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Vogt v. State Farm Life Insurance Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided
June 26, 2020

Recht v. Justice

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Decided
June 26, 2020

District court grants preliminary injunction against West Virginia law regulating lawyer advertisements concerning medical drugs and devices.  The court held that plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of their First Amendment challenge.  The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief defending the constitutionality of the law.

U.S. ex rel. Ruckh v. CMC II, LLC

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided
June 25, 2020

American Hospital Association v. Azar

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Decided
June 23, 2020

District Court upholds CMS rule requiring hospitals to disclose payer-specific negotiated rates for hundreds of items and services.  The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief in support of hospitals’ challenge to the rule.  

Altera Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

U.S. Supreme Court
Decided
June 22, 2020

Supreme Court denies certiorari, declining to review whether the IRS violated the Administrative Procedure Act in interpreting tax regulation regarding cost-sharing arrangements. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting the cert. petition.  When this case was before the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. Chamber filed amicus briefs at the initial panel stage, the second panel stage after the court sua sponte vacated the first panel’s opinion, and again in support of rehearing after the second panel’s opinion.

White v. United Airlines, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Pending
June 22, 2020

U.S. Chamber files coalition brief urging Seventh Circuit to hold that USERRA does not require employers who provide paid sick leave or paid jury duty leave to also provide paid military leave.

Jander v. Retirement Plans Committee of IBM

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided
June 22, 2020

On remand from Supreme Court, Second Circuit reinstates decision allowing ERISA stock-drop suit to proceed, explaining that it previously considered all arguments that had been properly raised.  The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition amicus brief opposing this outcome.  Additionally, the Chamber filed coalition amicus briefs when this case was before the Supreme Court.

Liu v. SEC

U.S. Supreme Court
Decided
June 22, 2020

U.S. Supreme Court upholds but limits SEC’s authority to seek disgorgement in civil proceedings.  The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief opposing the SEC.

State of Colorado v. EPA

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Decided
June 19, 2020

District of Colorado grants preliminary injunction against Navigable Waters Protection Rule, staying the effective date of the Rule in Colorado under 5 U.S.C. 705. The U.S. Chamber moved to intervene to defend the Rule along with a broad coalition of trade associations.

Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California

U.S. Supreme Court
Decided
June 18, 2020

Supreme Court holds that the Trump Administration violated requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act when it rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.  The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition amicus brief supporting this outcome.

Merck & Co., Inc. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Decided
June 16, 2020

D.C. Circuit affirms district court’s vacatur of HHS rule that broadly required drug manufacturers to disclose the wholesale acquisition cost of drugs and biologics in television advertisements.  The court held that HHS lacked statutory authority to promulgate the rule.  The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this outcome.

Belton v. GE Capital Retail Bank

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided
June 16, 2020

Second Circuit holds that the Federal Arbitration Act does not apply to disputes over the alleged violation of a bankruptcy-discharge order. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief opposing this outcome.

Solenex LLC v. Bernhardt

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Decided
June 16, 2020

D.C. Circuit reverses lower court decision that had vacated the government’s revocation of a long-standing oil lease for arbitrarily failing to consider reliance interests.  The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting the lower court’s ruling.

Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided
June 15, 2020

Second Circuit denies en banc review of panel decision that improperly expands the “price maintenance” theory and misapplies Halliburton II.  The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting rehearing, and also filed a brief at the panel stage.

Lotsoff v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Pending
June 15, 2020

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to hold that California’s anti-arbitration McGill rule does not apply when a plaintiff is not actually seeking a public injunction.

Actavis Holdco U.S., Inc. v. Connecticut

U.S. Supreme Court
Decided
June 15, 2020

Supreme Court denies certiorari, letting stand a discovery order that requires production of tens of millions of irrelevant, sensitive files matching extremely broad search terms, without any opportunity for document review.  The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition amicus brief opposing this outcome.  We also filed two briefs in the Third Circuit, at the panel and rehearing en banc stages.

U.S. Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association

U.S. Supreme Court
Decided
June 15, 2020

Supreme Court holds Forest Service retains authority to grant pipeline easements deep beneath National Trail easements on Forest Service lands.  The U.S. Chamber and aligned business groups submitted an amicus brief supporting this result.  Previously, the U.S. Chamber filed amicus briefs supporting cert. and urging the Fourth Circuit to grant rehearing en banc.

In re: AFL-CIO

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Decided
June 11, 2020

D.C. Circuit denies AFL-CIO’s petition to force OSHA to issue an emergency standard governing COVID-19 workplace risks.  The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this outcome.

Martins v. Flowers Foods, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Pending
June 10, 2020

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Eleventh Circuit to reject District Court's overly broad construction of the Federal Arbitration Act’s exception for “workers engaged ... in interstate commerce” and misreading of arbitration agreement’s choice-of-law clause.

National Women’s Law Center v. OMB (II)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Resolved without decision
June 9, 2020

D.C. Circuit dismisses as moot the government’s appeal from district court order requiring EEOC to undertake burdensome collection of pay data from employers.  The court also remanded for consideration of whether to vacate the district court order on account of the mootness.  The U.S. Chamber had led a coalition amicus brief seeking reversal of the order.  The Chamber also filed two briefs opposing the collection when this case was before the District Court.

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