NEWS ALERT:
"New US Chamber of Commerce GC Seeks Higher Profile for Litigation Center," Corporate Counsel (November 21, 2018).
Washington Supreme Court rejects plaintiffs’ collateral attack against class-action settlement approved by Illinois courts, according full faith and credit to Illinois final judgment
Washington Supreme Court
December 13, 2018
ISSUES: Bad Faith, Class Actions & Mass Actions
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to grant rehearing en banc and hold that Section 1981 imposes liability only when race discrimination was the but-for cause of the plaintiff’s...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
December 13, 2018
ISSUES: Title VII, FCC
U.S. Chamber and auto groups file amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to affirm lower court ruling that federal Clean Air Act enforcement mechanisms preempt duplicative enforcement of Clean Air Act...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
December 13, 2018
ISSUES: Clean Air Act (CAA), Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause
Seventh Circuit affirms district court judgment dismissing Anti-Terrorism Act claims against bank
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
December 12, 2018
ISSUES: International: Tort Tourism & Cross Border Issues
U.S. Chamber files brief urging the Supreme Court to ensure that private entities meet the rigorous standard for state action before subjecting them to liability under the First Amendment
U.S. Supreme Court
December 11, 2018
ISSUES: Free Speech
Supreme Court grants cert. petition in veterans benefits case addressing Seminole Rock and Auer deference
U.S. Supreme Court
December 10, 2018
ISSUES: 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