17 may appeal his sentence in light of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that sentencing minors to life in prison is unconstitutional, a Michigan appeals court said Thursday. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:35:50 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375053?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375053 A medical device distributor can't use an allowed claim from a former employee's Chapter 7 bankruptcy to win summary judgment in a long-running lawsuit, the Second Circuit ruled Friday. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:54:24 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375135?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375135 The Golden State's highest court unanimously struck down a lower court ruling that the justices said gave too much deference to the California Public Utilities Commission in a dispute over rooftop solar rates, saying when reviewing decisions of the state's utilities regulator, courts "remain the final arbiters of statutory meaning." Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:44:11 +0000 /appellate/articles/2375142?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /appellate/articles/2375142 A Florida appeals court reinstated an estate's suit against the owners and managers of a nursing home over the lack of treatment of one of its now-deceased residents, chastising the "seemingly unending demand" for detail as the trial court repeatedly called for amendments to the initial complaint.