NEWS ALERT:
U.S. Supreme Court holds that a race discrimination claim under 42 U.S.C. §1981 requires a plaintiff to show that race was the cause of the defendant’s challenged actions
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus briefs in two cases urging Supreme Court to grant certiorari and hold that the Federal Arbitration Act preempts California’s McGill rule, which purports to empower...
U.S. Supreme Court
March 30, 2020
ISSUES: Arbitration
Ninth Circuit grants review under Section 1292(b). The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition brief supporting this outcome.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
March 30, 2020
ISSUES: Securities Litigation
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in support of petition for rehearing, arguing that a refusal-to-deal claim should be dismissed on the pleadings when the complaint demonstrates a procompetitive...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
March 30, 2020
ISSUES: Antitrust & Competition Law
U.S. Supreme Court grants, vacates, and remands Charter’s cert. petition in light of its holding in Comcast v. NAAAOM that a Section 1981 plaintiff must plead and prove but-for causation. The U.S...
U.S. Supreme Court
March 30, 2020
ISSUES: Title VII
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Third Circuit to dismiss no-injury FACTA class action for lack of Article III standing because extra credit-card digits printed on receipt caused...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
March 25, 2020
ISSUES: 'No Injury' Class Actions, Article III / Standing
Michigan Supreme court vacates lower court opinion that disregarded traditional duty principles and would have created an expansive new theory of tort liability in Michigan. The U.S. Chamber filed an...
Michigan Supreme Court
March 25, 2020
ISSUES: Tort & Products Liability
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