NEWS ALERT:
USCC General Counsel John Wood Pens Op-Ed in the WSJ -- "Jailing CEOs to Please the Masses."
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in support of petition for permission to appeal under Section 1292(b) concerning whether a district court may require that notice of class certification must be sent...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
April 22, 2019
ISSUES: Class Actions & Mass Actions, Arbitration
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief arguing that a class action defendant must be subject to specific personal jurisdiction with respect to each class member’s claims.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
April 19, 2019
ISSUES: Class Actions & Mass Actions, Personal Jurisdiction
U.S. Chamber files coalition brief as intervenor in support of EPA’s guidance establishing significant impact limits for the NAAQS program. The Chamber’s brief argues that the EPA’s guidance is not...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
April 15, 2019
ISSUES: Energy & Environment, EPA
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in support of District Court’s order denying certification of class in employment-discrimination case. The Chamber’s brief argues the plaintiffs’ disparate-impact and...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
April 12, 2019
ISSUES: Class Actions & Mass Actions
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in support of company’s assertion of settlement privilege to block discovery by New York state into communications with U.S. Department of Justice to settle federal...
New York Supreme Court
April 12, 2019
ISSUES: Administrative Law & Government Litigation
U.S. Chamber files coalition brief urging Eighth Circuit to grant review and reaffirm that Rule 23 requires an ascertainable class
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
April 11, 2019
ISSUES: Class Actions & Mass Actions
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