This WLF Litigation Division feature highlights WLF court and agency filings, as well as decisions issued in response to WLF’s filings. In this edition, we list August 2024 filings and decisions.
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NEW FILINGS
- WLF asks the Supreme Court to reverse a sharply divided Ninth Circuit decision that diluted the heightened pleading standard of the PSLRA. (NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB)
- WLF urges the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure to scrap proposed amendments to Rule 29 governing amici curiae. (In re Proposed Amendments to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 29)
- WLF asks the Supreme Court to restore the False Claims Act’s limited scope. (Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath)
- WLF urges the Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit decision that held a company liable for failing to include irrelevant and stale information in its forward-looking risk disclosures. (Facebook, Inc. v. Amalgamated Bank)
- WLF asks the Sixth Circuit to reject the FCC’s latest regulatory takeover of the Internet. (In the Matter of Securing and Safeguarding the Open Internet)
- WLF urges the Supreme Court to hold that employers bear the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence the applicability of an exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act. (EMD Sales v. Carerra)
- WLF asks the Surface Transportation Board to clarify the freight rail industry’s common-carrier obligations. (In re Growth in the Freight Rail Industry Hearings)
ACTIVITY IN WLF CASES
- The Ninth Circuit reinstates a privacy class-action suit over Google’s Chrome browser. (Calhoun v. Google)
- The Eighth Circuit vacates an unlawful Surface Transportation Board rule. (Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Surface Transportation Board) *victory*