NEWS ALERT:
USCLC secures permanent injunction against enforcement of New Jersey anti-arbitration law
U.S. Chamber files coalition brief urging Ninth Circuit to hold that the False Claims Act’s public disclosure bar applies to all publicly accessible websites that disseminate information. Such...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
June 18, 2021
ISSUES: False Claims Act & Whistleblowing
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to clarify that punitive state and local fines are not excluded from federal judicial review under the Tax Injunction Act.
U.S. Supreme Court
June 18, 2021
ISSUES: Jurisdiction & Procedure, Tax Litigation
Supreme Court issues opinion concerning the extraterritorial reach of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) and the liability of a domestic corporation under the ATS. The U.S. Chamber filed seven amicus...
U.S. Supreme Court
June 17, 2021
ISSUES: Alien Tort Statute (ATS)
U.S. Chamber files coalition brief urging the Ninth Circuit to hold that the PREP Act is a complete preemption statute, protecting businesses on the front lines of responding to COVID-19.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
June 16, 2021
ISSUES: Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause, Food, Drug & Healthcare
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to grant this petition for writ of certiorari and hold that the FAA preempts California’s Iskanian rule, which creates an end-run around...
U.S. Supreme Court
June 14, 2021
ISSUES: Arbitration, Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause
U.S. Supreme Court denies certiorari in case involving question whether putative state-law tort claims alleging harm from global climate change are removable because they arise under federal law. The...
U.S. Supreme Court
June 14, 2021
ISSUES: Public Nuisance, Jurisdiction & Procedure
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