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High Court: Plaintiffs Must Show That Parties Split Fees To Pursue RESPA Claim

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on May 24 upheld a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals majority decision to award summary judgment to Quicken Loans Inc. after finding that plaintiffs must show that parties split fees from...

Published Fri, May 25 2012 1:08 PM by Shane Dilworth

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, mortgage lending, Fifth Circuit, RESPA, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Quicken Loans Inc., Tammy Freeman v. Quicken Loans Inc.
Divided U.S. Supreme Court: Debtors' Farm Sale Tax Liability Not Dischargeable

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) A divided U.S. Supreme Court on May 14 ruled 5-4 that the federal income tax liability that resulted from a debtor's post-petition farm sale is not "incurred by the estate" for the purposes of 11 U.S. Code...

Published Tue, May 15 2012 5:23 PM by James Cordrey

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, bankruptcy, Hall v. United States, Brenda and Lynwood Hall, IRS, Chapter 12 bankruptcy, 11 U.S. Code Section 503(b), federal income tax
U.S. Supreme Court Considers Rights Of Secured Creditors In Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on April 23 heard oral arguments in a dispute between a Chapter 11 debtor company and a creditor bank as to whether a secured creditor is permitted to credit-bid while the debtor company's collateral...

Published Mon, Apr 23 2012 4:23 PM by James Cordrey

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, bankruptcy, Chapter 11, bank, RadLAX Gateway Hotel LLC v. Amalgamated Bank, reorganization plan, 11 U.S. Code Section 1129, RadLAX Gateway Hotel LLC, Amalgamated Bank
Supreme Court: De Novo Review Proper For New Evidence In Patent Cases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on April 18 rejected a call by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) for stricter evidentiary rules and an elevated standard of review in challenges to adverse patentability rulings ( David...

Published Wed, Apr 18 2012 4:22 PM by Melissa Ritti

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, Administrative Procedure Act, patent, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, David J. Kappos v. Gilbert P. Hyatt, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, PTO, Gilbert P. Hyatt, APA, Butterworth v. United States, BPAI, data compression, McKart v. United States, Dickinson v. Zurko, Hyatt v. Doll
Drug Pump Claims Preempted Expressly, Implicitly, 9th Circuit Panel Majority Says

SAN FRANCISCO - (Mealey's) In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said April 16 that claims that a Medtronic drug pump and spine catheter caused a plaintiff to become a paraplegic are preempted explicitly and implicitly...

Published Tue, Apr 17 2012 4:44 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, FDCA, Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, FDA, preemption, Ninth Circuit, medical devices, Medtronic, MDA, Medical Device Amendments, Riegel v. Medtronic, federal medical device law, Richard Stengel, Buckman v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee, intrathecal catheter, paraplegic, drug pump, SynchroMed EL drug pump, Richard Stengel v. Medtronic Incorporated, spine catheter
Unanimous High Court: Private Attorney Hired By Government Entitled To Immunity

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) A private attorney who is temporarily retained by the government to carry out the government's work may seek qualified immunity from a lawsuit under 42 U.S. Code Section 1983, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled...

Published Tue, Apr 17 2012 4:38 PM by Bajeerah LaCava

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, employment law, Nicolas Delia, Fire Department of the City of Rialto, Steve A. Filarsky v. Nicholas B. Delia, qualified immunity, 42 U.S. Code Section 1983, Steve Filarsky, firefighter
Supreme Court Unanimously Reverses Hatch-Waxman Counterclaim Ruling

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Generic drug manufacturers may employ the Hatch-Waxman Act's counterclaim provision - known as a Section viii - to force correction of an inaccurate label when the brand-name drug's description overstates a particular...

Published Tue, Apr 17 2012 4:01 PM by Melissa Ritti

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, diabetes, intellectual property, patent infringement, patent, Hatch-Waxman Act, Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd. and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A/S/ and Novo Nordisk Inc., generic drug manufacturers, repaglinide, Prandin, metformin
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Overtime For Pharmaceutical Reps

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Pharmaceutical sales representatives, or "detailers," "tout" drugs to doctors but do not actually engage in sales as defined in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and thus are entitled to overtime...

Published Mon, Apr 16 2012 4:33 PM by Bajeerah LaCava

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, employment law, GlaxoSmithKline, U.S. Department of Labor, FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, Auer v. Robbins, DOL, detailers, SmithKline Beecham Corp., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, overtime pay, Michael Christopher, Chevron U.S.A., Frank Buchanan, Michael Shane Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corporation, Pharmaceutical sales representatives, Hour Litig., In re Novartis Wage &amp
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In First Sale Copyright Dispute

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court agreed April 16 to again address the question of whether a foreign-made work can be resold within the United States without the permission of a copyright holder ( Supap Kirtsaeng, d/b/a BlueChristine99...

Published Mon, Apr 16 2012 4:12 PM by Melissa Ritti

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, Second Circuit, copyright, Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega S.A., BlueChristine99, first-sale defense, Supap Kirtsaeng, Sons Inc., Supap Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley &amp
U.S. High Court Issues Split Ruling On Blanket Strip-Search Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Strip searching all new arrestees with or without suspicion before mixing them with the general jail population is appropriate, a split U.S. Supreme Court ruled April 2 ( Albert W. Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders...

Published Mon, Apr 2 2012 4:53 PM by Bajeerah LaCava

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, New Jersey, John G. Roberts Jr., Anthony M. Kennedy, strip searching, Albert W. Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, Stephen G. Breyer, Albert Florence
U.S. Supreme Court: U.S. Solicitor General May Take Part In RadLAX Arguments

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on April 2 granted the U.S. solicitor general leave to participate in oral arguments in a case in which a creditor bank argues that the Bankruptcy Code precludes confirmation of a hotel chain's...

Published Mon, Apr 2 2012 4:42 PM by James Cordrey

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, bankruptcy, Chapter 11, Bankruptcy Code, U.S. solicitor general, Seventh Circuit, RadLAX Gateway Hotel LLC v. Amalgamated Bank, RadLAX Gateway Hotel. Amalgamated Bank
High Court Hears Arguments On Constitutionality Of Expansion Of Medicaid Required By PPACA

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) In the final of four sessions of oral arguments held this week pertaining to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments March 28 on whether the act's expansion of...

Published Wed, Mar 28 2012 6:30 PM by Cheryl Keely

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, insurance, PPACA, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, health care, health insurance, health care reform, Obama, Anti-Injunction Act, Obamacare, AIA, Department of Health and Human Services v. State of Florida
High Court Hears Arguments On Severability Of Individual Mandate In Health Care Reform Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) In the first of two sessions on March 28, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether, if the individual mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (PPACA) is found unconstitutional, it...

Published Wed, Mar 28 2012 4:01 PM by Cheryl Keely

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, insurance, PPACA, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, health care, health insurance, health care reform, Obama, Anti-Injunction Act, Obamacare, AIA, Department of Health and Human Services v. State of Florida
U.S. Supreme Court Considers Whether Individual Mandate Is Unconstitutional

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on March 27 heard oral arguments on whether the individual mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that requires most Americans to purchase health care insurance...

Published Tue, Mar 27 2012 4:43 PM by Cheryl Keely

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, insurance, PPACA, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, health care, health insurance, health care reform, Obama, Anti-Injunction Act, Obamacare, AIA, Department of Health and Human Services v. State of Florida
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Tobacco Verdicts From Florida To Stand

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on March 26 let stand tens of millions of dollars in Florida state court compensatory and punitive damages verdicts against tobacco companies and set the stage for potentially thousands of additional...

Published Tue, Mar 27 2012 4:30 PM by Michael Lefkowitz

Filed under: U.S. Supreme Court, punitive damages, compensatory damages, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco v. Martin, Florida verdicts

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High Court: Plaintiffs Must Show That Parties Split Fees To Pursue RESPA Claim

Divided U.S. Supreme Court: Debtors' Farm Sale Tax Liability Not Dischargeable

U.S. Supreme Court Considers Rights Of Secured Creditors In Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Supreme Court: De Novo Review Proper For New Evidence In Patent Cases

Drug Pump Claims Preempted Expressly, Implicitly, 9th Circuit Panel Majority Says

Unanimous High Court: Private Attorney Hired By Government Entitled To Immunity

Supreme Court Unanimously Reverses Hatch-Waxman Counterclaim Ruling

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Overtime For Pharmaceutical Reps

Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In First Sale Copyright Dispute

U.S. High Court Issues Split Ruling On Blanket Strip-Search Policy

U.S. Supreme Court: U.S. Solicitor General May Take Part In RadLAX Arguments

High Court Hears Arguments On Constitutionality Of Expansion Of Medicaid Required By PPACA

High Court Hears Arguments On Severability Of Individual Mandate In Health Care Reform Act

U.S. Supreme Court Considers Whether Individual Mandate Is Unconstitutional

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Tobacco Verdicts From Florida To Stand