Joe DudekJan 20, 2023

Oh boy, this is a fun one for my firm to read: #CA4 issues a published conflict-of-laws opinion in an insurance-related appeal!

https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/212165.P.pdf
(@[email protected] wrote the conflict of laws section in a major insurance law treatise.)

Joe DudekJan 6, 2023
New from #CA4: You can’t get CAFA class action jurisdiction if the defendant “may be” immune from suit in federal court.
https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/211230.P.pdf
Joe DudekDec 28, 2022
A published @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] loss in #CA4 today. Both of the statutes are saved from constitutional challenge by rejecting the challengers' reading of the statutes in favor of text-based, more-limited readings.
https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/211499.P.pdf
Joe DudekDec 14, 2022
#CA4 today declines to extend Bivens to cover a damages claim against prison officials under the Eighth Amendment. The inmate was represented by Daniel Harawa at @[email protected] with amicus support from @[email protected] and @[email protected].
https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/216109.P.pdf
Joe DudekNov 17, 2022
New from #CA4: Before civilly committing a person who would otherwise be released from prison, a district court MUST consider the conditions of that prisoner’s supervised release.
https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/226464.P.pdf
Show threadJoe DudekNov 15, 2022
Also today from #CA4: A government military contracting broker loses its fight to get federal court jurisdiction over its claim that Lockeed and Airbus conspired to screw over its lucrative deal with South Korea.
https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/212104.P.pdf