NEWS ALERT:
Sixth Circuit panel grants Rule 23(f) petition to review district court’s certification of purported “negotiation class"
Eleventh Circuit reverses class certification order for lack of Article III standing in TCPA case. The U.S. Chamber filed amicus briefs at the Rule 23(f) petition stage and on the merits in support...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
November 19, 2019
ISSUES: Article III / Standing, TCPA, 'No Injury' Class Actions
In the face of a petition for writ of mandamus, plaintiffs concede that protective order applies on appeal to confidential trade secret information produced in discovery but not used by plaintiffs at...
Texas Supreme Court
November 15, 2019
ISSUES: Discovery & ESI, Tort & Products Liability
U.S. Chamber files brief urging District Court to hold that government contractor did not waive attorney-client privilege over entire internal investigation by complying with its regulatory...
U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Virginia
November 15, 2019
ISSUES: Attorney Client Privilege & Work Product
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus letter urging California Court of Appeal to publish its opinion affirming summary judgment in a talc case based on insufficient evidence of causation
California Court of Appeals
November 15, 2019
ISSUES: Tort & Products Liability
Ninth Circuit grants EPA’s request for voluntary remand of certain provisions of its Risk Prioritization Rule. The Chamber and aligned business groups intervened supporting EPA’s request.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
November 14, 2019
ISSUES: Energy & Environment, EPA
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief highlighting the economic and societal benefits of offshore oil and gas development in litigation brought by environmental groups against executive order authorizing...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
November 14, 2019
ISSUES: Energy & Environment, Administrative Law & Government Litigation
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