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House v. Akorn, Inc.

December 2, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging the Seventh Circuit to provide guidance for district courts to follow in policing against meritless merger-objection cases.

AMG Capital Management, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission

November 22, 2019

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant cert. to decide whether the FTC’s authority to seek injunctive relief includes the authority to seek monetary awards.

Hymes v. Bank of America, N.A.

November 7, 2019

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging District Court to certify an interlocutory appeal to decide whether the National Bank Act preempts New York’s state escrow interest law.

City of Miami v. Bank of America Corp.; City of Miami v. Wells Fargo Bank & Co.

August 26, 2019

Eleventh Circuit denies petition for panel and en banc rehearing in case concerning proximate causation under the Fair Housing Act. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief in support of rehearing...

Rotkiske v. Klemm

July 19, 2019

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief arguing, at merits stage, that the Supreme Court should hold that limitations period in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act begins running when the...

FTC v. AMG Capital Management

June 20, 2019

Ninth Circuit denies petition for rehearing en banc in challenge to FTC's authority to seek monetary relief. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting rehearing.

Mayberry v. Shepherd

June 13, 2019

U.S. Chamber files brief urging Kentucky Supreme Court to affirm dismissal of uninjured plaintiffs’ claims for lack of standing under the state constitution.

City of Miami v. Bank of America Corp.; City of Miami v. Wells Fargo Bank & Co.

May 31, 2019

U.S. Chamber urges Eleventh Circuit to rehear Fair Housing Act cases addressing liability for subprime mortgage lending. The U.S. Chamber previously filed amicus briefs at the cert. and merits...

Divane v. Northwestern University

March 21, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in Seventh Circuit regarding the appropriate pleading standard for ERISA cases and the broad discretion to which ERISA fiduciaries are entitled

Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP

March 20, 2019

In a unanimous opinion, Supreme Court holds that enforcing a security interest without also seeking repayment of a debt generally does not qualify as “debt collection” within the FDCPA’s meaning...