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Second Circuit affirms district court decision to grant government’s motion to dismiss qui tam action over relator’s objection. The Court concluded that the relator failed to satisfy even the most...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
December 1, 2020
ISSUES: False Claims Act & Whistleblowing, Food & Drug, Administrative Law & Government Litigation
District Courts grants summary judgment in favor of legality of DHS’s 2016 STEM OPT program rule. The U.S. Chamber and other business groups previously intervened in support of DHS’s 2016 rule. An...
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
November 30, 2020
ISSUES: Immigration
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief arguing that where a lower court rejects removal of an action to federal court under the federal officer removal statute, an appellate court can review all grounds for...
U.S. Supreme Court
November 23, 2020
ISSUES: Clean Air Act (CAA), Jurisdiction & Procedure, Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause
Supreme Court denies cert. in case challenging a Texas law discriminating against public corporations in violation of the Commerce Clause. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting cert.
U.S. Supreme Court
November 23, 2020
ISSUES: Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to hold that the Federal Arbitration Act’s exemption for transportation workers “engaged in interstate commerce” does not cover rideshare drivers...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
November 20, 2020
ISSUES: Arbitration, EEOC & Employment
California Court of Appeal holds that the Federal Aviation Administration Act does not preempt California A.B. 5’s ABC employment test as applied to motor carriers. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus...
California Court of Appeal
November 19, 2020
ISSUES: Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause, Independent Contractor
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