by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! As promised, we continue to work our way through the backlog of decisions. This Update will cover two cases relating to the Freedom of Information Act, FCC v. AT&T Inc. (09-1279) and Milner v. Department of the Navy (09-1163), as well as...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! We’re back with the last installment of cases from the past two weeks: Staub v. Proctor Hospital (09-400), upholding the so-called “cat’s paw” theory of employment discrimination; Wall v. Kholi (09-868), holding that...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! We’re back with a number of recent decisions: Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano (09-1156), finding that the failure to disclose adverse event data relating to a drug can form the basis for securities law liability even if the data...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! The Court issued two significant decisions this week: Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn (09-987), limiting taxpayer standing to bring Establishment Clause challenges, and Cullen v. Pinholster (09-1088), holding that, on...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! Last week, the Court issued a pair of decisions on state sovereign immunity, Sossamon v. Texas (08-1438) and Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart (09-529). In Sossamon v. Texas (08-1438), the Court held 6-2 that States did not...
