NEWS ALERT:
District Court releases full preliminary-injunction opinion enjoining California from enforcing anti-arbitration legislation AB 51
Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of First Amendment claim against YouTube and its parent company, Google, holding that YouTube remains a private forum, not a public forum subject to the U.S...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
February 26, 2020
ISSUES: Free Speech
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant cert and hold that Anti-Injunction Act does not bar pre-enforcement challenge to IRS reporting requirements enforced by tax penalties.
U.S. Supreme Court
February 24, 2020
ISSUES: Tax Litigation
Seventh Circuit holds that Viacom properly pleaded a Sherman Act Section 2 monopolization claim by alleging that Comcast used monopoly power in one service market to exclude competition and gain...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
February 24, 2020
ISSUES: Antitrust & Competition Law
Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, overturns prior circuit precedent that failed to give full effect to the Federal Officer Removal Statute. The court held that the Federal Officer Removal Statute...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
February 24, 2020
ISSUES: Government Contracts, Jurisdiction & Procedure, Asbestos, Asbestos
Seventh Circuit adopts narrow interpretation of “automatic telephone dialing system” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this outcome.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
February 19, 2020
ISSUES: TCPA
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit to require commonality and typicality before certifying FLSA collective actions.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
February 19, 2020
ISSUES: Class Certification, Labor Relations & NLRB
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