Supreme Court Affirms Government Contractors’ Qualified Immunity

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In a 6-3 decision issued on January 20, the Supreme Court affirmed in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, No. 14-857, that federal government contractors are immune from litigation and liability if their work complies with federal directions. The Court rejected, however, unqualified immunity based on the federal government’s sovereign immunity (i.e., “derivative sovereign immunity”). Campbell-Ewald is […]

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Coalition For Government Procurement & Professional Services Council File Supreme Court Amicus Brief on False Claims Act Qui Tam Fraud-Pleading Issue

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Lawrence S. Ebner filed in the U.S. Supreme Court a certiorari-stage amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Coalition For Government Procurement & the Professional Services Council in AT&T, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath, No. 15-363, arguing that nationally uniform enforcement of the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) fraud-pleading standard in False Claims Act qui tam

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DRI & PSC File Supreme Court Amicus Brief on Class-Action Mootness & Government Contractor Derivative Sovereign Immunity Issues

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Lawrence S. Ebner filed in the U.S. Supreme Court a merits-stage amicus curiae brief on behalf of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar and the Professional Services Council-The Voice of the Government Services Industry in Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez, No. 14-857, on the questions of class-action mootness and derivative sovereign immunity for federal government contractors. Read the brief here.  

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Supreme Court 411 On Federal Agency 180

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Companies that do business in the United States continue to be justifiably concerned about the exploding number of onerous federal regulations that have been issued by Obama Administration departments and agencies. The Supreme Court’s March 9, 2015 decision in Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association, No. 13-1041, unavoidably bolstered the Executive Branch’s seemingly free rein by

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Supreme Opinion on the Supremacy Clause

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Anyone interested in constitutional law or the subject of federal preemption of state law should read the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc., No. 14-15.  The Court held, in an opinion authored by Justice Scalia, that the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, Art. VI, cl.2,  “creates a rule of decision” — courts “must not

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DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief On Class Action Certification Principles

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Lawrence S. Ebner filed in the U.S. Supreme Court a certiorari-stage amicus brief on behalf of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar in Dow Chemial Co. v. Industrial Polymers, Inc., No. 14-1091, urging the Court to curb the use of statistical modeling to establish predominance or commonality for class-certification purposes.  Read the amicus brief here.

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Supreme Court Still Divided Over How To Interpret Express Preemption Provisions

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Most of the commentary on the Supreme Court’s June 9, 2014  decision in CTS Corp. v. Waldburger, No. 13-339, has focused on the holding that CERCLA does not preempt state statutes of repose which, after a set number of years, extinguish environmental and toxic tort claims—even if the plaintiff-friendly state statute of limitations that § 9658 of CERCLA mandates has not

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DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief On State Statutes of Repose

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Lawrence S. Ebner filed in  U.S. Supreme Court a merits-stage amicus brief on behalf of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar in CTS Corp. v. Waldburger, No. 13-339, on the question of whether a federal preemption provision that expressly refers to state statutes of limitations governing third-party environmental damages suits also applies to state statutes of

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DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief on Supreme Court Review of Class-Certification Decisions

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Lawrence S. Ebner filed in the U.S. Supreme Court a certiorari-stage amicus brief on behalf of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar in Carpenter Co. v. Ace Foam, Inc., No. 14-577, arguing that the Court has certiorari jurisdiction to review district court class-certification decisions even when a court of appeals has denied Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) interlocutory

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