The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently issued a per curiam opinion in Knapp v. Barclays PLC,1 affirming the dismissal of a putative securities […]
State Appellate Court Affirms $75M Verdict Against UPS
A Missouri appellate court upheld a nearly $75 million jury verdict against United Parcel Service Tuesday after determining that evidence of the driver’s cocaine use did not improperly […]
Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Substantive Due Process Challenge to School District’s Gender-Identity Policies
Content Warning: This article references child suicide. In Lee v. Poudre School District R-1, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 9600, ___ F.4th. ___ (10th Cir. Apr. 22, 2025), the U.S. […]
Court Affirms Conviction of Ex-Uber Security Chief That Shook Cybersecurity World
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday unanimously upheld former Uber security chief Joseph Sullivan’s 2022 conviction on charges he […]
11th Circuit Affirms CSX Transportation’s Decision To Fire Railroad Operator
A CSX train operator could not prove that his refusal to work in unsafe conditions during a lightning storm in Birmingham, Alabama, was a contributing factor to his […]
Missouri Appellate Court Affirms $12M Jury Verdict for Injured Railworker
A divided Missouri appellate panel has upheld a $12 million jury verdict in favor of a Kansas City Southern Railway switchman who was run over by a train […]
6th Circuit Affirms Attorney’s Free Speech Retaliation Claim Was Time-Barred
An attorney cannot pursue First Amendment retaliation claims against a police officer who searched her private Facebook records to prosecute her criminal trial because she filed the suit […]
11th Circuit Affirms Officers’ Qualified Immunity for “Invasive” Search
In a matter of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion finding a blanket strip search performed on a woman visiting […]
Federal Circuit Affirms Invalidity of Sherwin-Williams’ BPA-Free Beverage Can
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s patent invalidity judgment against five patents owned by Sherwin-Williams Co., involving beverage can coatings, agreeing substantial […]
Missouri Court Affirms $800K Judgement Against Psychiatrist For Vyvanse Death
Despite finding an expert witness’s differential diagnosis and opinion to be unreliable, the Missouri Court of Appeals concluded that other substantial evidence at trial tended to prove a […]