WLF Developments You May Have Missed During the Holidays

Here’s some things you may have missed from Washington Legal Foundation during the December 2014 holidays season.

WLF Amicus Briefs:

• King v. Burwell (On December 29, 2014, WLF asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court ruling that, if upheld, would allow IRS to appropriate billions of dollars a year without authorization from Congress.)
• In re: Deepwater Horizon (On December 24, 2014, WLF filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, urging it to remove the court-appointed Claims Administrator who evaluates all claims filed by those seeking to recover economic losses suffered as a result of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. )

WLF Publications

• “Unfair Methods of Competition”: The Legislative Intent Underlying Section 5 of the FTC Act
  By William Kolasky, a partner with the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in its Washington, D.C. office. Foreword by A. Douglas Melamed, Herman Phleger Visiting Professor at Stanford Law School and former Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Intel Corporation.
• Issuer Banks and Data Breach Lawsuits: A New Wave Of Litigation?
  By Philip M. Busman and John M. Kalas, a partner and an associate, respectively, with the law firm Hollingsworth LLP.

WLF Legal Pulse Posts

• Struggle over Federal Environmental Law Preemption of Public Nuisance Suits Heats Up in Kentucky
• One Major Positive, But Still Many Negatives, for Asbestos Defendants in 2014
• Supreme Court Observations: Dart Cherokee Eliminates the Presumption against Removal of Class Actions