HIGHLIGHTS:
8 amicus filings – 7 publications – 3 new video shorts
NEW FILINGS – AMICUS BRIEFS
Sundaram v. Freshworks Inc.
WLF urges the Ninth Circuit to affirm the dismissal of a novel securities class action.
[class actions & capital markets]
Learning Resources v. Trump
WLF asks the Supreme Court to confirm that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
confers no authority on the President to impose tariffs.
[separation of powers & economic liberties]
Audi AG v. L.W.
WLF urges the Supreme Court to clarify its
“stream-of-commerce” theory of personal jurisdiction.
[personal jurisdiction]
Burgess v. Whang
WLF asks the Fifth Circuit to grant rehearing in an important constitutional challenge to the FDIC.[separation of powers & administrative procedure]
Fontaine v. Philip Morris USA
WLF urges the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to require proof
by clear and convincing evidence for punitive damages.
[punitive damages]
Trump v. Slaughter
WLF asks the Supreme Court to overturn the FTC Act’s
unconstitutional limits on the President’s removal power.
[separation of powers & administrative procedure]
Biederman v. FCA US LLC
WLF urges the Ninth Circuit to apply the direct-purchaser rule in civil RICO cases.
[civil justice]
Ohio Telecom Ass’n v. FCC
WLF asks a federal trial court to rehear a decision upholding the FCC’s data-breach rule
after Congress vacated a substantially similar rule under the Congressional Review Act.
[separation of powers & communications]
CASE UPDATES (DECISIONS ISSUED)
Malco Enterprises v. Woldeyohannes
The Supreme Court declines to clarify federal preemption under
the Graves Amendment in an auto-lessor liability case.
[civil justice & federal preemption]
San Diego County Employees Retirement Ass’n v. Johnson & Johnson
The Third Circuit declines to rehear a divided panel decision in a novel securities-fraud class action.
[class actions & capital markets]
BDO USA, LLP v. New Eng. Carpenters Guar. Annu. Funds
The Supreme Court denies review in a controversial securities case out of the Second Circuit.
[class actions & capital markets]
SAP v. Teradata
The Supreme Court declines to decide whether tying arrangements are
per se illegal under the Sherman Act.
[antitrust]
Uber v. Drammeh
The Supreme Court denies review in a dispute over whether federal courts
may undertake “Erie guessing” about state law.
[civil justice]
PUBLICATIONS
It’s Time to End Zauderer as Chevron for the First Amendment
Jeremy J. Broggi (Wiley Rein LLP)
[commercial speech]
Sixth Circuit Supplies Tools Securities-Fraud Defendants Can Deploy at Class-Certification Stage
Cory L. Andrews (WLF)
[class actions & capital markets]
Amended Rule 702 in 2025: Circuit Courts Embrace the Changed Standard
Lee Mickus (Evans Fears Schuttert McNulty Mickus LLP)
[expert evidence]
Ninth Circuit Partially Tackles Open Issues in Customs-Based False Claims Act Cases
Douglas W. Baruch and Jennifer M. Wollenberg (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP)
[Government Contracting / False Claims Act]
Popa v. Microsoft: Pivotal Ninth Circuit Ruling Narrows Wiretap Suits over Web Analytics
Gerard M. Stegmaier and Lawrence Burns (Reed Smith LLP)
[class actions]
In Antitrust Settlement, California Imposes Unprecedented Controls
on Private Equity Purchase of Walgreens
Jody Boudrealt (Baker Botts L.L.P.)
[antitrust]
States Looking for Free Lunch with Climate Superfund Laws
Dr. Jonathan Klick (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School)
[environmental]
PROGRAMS
Learning Resources/V.O.S. v. Trump: A Supreme Court Oral Argument Preview
Panel: Peter J. Brann, Brann & Isaacson;
Professor Marc L. Busch, Georgetown University; and Zac Morgan, WLF
[separation of powers & economic liberties]
VIDEO SHORTS
The Plain Meaning: Commercial Speech
[commercial speech]
Law Made Simple: The Emergence of Commercial Speech Protection
[commercial speech]
The Plain Meaning: Compelled Speech
[commercial speech]