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View All » IMS Health Inc. v. Ayotte On June 28, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a federal appeals court ruling that upheld a New Hampshire law that blocks access to critical healthcare information. The law criminalizes the collection and disclosure of information... More Case Detail Perdue v. Kenny A On June 29, 2009, WLF filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging it to impose limits on attorney fee awards made to plaintiffs who prevail in federal lawsuits raising claims under statutes that contain fee-shifting provisions. WLF argued that... More Case Detail Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc On June 22, 2009, WLF filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, urging it to reconsider a recent decision in which it reinstated an ACLU challenge to the CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” program, under which suspected... More Case Detail Horne v. Flores On June 25, 2009, the Supreme Court overturned a federal court injunction that required the Arizona legislature to adopt massive new spending programs to teach English in the public schools to foreign-born students. The decision was a victory for... More Case Detail View All » Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper: What Impact On The Future Of Cost-Benefit In Rulemaking? By Craig P. Wilson, a partner, and Robert A. Lawton, an associate, with the law firm K&L Gates LLP in its Harrisburg office. More Publication Detail... Rescuecom v. Google: Not An Open Invitation To Trademark Plaintiffs By Tracy-Gene G. Durkin, a director, and Jeremy M. Klass, an associate, with the law firm Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. More Publication Detail... President Obama's "Preemption Memo": Much To Do About Very Little By Lawrence S. Ebner, head of the Appellate Practice Group at the law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. More Publication Detail... Supreme Court Tightens Pleading Standards in Ashcroft v. Iqbal By Thomas H. Dupree, Jr, a partner with the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. More Publication Detail... View All » June 17, 2009 Supreme Court’s Iqbal Ruling and Its Impact Briefly describes the surprising outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling and how it can assist business defendants in opposing litigation.   View All » June 24, 2009 The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009: Changes to the False Claims Act and How They Impact Government Contractors Mark R. Troy, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP Michael G. Scheininger, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP   View All » June 30, 2009 Review of the U.S. Supreme Court 2008-2009 Term The Honorable Dick Thornburgh, Former U.S. Attorney General, K&L Gates Walter Dellinger, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP Thomas C. Goldstein, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Dan Himmelfarb, Mayer Brown LLP   View All » June 15, 2009 Bernie Madoff Government

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