Mayer Brown Appellate News

• September 9, 2016 Election Reform Groups Urge Justices to Tackle Partisan Gerrymanders

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court likely to get several opportunities to revisit challenges to partisan gerrymanders.Read »

• September 1, 2016 Texas Court of Appeals Reduces $115 Million Punitive Award to Mere Shadow of Itself

  In a bylined article, Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Evan Tager (Washington DC) discusses Mercedes-Benz USA v Carduco, Inc.Read »

• August 26, 2016 Litigator of the Week: Michael Kimberly of Mayer Brown

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is featured as an AmLaw Litigator of the Week.Read »

• August 25, 2016 Maryland Redistricting Lawsuit Can Go Forward, Federal Judges Rule

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the Maryland redistricting lawsuit.Read »

• August 19, 2016 Reynolds Asks Justices To Eye Scope Of Patent Re-Exams

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Paul Hughes is quoted in this article discussing Pactiv, LLC. v. Lee.Read »

• August 19, 2016 SCOTUS Asked to Consider Proper Scope of Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings at USPTO

  In a bylined article, Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Paul Hughes (Washington DC) discusses Pactiv, LLC v. Lee.Read »

• August 4, 2016 Bloomberg Law: Supreme Court’s Business Track Record (Audio)

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Lauren Goldman (New York) is interviewed and discusses whether or not the current Supreme Court has been good for American businesses.  Listen to the MP3.Read »

• July 27, 2016 Supreme Court Session Probed by Four Lawyers

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Joshua Yount (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing the 13th annual Supreme Court Term in Review.Read »

• July 21, 2016 High Court Won't Examine Deportation Standard In Arson Row

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing a case in which a Salvadoran immigrant questioned whether a Maryland arson conviction that is similar but not identical to a related federal crime renders her deportable under the Immigration and Nationality Act.Read »

• July 21, 2016 Supreme Court Ruling on Timing of Litigation Could Open Employers to Lawsuits

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court decision in Green V. Brennan Postmaster.Read »

• July 21, 2016 Federal Circuit rescues life-science patent that uses law of nature

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) comments on a court ruling in favor of Mayer Brown client In Vitro.Read »

• July 21, 2016 Scalia's Death To Loom Over High Court's Next Term

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the next US Supreme Court termRead »

• July 15, 2016 Merrick Garland Unsigned: Per Curiam Rulings Add to Nominee's Record

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland to the US Supreme Court.Read »

• July 15, 2016 Class Actions at SCOTUS: The Term That Wasn’t

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Archis Parasharami (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing US Supreme Court cases with class action implications.
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• July 7, 2016 Lawyer in a Hurry Girds for WOTUS Marathon

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is featured in this Greenwire/E&E profile.Read »

• July 6, 2016 In Rare Reversal, Federal Circuit Revives Liver Cell Patent

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the patentability standards.Read »

• July 6, 2016 Court Backs More Expansive View of What Biotech Firms Can Patent

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing uncertainty surrounding patents in the life sciences industry.Read »

• June 30, 2016 For Big Law, This Supreme Court Term Won’t Be Easily Forgotten

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the recent US Supreme Court term.Read »

• June 30, 2016 US Supreme Court Handed Businesses a 'Mixed Bag'—Regulatory Wins and Class Action Defeats

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partners Lauren Goldman and Andrew Pincus (both Washington DC) are quoted in this article discussing the most recent US Supreme Court Term.Read »

• June 30, 2016 Key Bribery Definition Tightened in Supreme Court Ruling

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Don Falk (Palo Alto) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court narrowing the definition of an “official act” under U.S. anti-bribery law.Read »

• June 30, 2016 The Right-Wing Supreme Court That Wasn’t

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing this US Supreme Court term.Read »

• June 30, 2016 Supreme Court Term Defined by One Empty Chair

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court without Antonin Scalia.Read »

• June 29, 2016 US Supreme Court Rejects Government’s Expansive Interpretation of “Official Act” for Honest Services Fraud and Bribery Allegations

  On June 27, 2016, in McDonnell v. United States, the Supreme Court resolved a case of substantial interest to businesses that interact regularly with government officials with respect to grants, contracts, regulations and numerous other matters.Read »

• June 29, 2016 Justices Seek Solicitor Gen.'s Take On Patent Exhaustion Row

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing Impression Products Inc. v. Lexmark International Inc.Read »

• June 29, 2016 The Firms That Won Big At the Supreme Court

  Mayer Brown's Supreme Court & Appellate practice is noted as having a 100% success rate before the US Supreme Court. Partners Andrew Pincus, Michael Kimberley, Paul Hughes and special counsel Charles Rothfeld (all Washington DC) are featured.Read »

• June 27, 2016 Supreme Court Deadlock Kills Obama’s Immigration Plans

  Employment & Benefits partners Liz Stern and Paul Virtue (both Washington DC) are quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Texas.Read »

• June 24, 2016 Attys React To High Court's PTAB Claim Construction Ruling

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Paul Hughes is quoted in this article discussing Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC v. Lee.Read »

• June 22, 2016 Ghosts of Ferguson, Mo., Don't Scare High Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing Utah v. Strieff.Read »

• June 22, 2016 The First Circuit Weighs Competing Studies About Relative Risk

  When does an expert witness have an obligation to weigh competing studies and explain why she chose to rely on one study rather than another? On the one hand, this decision-making process goes to the core of whether an expert has employed a sound methodology in reaching her conclusions—a requirement that district courts must police under Daubert. But on the other hand, the selection of studies could be viewed as going to weight, not admissibility, and thus the jury, not the district court or the expert, should decide which study to credit.Read »

• June 15, 2016 Changes After Court's Halo Patent Damages Ruling Predicted

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing a recent US Supreme Court decision concerning patent cases.Read »

• June 15, 2016 Supreme Court Decision Could Ease Wins for Devicemakers in Patent Cases

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing a recent US Supreme Court decision concerning patent cases.Read »

• June 15, 2016 Patent Holders Get a Victory at U.S. Supreme Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing a recent US Supreme Court decision giving district courts the discretion to determine whether a patent holder can win up to treble damages from infringers of protected technology.Read »

• June 10, 2016 A 'Chaotic and Thrilling' Month at the Supreme Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the month of June at the US Supreme Court.Read »

• June 8, 2016 GOP's Swing At Dodd-Frank Could Give Banks Edge In Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling's proposal attempting to replace Dodd-Frank, and make it much easier for banks to overturn rules they don’t like in court.Read »

• June 7, 2016 Supreme Court Ruling Creates Burden to Prove Actual Injury

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the landscape post-Spokeo.
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• June 7, 2016 Gatekeeping on the Record: The Fifth Circuit Requires That Daubert Inquiries Be Explained on the Record

  Under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), district courts serve as gatekeepers for the admission of expert testimony. District courts often have wide discretion in this realm, sometimes holding Daubert hearings, sometimes not. So how, in light of this discretion and faced with a cold record, can a court of appeals determine whether a district court adequately performed its gatekeeping duties?Read »

• June 7, 2016 Donald Verrilli Won Big, Lost a Lot of Obama Cases as Solicitor General

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing departing US Solicitor General Donald Verrilli.Read »

• June 7, 2016 ACA, Marriage Cases Only Fraction Of Verrilli's Legacy

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing outgoing US Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr.Read »

• May 27, 2016 SCOTUS Rules on Limitations Period for Constructive-Discharge Claims

  In a bylined article, Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) discusses the recent US Supreme Court ruling on limitations period for constructive-discharge claims.Read »

• May 27, 2016 Brace for More Class Action Challenges Post-Spokeo

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the landscape post-Spokeo.Read »

• May 26, 2016 EEOC May Face $4 Million in Attorney Fees

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Miriam Nemetz (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court making it easier for employers to recover attorney fees against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) when it fails to conciliate claims.Read »

• May 25, 2016 High Court Nixes ‘Last Discriminatory Act' Ruling

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court ruling giving plaintiffs in workplace discrimination cases more time to file complaints against their employers.Read »

• May 25, 2016 Justices Offer Clarity For Constructive Discharge Timeline

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court ruling giving plaintiffs in workplace discrimination cases more time to file complaints against their employers.Read »

• May 25, 2016 High Court Defines When ‘Constructive Discharge’ Claim May Be Brought

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court ruling giving plaintiffs in workplace discrimination cases more time to file complaints against their employers.Read »

• May 25, 2016 Justices, Reviving Employee's Race Claim, Open Wider Window to Sue

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court ruling giving plaintiffs in workplace discrimination cases more time to file complaints against their employers.Read »

• May 25, 2016 Supreme Court Sides with Worker on Constructive Discharge Case

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court ruling on constructive discharge case.Read »

• May 25, 2016 An Untainted Right to Counsel: Unresolved Questions in 'Luis v. United States'

  In a bylined article, Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Dan Himmelfarb and associate Travis Crum (both Washington DC) discuss unresolved questions in Luis v. United States.Read »

• May 24, 2016 Supreme Court Attorneys’ Fees Ruling Will Help Challenge EEOC Suits

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Miriam Nemetz (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing attorneys’ fees in employment cases.Read »

• May 23, 2016 High Court Fee Ruling May Put Onus On EEOC To Conciliate

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Miriam Nemetz (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the dispute between the EEOC and CRST.Read »

• May 11, 2016 Supreme Court Split Gives Boost to IP Cases

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court gravitating toward IP cases during the vacancy.Read »

• May 9, 2016 How a Pair of Moonlighting Attorneys Won a Landmark Budget Autonomy Case for DC

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) is profiled in Washingtonian magazine.Read »

• May 6, 2016 Scalia’s Supreme Court Vacancy - Impact on the 5th Circuit and Circuit Court Splits Part 2 of 2

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the specific impact the US Supreme Court vacancy has on the Fifth Circuit and how it impacts splits in decisions between the 11 circuits of the United States Courts of Appeals.Read »

• May 3, 2016 CFPB Proposal Could Snuff Out Arbitration Even Without Ban

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the CFPB and banning arbitration clauses.Read »

• May 3, 2016 Scalia’s Death Affecting Next Term, Too? Pace of Accepted Cases at Supreme Court Slows.

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the extended US Supreme Court vacancy.Read »

• May 3, 2016 Scalia's Loss Raises Questions for Supreme Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the extended US Supreme Court vacancy.Read »

• May 3, 2016 Is There Really No Statute of Limitations for Many CFPB Enforcement Cases?

  The oral argument before the DC Circuit in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) case against PHH Corporation has garnered a fair amount of coverage in light of the panel’s apparent interest in arguments about the constitutionality of the CFPB’s structure.Read »

• April 29, 2016 Madden In The Supreme Court: 4 Possible Outcomes

  In a bylined article, Consumer Financial Services partners David Beam and Steven Kaplan and Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (all Washington DC) discuss Madden v. Midland Funding LLC.Read »

• April 29, 2016 High Court Unlikely To Wade Into 6th Circ. Water Row

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Timothy Bishop (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing the EPA's Waters of the US rule.Read »

• April 26, 2016 Supreme Court Considers If Auto Service Advisors Are Exempt

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing an argument over whether service advisors are covered by a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exemption for employees primarily engaged in selling or servicing automobiles.Read »

• April 26, 2016 High Court Leaves NJ Power Plant Hopes Dimmed But Not Out

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Don Falk (Palo Alto) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court decision striking down subsidies for the construction of power plants in Maryland.Read »

• April 25, 2016 Law360 names four Mayer Brown lawyers 2016 “Rising Stars”

  Mayer Brown announced that four of the firm’s lawyers have been named 2016 “Rising Stars” by Law360:Cybersecurity & Data Privacy counsel Kendall Burman (Washington DC); Supreme Court & Appellate partner Michael Kimberly (Washington DC); International Trade partner Nikolay Mizulin (Brussels); and Government & Global Trade partner Stephanie Wagner (Chicago). This annual recognition honors “the top legal talent under 40,” which consists of “litigators and dealmakers practicing at a level usually seen from veteran attorneys,” the publication said.Read »

• April 22, 2016 Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Drunken-Driving Cases

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution special counsel Charles Rothfeld (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing Birchfield v. North Dakota.Read »

• April 22, 2016 High Court Expresses Doubts About Drunken Driving Laws

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution special counsel Charles Rothfeld (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court expressing doubts about laws in at least a dozen states that make it a crime for people suspected of drunken driving to refuse to take alcohol tests.Read »

• April 22, 2016 Supreme Court Divided on Obama's Immigration Actions

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the divided Supreme Court in challenge to Obama's executive actions on deportations.Read »

• April 22, 2016 How a Supreme Court Vacancy Actually Works and Its Implications Part 1 of 2

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing expectations of this extended US Supreme Court vacancy, how it might impact the Court, the cases before the Court, and the country.Read »

• April 20, 2016 Supreme Court Weighs Obama's Executive Action On Immigration

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing President Obama's executive action on immigration.Read »

• April 20, 2016 Immigration Prompts Role Reversal at Supreme Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing liberals and conservatives swapping sides on issue of when states can challenge the federal government in court.Read »

• April 19, 2016 US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Finds Standing in Putative Data Breach Class Action

  On April 14, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the two plaintiffs in Lewert v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc., No. 14-3700 (7th Cir. Apr. 14, 2016) have standing to pursue claims arising from a 2014 data breach suffered by that restaurant chain.Read »

• April 14, 2016 Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Michael Kimberly

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is featured as a Law360 Rising Star.Read »

• April 7, 2016 Kennedy Comments Suggest Hot Water for WOTUS Rule

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Timothy Bishop (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing the EPA's Waters of the US rule.Read »

• April 7, 2016 Long Road In Prisoners' Rights Case Reaches Supreme Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partners Reginald Goeke, Paul Hughes, Michael Kimberly, and associate John Lewis (all Washington DC) are featured in this newsletter discussing prisoners' rights case Ross v. Blake.Read »

• April 7, 2016 SCOTUS 4-4 Decisions Send Mixed Messages

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partners Andrew Pincus and Brian Netter (both Washington DC) are quoted in this article discussing recent US Supreme Court split decisions.Read »

• April 6, 2016 High Court Water Case Could Put Target On Agencies' Backs

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution associate Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing US Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co. Inc.Read »

• April 4, 2016 Fourth Circuit: Courts, Not Arbitrators, Decide If Arbitration Agreement Authorizes Class-Wide Arbitration

  A unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has held that the question whether an arbitration agreement authorizes class-wide arbitration is for the courts, not an arbitrator, to decide—unless the agreement clearly and unmistakably delegates that issue to the arbitrator.Read »

• April 4, 2016 Bloomberg BNA Q&A With Charles A. Rothfeld, Special Counsel With Mayer Brown

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution special counsel Charles Rothfeld (Washington DC) is featured in this Q&A.Read »

• March 25, 2016 Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland Has a Record of Restraint, Not Activism

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the nomination of Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court.Read »

• March 25, 2016 How Far Would Garland Move Supreme Court to Left?

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the nomination of Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court.Read »

• March 25, 2016 Blind Spots at D.C. Circuit Limit Garland's Record

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland to the US Supreme Court.Read »

• March 25, 2016 In Tyson, SCOTUS OKs Statistical Samples, Leaves Open Uninjured Plaintiffs Issue

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing Tyson v. Bouaphakeo.Read »

• March 18, 2016 NY Lawyers Find Much to Praise in Obama Nominee

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partners Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) and Andy Frey (New York) are quoted in this article discussing the nomination of Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court.Read »

• March 18, 2016 McGovern: ‘Consensus-builder’ Could Be Swing Vote

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the nomination of Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court.Read »

• March 18, 2016 Judge Garland Could Bring New Consensus To High Court

  Managing Partner Ken Geller (Washington DC) is quoted in an article discussing Judge Garland's US Supreme Court nomination.Read »

• March 16, 2016 Inside Obama's Supreme Court Nomination

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the nomination of Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court.Read »

• March 16, 2016 Garland Could Claim U.S. Supreme Court's Ideological Center

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the nomination of Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court.Read »

• March 16, 2016 High Court Asserts ERISA Preemption, But To What Extent?

  In a bylined article, ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago) and Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) discuss ERISA preemption.Read »

• March 15, 2016 Justice Scalia and the Thirty-Year War

  In a bylined article, Government & Global Trade special counsel, and former US ambassador to Romania, Mark Gitensiein (Washington DC) discusses replacing Justice Scalia on the US Supreme Court.Read »

• March 15, 2016 Supreme Court Curtails Federal Court Access for ‘Trusts'

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Don Falk (Palo Alto) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court's refusal to treat REITs like traditional trusts.Read »

• March 8, 2016 Twitter Adds Legal Muscle in Suit Over Surveillance Disclosures

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is featured in this article discussing his addition to the Twitter Inc. legal team in a suit challenging limits on what companies can divulge about surveillance requests in national security investigations.Read »

• March 8, 2016 ERISA Pre-empts State Reporting Demands, Supreme Court Says

  ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago) is quoted in an article discussing the US Supreme Court ruling that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act supersedes any state’s authority over benefit plans.Read »

• March 4, 2016 No Backers for U.S. Position in Supreme Court Water Case

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Timothy Bishop (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing the lack of supporting amicus briefs filed to back the US DOJ position in American Farm Bureau Federation v. US Environmental Protection Agency.Read »

• March 4, 2016 ERISA Preempts State Healthcare Reporting Requirements

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) and ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago) are quoted in an article discussing Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.Read »

• March 3, 2016 US Court of Appeals Refuses to Apply CAFA’s “Local Controversy” Exception, Dismisses Class Claims in Environmental Contamination Case

  In a recent environmental contamination putative class action, Reece v. AES Corp,¹ the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed an Oklahoma district court’s denial of two motions to remand.Read »

• March 3, 2016 Anthony Kennedy and Post-Scalia SCOTUS Lay Down ERISA Law

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the ruling in Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. setting a precedent in how ERISA affects state-level benefits plans.Read »

• March 3, 2016 Will Plan Sponsors Feel Effect of SCOTUS Vacancy

  ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago) is quoted extensively in this article discussing the Supreme Court vacancy and the effect on retirement plan sponsors.Read »

• March 2, 2016 Supreme Court Rules on Enforcement of ERISA Plan Subrogation Clauses

  In a bylined article, ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago) and Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) discuss Montanile v Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan.Read »

• March 1, 2016 Sparring Over Scalia's Seat

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Steve Shapiro (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing the scenario of a 4-4 split in the US Supreme Court.Read »

• March 1, 2016 How 4-4 Splits Will Complicate the Supreme Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Steve Shapiro (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing how a tie vote will complicate the Supreme Court.Read »

• February 29, 2016 Scalia's Influence Extends Over Water Rule Opponents

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Timothy Bishop (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing the impact of the late US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.Read »

• February 29, 2016 Chesapeake Bay Pollution Plan Pits Farmers Against Fishermen

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Timothy Bishop (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing the Chesapeake Bay pollution clean up plan.Read »

• February 26, 2016 Ninth Circuit Affirms Preemption of California Meat- and Poultry-Packaging Rule

  The Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) impose requirements on meat producers with the goals of preventing adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold and ensuring that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.Read »

• February 25, 2016 US Courts Issue Helpful Decisions in Two Cases Involving Admissibility of Expert Testimony on Specific Causation

  A plaintiff claiming harm from exposure to a substance generally must prove both general and specific causation. General causation requires proof that the substance can cause the type of harm that the plaintiff suffered.Read »

• February 24, 2016 Have justices opened gates for agency challenges?

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing novel attempt to ask the Supreme Court to step in and block the Obama administration's climate change rule for power plants.Read »

• February 24, 2016 Ruling Lets Companies Cut Retiree Benefits Costs

  In a bylined article, ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago) and Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) discuss a recent appeals court ruling that shoots down lifetime health benefits under collective bargaining agreements that don't specifically promise them.Read »

• February 19, 2016 What Will Future of State Tax Law Look Like Without Scalia?

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution special counsel Charles Rothfeld (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia and the impact on future state tax cases.Read »

• February 12, 2016 Farm Bureau Fights Federal Land Grab in Chesapeake Bay Region

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing American Farm Bureau Federation v. US Environmental Protection Agency.Read »

• February 12, 2016 Tim Bishop: EPA Taking Authority Over Land Using Clean Water Act

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is featured in this podcast discussing new EPA regulations that give it authority over land that is part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.Read »

• February 9, 2016 MTBE ‘Trial by Formula' Case May Intrigue Supreme Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing Exxon Mobil Corp. v. New Hampshire.Read »

• February 8, 2016 Plan Document Updates May Be Needed After 'Montanile' Decision

  ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing the significant implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in Montanile v. Board of Trustees, especially as it pertains to plan sponsors enforcing liens on retirement or health plan assets.Read »

• February 1, 2016 How Bob McDonnell’s Case Might Help Others Accused of Public Corruption

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Kelly Kramer (Washington DC) is quoted discussing McDonnell v. U.S.Read »

• January 29, 2016 Ten Years of the Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus and special counsel Charles Rothfeld (both Washington DC) are quoted in this article discussing the Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic.Read »

• January 29, 2016 What Employers Need to Know About the Montanile Case

  ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing Montanile vs. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan.Read »

• January 29, 2016 SCOTUS ‘Montanile’ Decision Means Lien Enforcement Must Be Quick

  ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing lien enforcement.Read »

• January 28, 2016 Want to Get Your Case to the Supreme Court? New Study Tells You Which Lawyers to Hire.

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus and special counsel Charles Rothfeld (both Washington DC) are both mentioned as having very high cert grant rates within the 14-year span of a new study.Read »

• January 26, 2016 The Issues to Watch in Cuozzo at the US Supreme Court

  Intellectual Property partner Vera Nackovic (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing tips on what to do in light of the Supreme Court review of Cuozzo.Read »

• January 21, 2016 High Court ERISA Ruling Could Stretch Benefit Plans Thinner

  ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court decision in Montanile vs. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan.Read »

• January 21, 2016 Supreme Court May Resuscitate Obama's Immigration Actions

  Employment & Benefits partner Paul Virtue (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court reviving President Obama's immigration actions.Read »

• January 21, 2016 Supreme Court Rules on Benefit Overpayments, Class-Action Lawsuits

  ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing Montanile vs. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan.Read »

• January 21, 2016 Drunk Driver Victim Montanile Wins In Supreme Court ERISA Case

  ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing Montanile vs. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan.Read »

• January 20, 2016 McDonnell Appeal Lives with no Word from High Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Kelly Kramer (Washington DC) is quoted regarding the Supreme Court review of the McDonnell decision.Read »

• January 20, 2016 Supreme Court to Review McDonnell Conviction

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Kelly Kramer (Washington DC) is quoted regarding the Supreme Court review of the McDonnell decision.Read »

• January 12, 2016 Union Fees From 5 Million Workers Targeted at US Supreme Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.Read »

• January 12, 2016 Clean Water Rule: Key Players Gird for Historic Court Battle

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing The Obama administrations Clean Water Act jurisdiction rule.Read »

• December 24, 2015 Eight Mayer Brown partners named to Washingtonian’s Top Lawyers list

  Eight Mayer Brown partners from six practice areas have been recognized by Washingtonian magazine as the “Top Lawyers” in the Washington DC area.Read »

• December 11, 2015 When the Solicitor General Confesses Error

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution associate Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is quoted in this article.Read »

• December 11, 2015 Another Trial-by-Formula Case Waits in the Wings

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Archis Parasharami (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the Tyson class action before the US Supreme Court.Read »

• December 11, 2015 How to Survive in Relist Limbo

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution associate Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) research project on relisting petitions to the US Supreme Court.Read »

• December 11, 2015 Mayer Brown achieves US Supreme Court win for pro bono client

  Mayer Brown achieved an important victory in the US Supreme Court for pro bono client Stephen M. Shapiro in Shapiro v. McManus.Read »

• December 10, 2015 Supreme Court Allows First Amendment Case Against Md. Districts

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution associate Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court ruling that law school student's Maryland redistricting case will proceed.Read »

• December 10, 2015 Mayer Brown partner Andrew Pincus named a “2015 Litigation Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal

  Mayer Brown announced that Supreme Court & Appellate partner Andrew J. Pincus (Washington DC) has been named to The National Law Journal’s (NLJ) 2015 list of “Litigation Trailblazers.”Read »

• December 9, 2015 Friday Round-Up

  ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago), Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) and associate Matthew Waring (Washington DC) are quoted in an article discussing oral arguments in Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.Read »

• December 9, 2015 Does ERISA Preempt State Health Database Laws?

  In a bylined article, ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago), Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) and associate Matthew Waring (Washington DC) examine the US Supreme Court case Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.Read »

• December 9, 2015 Class Action Among Top Concerns at SCOTUS This Term

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court continuing to address questions related to class actions.Read »

• December 4, 2015 Supreme Court May Clarify Time Limit for Bringing Some Bias Claims

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Miriam Nemetz (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing Green v. Brennan.Read »

• December 3, 2015 Civil Procedure—Certified Questions Certifiable: When SCOTUS Has Questions for State Courts

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Dan Himmelfarb (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing a recent oral argument before the US Supreme Court in Foster v. Chatman.Read »

• November 18, 2015 Mayer Brown named to The National Law Journal’s “Appellate Hot List” for eighth consecutive year

  Mayer Brown announced that its Supreme Court & Appellate practice has been named one of the best in the United States by The National Law Journal (NLJ) for the eighth consecutive year.Read »

• November 18, 2015 The 2015 Appellate Hot List

  For the eighth consecutive year, Mayer Brown has been named to The National Law Journal’s Appellate Hot List.Read »

• November 17, 2015 An In-Depth Look at Montanile v. Board of Trustees

  In a bylined article, ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross (Chicago), Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Brian Netter (Washington DC) and associate Abigail Bartine (Chicago) examine the US Supreme Court case Montanile v. Board of Trustees.Read »

• November 13, 2015 High Court Environmental Cases To Watch

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is quoted in this article discussing a few US Supreme Court cases to keep an eye on.Read »

• November 13, 2015 1–0? Supreme Court Win Likely for Big Law Associate

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution associate Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing his oral argument debut before the US Supreme Court on November 4 in a voter redistricting case, Shapiro v. McManus, No. 14-990.Read »

• November 4, 2015 Disputed Web Profile Gives U.S. High Court Chance to Curb Suits

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court case Spokeo v. Robins.Read »

• November 4, 2015 Supreme Court Split in Dispute Over Faulty Information Posted Online

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court case Spokeo v. Robins.Read »

• November 4, 2015 Argument Analysis: Second Time Around No Easier for Justices in Standing Case

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court case Spokeo v. Robins.Read »

• November 4, 2015 Spokeo Case Stirs Supreme Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court case Spokeo v. Robins.Read »

• November 4, 2015 Maryland Election Map Goes Before Top Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution associate Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing the US Supreme Court case Shapiro v. McManus, that challenges partisan gerrymandering in a 2011 redistricting.Read »

• November 3, 2015 Inventing Class Actions

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner John Nadolenco (Los Angeles) is quoted in this article discussing the Supreme Court deciding if plaintiffs can sue without real injury.Read »

• November 3, 2015 Mayer Brown partners and practices ranked in Benchmark Litigation 2016

  Mayer Brown announced that Benchmark Litigation 2016 awarded the firm a top-tier ranking in the national Appellate category and also ranked the firm in the national Antitrust category. In addition, nine of the firm’s lawyers were ranked as “National Litigation Stars” in their practice categories. Mayer Brown also was “Highly Recommended” in Illinois and Washington DC and “Recommended” in Texas. Additionally, 21 Mayer Brown lawyers were ranked as “Local Litigation Stars” or “Future Stars."Read »

• November 2, 2015 Mayer Brown associate Prepares to make SCOTUS Debut in Politically Charged Redistricting Case

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution associate Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing his November 4th US Supreme Court case Shapiro v. McManus.Read »

• November 2, 2015 D.C. Law Student Takes Case Against Md. Gerrymandering to Supreme Court

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution associate Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing his November 4th US Supreme Court case Shapiro v. McManus.Read »

• November 2, 2015 Docket Chat: Fresh Faces Get Argument Time in November Cycle

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution associate Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) is quoted in this article discussing his November 4th US Supreme Court case Shapiro v. McManus.Read »

• October 23, 2015 The Supreme Court and Federal Circuit Meet Again

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article.Read »

• October 23, 2015 The Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Protection Bureau

  In a bylined article, Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) discusses the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.Read »

• October 23, 2015 Will the Justices' Barriers to Class Actions Fall?

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andy Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article from comments he made in 2011.Read »

• October 23, 2015 Big Business wants to kill CFPB’s anti-arbitration rule. Here’s the game plan.

  Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andy Pincus (Washington DC) is quoted in this article about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.Read »