NEWS ALERT:
Supreme Court Issues Favorable 8-1 Decision in Debt Collection Case
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to review Third Circuit decision that limits Twombly to antitrust claims and creates a lax pleading standard for ERISA cases. Previously, the U.S...
U.S. Supreme Court
January 17, 2020
ISSUES: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief arguing that the Second Circuit should reverse the district court’s order refusing to enforce a $2 billion arbitral award against a state-owned entity.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
January 17, 2020
ISSUES: Arbitration
U.S. Chamber and other business groups move to intervene in support of the Trump administration’s 2019 amendments to the Risk Management Program Rule governing the prevention and detection of, and...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
January 17, 2020
ISSUES: EPA, Clean Air Act (CAA)
Second Circuit denies motion for Rule 23(f) review of medical monitoring class action. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief urging the Second Circuit to grant Rule 23(f) review.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
January 17, 2020
ISSUES: Medical Monitoring, Class Actions & Mass Actions
Ninth Circuit denies rehearing en banc in case concerning California’s McGill rule. The U.S. Chamber filed two amicus briefs, first on the merits and then in support of the rehearing petition.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
January 17, 2020
ISSUES: Arbitration
Sixth Circuit denies mandamus petition challenging an issue-preclusion order barring the MDL defendant from presenting individualized defenses based upon the outcomes in bellwether trials. The Sixth...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
January 17, 2020
ISSUES: Causation, Evidence & Experts, Evidence & Experts
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