NEWS ALERT:
U.S. Supreme Court agrees with U.S. Chamber that the FOIA exemption for “confidential” business information provided to the government is not limited to information that would cause competitive harm if disclosed
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in New Jersey Supreme Court in support of enforceability of arbitration agreement, arguing that appellate court impermissibly imposed heightened requirements on assent...
New Jersey Supreme Court
August 16, 2019
ISSUES: Arbitration, EEOC & Employment
D.C. Circuit affirms order denying class certification because plaintiffs’ own regression analysis established “negative damages” for more than 2,000 members of a 16,000 person class and thus fails...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
August 16, 2019
ISSUES: Class Certification
U.S. Chamber leads coalition merits-stage brief urging Supreme Court to clarify that race discrimination must be the “but for” cause of a plaintiff’s injury to support a Section 1981 claim. The U.S...
U.S. Supreme Court
August 15, 2019
ISSUES: Title VII
Sixth Circuit panel affirms class certification order in oil-and-gas royalty dispute. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief urging the court to reverse, arguing that the class fails the predominance...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
August 15, 2019
ISSUES: Class Actions & Mass Actions
U.S. Chamber files coalition merits-stage brief urging Supreme Court to uphold Congress’ abrogation of the States’ sovereign immunity against claims of copyright infringement.
U.S. Supreme Court
August 13, 2019
ISSUES: Intellectual Property
U.S Chamber files amicus brief in support of reversal of class certification order, arguing that class of purchasers of motor-oil products from retailer fails ascertainability requirements, and...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
August 13, 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