October 2024 Month in Review

This WLF Litigation Division feature highlights WLF court and agency filings, as well as decisions issued in response to WLF’s filings. In this edition, we list October 2024 filings and decisions.

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New Filings

• WLF asks the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a California appeals court decision that misconstrues the Federal Arbitration Act’s saving clause. (Comcast Cable Communications v. Ramsey)
• WLF asks the Supreme Court to bar federal agencies from pulling regulatory bait-and-switches. (FDA v. Wages & White Lion Investments, LLC)

Decisions

• The Third Circuit confirms that federal trial courts lack Article III jurisdiction to enforce nonfinal orders from dismissed agency proceedings. (Gulden v. ExxonMobil) *victory*
• The Supreme Court declines an opportunity to clarify the scope of the False Claims Act’s public-disclosure bar. (Valeant Pharmaceuticals Int’l v. United States ex rel. Silbersher)
• The Supreme Court agrees to hear an important case about proximate cause and aiding-and-abetting liability. (Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos) *victory*