NEWS ALERT:
U.S. Supreme Court agrees with U.S. Chamber that the FOIA exemption for “confidential” business information provided to the government is not limited to information that would cause competitive harm if disclosed
Divided panel of the D.C. Circuit dismisses petitions for review on the ground that there is no final agency action in the Wehrum memorandum on the “once in always in” policy for major sources under...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
August 20, 2019
ISSUES: Clean Air Act (CAA)
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in support of petition for rehearing, arguing that panel erred in striking down exemption from Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for calls to collect debts owed...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
August 19, 2019
ISSUES: Free Speech, TCPA
U.S. Chamber files merits stage amicus brief in personal jurisdiction case in New Mexico Supreme Court, arguing that the court of appeals erred in concluding that registration to do business in New...
U.S. Supreme Court
August 19, 2019
ISSUES: Personal Jurisdiction, Tort & Products Liability
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to grant rehearing en banc concerning California’s McGill rule, arguing that Federal Arbitration Act preempts state law requiring arbitration...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
August 19, 2019
ISSUES: Arbitration
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief arguing Ninth Circuit should reverse class-certification order in wage-and-hour litigation against an airline.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
August 19, 2019
ISSUES: Wage & Hour, Class Certification
D.C. Circuit affirms order denying class certification because plaintiffs’ own regression analysis established “negative damages” for more than 2,000 members of a 16,000 person class and thus fails...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
August 16, 2019
ISSUES: Class Certification
What Others Are Saying
"The chamber has created the equivalent of a boutique law firm at its headquarters, one whose roster of talent now rivals some of Washington’s most elite practices."
Reuters, "Chamber of Commerce forms its own elite law team"
Dec. 8, 2014