ALF Urges Supreme Court To Uphold Parents’ Rights

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The question presented by the pending certiorari petition in Parents Protecting Our Children v. Eau Claire Area School District, Wisconsin (23-1280) is whether parents have standing to challenge a school district’s “gender identity transition policy”—a policy, like many that have proliferated throughout the United States, that explicitly keeps parents in the dark if a student wishes […]

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Supreme Court Panel At INBLF Litigation Fly-In

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On June 21, 2024 I was privileged to moderate and speak on a Supreme Court review panel at the annual INBLF Litigation Fly-In in the Chicago area. Seven of us appellate specialists provided insights on recent or impending Supreme Court decisions of our choice. Charlie Frazier, Nancie Marzulla, and Charly Kagay are pictured above. And

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ALF Urges Supreme Court To Apply Federal Evidence Rule 702 To Securities Fraud Complaints

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The Atlantic Legal Foundation long has been an advocate for ensuring that only reliable expert opinions are considered by courts and/or juries during any phase of litigation. In support of a certiorari petition filed by NVIDIA Corporation in a securities fraud suit governed by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (“PSLRA”), ALF has filed an

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ALF Urges Supreme Court To Decide Whether Federal Law Precludes Climate Change Damages Suits

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State and local governments have filed dozens of damages suits in state courts around the United States collectively seeking billions of dollars  from major oil and gas producers for the alleged local effects of global warming and climate change.  The potentially disastrous national and international ramifications of allowing these proliferating suits to proceed are enormously

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Amicus Briefs Do Not Require Disqualification Of Supreme Court Justices

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On November 13, 2023, the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States issued a self-enforcing Code of Conduct applicable to themselves. The Code of Conduct section titled Disqualification includes the following statement: “Neither the filing of a brief amicus curiae nor the participation ofcounsel for amicus curiae requires a Justice’s disqualification” This statement

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ALF Urges Supreme Court To Let Scientific Debate Flourish

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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Murthy v. Missouri, No. 23-411, a First Amendment freedom of speech case brought by the States of Missouri and Louisiana and several individual social media users, including public health experts. They seek to enjoin White House, Surgeon General, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and other

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Amicus Brief-Based Analysis of Big Law Firms’ Ideological Leanings Proves Little

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As a Big Law alumnus who writes and reads a lot of amicus briefs, I’m neither impressed nor surprised by a newly published statistical analysis, Ideological Leanings in Likely Pro Bono BigLaw Amicus Briefs in the United States Supreme Court, Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y Per Curiam (Winter 2024). The analysis, conducted by Prof. Derek

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ALF Argues That Arbitration Act’s “Transportation Worker” Exemption Is Narrow

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Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) mandates that arbitration agreements “shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable.” 9 U.S.C § 2. Section 1 of the FAA, however, exempts “contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.”  9 U.S.C § 1. The Supreme Court

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ALF Urges Supreme Court To Enforce Arbitrator Delegation Clause

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The Supreme Court repeatedly has recognized that the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., embodies a strong federal policy requiring judicial enforcement of private-party agreements to resolve disputes through binding arbitration,  which usually is speedier, more efficient, and less expensive than litigation. To facilitate these benefits, arbitration agreements often contain a “delegation clause”

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ALF Amicus Brief Urges Supreme Court To Decide Where Online Sellers Can Be Sued

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Where can a company that offers its products nationwide—either directly through its own interactive website, or indirectly through a third-party online platform such as Amazon—be sued? This is the important, recurring, Internet-age, personal jurisdiction question that the petitioners in Photoplaza, Inc. v. Herbal Brands, Inc., No. 23-504,  are asking the Supreme Court to decide. The certiorari

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