Recent Activity
U.S. Chamber and the National Association of Manufacturers file amicus brief urging Supreme Court to review whether Oregon’s “Clean Fuels Program” unconstitutionally discriminates against out of state fuel producers.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Third Circuit to reverse class certification and rigorously enforce Rule 23’s commonality and ascertainability requirements in wage-and-hour cases
U.S. Chamber joins coalition amicus brief arguing district court should dismiss wire fraud counts in indictment relating to commodities transactions
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in cost-of-insurance litigation, arguing Eighth Circuit should reverse class certification in $34 million final judgment
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in Sixth Circuit, arguing court should reverse class-certification order in oil-and-gas royalty dispute
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief arguing that a class action defendant must be subject to specific personal jurisdiction with respect to each class members’ claims
U.S. Chamber files coalition brief urging Ninth Circuit to affirm denial of class certification and reject flawed replacement-cost damages model
Ninth Circuit denies en banc petition asking it to clarify that race discrimination must be the “but for” cause of a plaintiff’s injury to support a Section 1981 claim
Ninth Circuit denies en banc petition asking it to clarify that race discrimination must be the “but for” cause of a plaintiff’s injury to support a Section 1981 claim
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging D.C. Circuit to review an agency action as final where there is no avenue for further review and the agency faces the Hobson’s choice of accepting the agency’s pronouncement or risk an enforcement action
U.S. Chamber and coalition of industry groups file amicus brief urging D.C. Circuit to affirm FERC’s authority to determine the indirect effects of natural gas infrastructure projects on a case by case basis
U.S. Chamber, Pennsylvania Chamber, and Washington County Chamber of Commerce file amicus brief urging Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reverse lower court’s failure to apply the long-standing “rule of capture” to unconventional oil & gas development
U.S. Chamber leads coalition amicus brief at merits stage, arguing Supreme Court should overrule Seminole Rock and Auer deference to an agency's interpretations of its own regulations
En banc Ninth Circuit unanimously holds that San Francisco’s required health warnings for sugary drinks violate beverage makers’ constitutional free speech rights
Eighth Circuit denies rehearing en banc regarding class certification
Sixth Circuit reverses lower court and holds that American Family properly classified its agents as independent contractors
U.S. Chamber leads coalition amicus brief at the merits stage, arguing that courts may not award punitive damages for violations of the common-law duty of seaworthiness
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Court of Appeals to reconsider direct review of sanctions orders that eliminate a defendant’s ability to present a defense
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging California Supreme Court to preserve the long-standing rule that a hirer owes no duty of care to protect a contractor from dangerous conditions known to or reasonably discoverable by the contractor
En Banc Seventh Circuit holds that ADEA does not authorize disparate impact claims by disappointed job applicants