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Latest News in Appellate

  • July 07, 2025

    9th Circ. Backs Sanctions For Jehovah's Witnesses' Atty

    The Ninth Circuit Monday upheld nearly $160,000 in sanctions against the general counsel for a Jehovah's Witnesses group accused of submitting a misleading affidavit to a Montana federal court in litigation brought by women alleging they endured sexual assault as children at the hands of church officials.

  • July 07, 2025

    Bar Urges NC Court To Affirm Exit From Shooting Suit

    A Charlotte-based bar told a North Carolina state appeals court that it bears no blame for a man's fatal shooting at another restaurant, arguing its staff couldn't have foreseen the attack even if they supposedly overserved the shooter hours earlier.

  • July 07, 2025

    Fla. Panel Upholds Tossing Suit To Unseat Miami Official

    A Florida state appellate court on Monday declined to reinstate a lawsuit two property developers filed in their effort to forcibly remove a Miami commissioner via the city's charter after a federal jury ruled he was liable for violating civil rights, saying the developers lacked standing. 

  • July 07, 2025

    5th Circ. Says Apple Didn't Suppress Union In NYC

    The Fifth Circuit on Monday reversed the National Labor Relations Board's ruling that Apple illegally interrogated a leader of a Manhattan store organizing campaign and confiscated union flyers, saying the manager's questions were benign and the confiscations were routine tidying.

  • July 07, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Digs Into Domestic Industry For Apple Watch Appeal

    A Federal Circuit panel on Monday struggled with how to meet domestic industry requirements needed for the U.S. International Trade Commission to issue import bans, as it evaluated the agency's high-profile decision to keep certain Apple Watches out of the country.

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