Eleventh Circuit (inc.Bankruptcy)

The Eleventh Circuit of the US Court of Appeals is located in the Southeastern region of the United States. It spans across Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. The US Court of Appeals for the circuit is in Georgia, and is the Elbert P. Tuttle US Court of Appeals Building in Atlanta. Although these districts were originally a part of the Fifth Circuit, in 1981 Congressional Legislation split the two circuits into the Fifth and Eleventh US Circuits.

The US Court of Appeals is in Atlanta, Georgia. The Middle District courthouse in GA is in Macon, and the Southern District courthouse is in Savannah, GA. In Alabama, the Middle District court is in Montgomery, the Northern District Court is in Birmingham, and the Southern District courthouse is in Mobile, AL. In the state of Florida, the Middle District is in Orlando, Northern District is in the state’s capital of Tallahassee, and the Southern District courthouse is in Miami, Florida.

There are currently 12 active judges sitting on the bench for the Eleventh Circuit; of these judges, seven are senior judges for their respective districts. Edward Earl Carnes is the Chief Justice for the Circuit and Clarence Thomas, who is also a US Supreme Court Associate Justice, is the Circuit Justice.

Smith v Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County (1987) was one of the cases which set precedent for future cases in the Eleventh Circuit. The court held that schools in Mobile County, AL could use textbooks, even though some parents believed they promoted secular humanism as a religion. USA v Alabama (2011) was another precedent-setting case dealing with immigration and border control issues. The US filed a lawsuit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief claiming a new AL state law was preempted by the Federal Immigration Law, Immigration & Nationality Act, and a violation of the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution.

The National Law Review covers several cases in the Eleventh Circuit. Immigration is a major area of law which is dealt with in the lower states. Elderly law (nursing home, abuse, etc.), labor and employment rights, tax evasion and tax appeal, bankruptcy, intellectual property, and tort cases are highly covered on the site. Additionally, the National Law Review covers the latest legislative, election, and agency news, as well as news coming directly from the circuit courts, on our website.

Date	Title	Organization
22 Jan	An Inconvenient Agreement: Forum Selection Clauses Will be Enforced	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
20 Jan	A Circuit Split on Incentive Awards	Pierce Atwood LLP
12 Jan	Preemption Torpedoes State Law Claims against Generics Makers in Zantac MDL	Faegre Drinker
12 Jan	2020 Advertising Law Year in Review	Proskauer Rose LLP
30 Dec	Eleventh Circuit Finds SBA Can Deny Payment Protection Program Loans to Debtors in Bankruptcy	Foley & Lardner LLP
29 Dec	2020 Regional Gaming Highlights	Jones Walker LLP
23 Dec	Eleventh Circuit Joins Fifth in Holding that the SBA May Deny Paycheck Protection Program Loans to Debtors in Bankruptcy	Miller Canfield
23 Dec	Is Florida Queasy About Creasy?	Faegre Drinker
22 Dec	Recall Roundup: November	Hunton Andrews Kurth
18 Dec	Off the Hook: Defendant Walks Away from TCPA Liability for 89,000 Ringless Voicemail on Standing Grounds—But Let’s Not Get Carried Away	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
17 Dec	NERDING OUT: Here is Why NEW SCOTUS Review of Class Action Standing Principles Matters in TCPAWorld	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
16 Dec	Eleventh Circuit Holds No Article III Standing in TCPA Case Involving Ringless Voice Mail Message	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
11 Dec	Timing Is Everything in Eleventh Circuit’s Renewed Consent Case	Faegre Drinker
8 Dec	The Doctrine of Equitable Tolling Won’t Save Hundreds of Store Managers from Dismissal in AutoZone’s Nationwide Overtime Suit	Hunton Andrews Kurth
8 Dec	Trial Court Properly Applied Rule 68 Offer of Judgment and Reduced Attorney’s Fee Demand in FLSA Case, Eleventh Circuit Concludes	Jackson Lewis P.C.
7 Dec	Eleventh Circuit Torches Revocation TCPA Cases Again—Holds that “Apparent” Consent is Acceptable in the Context of Re-Consent	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
4 Dec	District Court Dismisses ERISA Fee Litigation against 401(k) Plan for Failure to Exhaust	Proskauer Rose LLP
2 Dec	“[Buccaneers’ counsel] is a settler”—Fascinating New COA Decision Sheds Light on the Secret Chatter and Tactics of TCPA Class Action Lawyers	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
30 Nov	Eleventh Circuit Vacates Godiva FACTA Settlement	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
24 Nov	Split Eleventh Circuit Panel Eliminates Incentive Awards for Class Representatives	Proskauer Rose LLP
20 Nov	Recall and Recoup: Georgia Court Denies Insurer’s Early Motion to Escape Contribution Claim Arising from $51 Million Product Recall Coverage Dispute	Hunton Andrews Kurth
20 Nov	Godiva Been Dying to Tell You the Good News! Eleventh Circuit Bars Consumers from Suing for Bare Procedural Violations	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
14 Nov	TCPA Litigation Update — Eleventh Circuit Rejects Incentive Awards, District of New Jersey Court Refuses to Adopt Reasoning	Mintz
13 Nov	Plaintiff Alleges Wrongful Termination While Hospitalized For COVID-19	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
13 Nov	Eleventh Circuit Extends Scope and Time Limits for People Who Sue under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
10 Nov	Class Action Litigation Newsletter Fall 2020	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
5 Nov	Single Fax Received by E-Mail Deemed Insufficient to Confer Article III Standing	Faegre Drinker
5 Nov	Thin Walls: Court Credits Testimony of Eavesdropping Supervisor —Denies TCPA Judgment to Helicopter Mom	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
4 Nov	Sticky Situation? Circumstantial Evidence Can Support Intent to Confuse in Trade Dress Claims	McDermott Will & Emery
26 Oct	Ga. District Court Dismisses Dodd-Frank and SOX Whistleblower Claims	Proskauer Rose LLP
13 Oct	Right to Compel Arbitration Preserved, Not Waived	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
13 Oct	Court Invalidates DOL’s Final Rule On Joint Employment Under The FLSA	Hunton Andrews Kurth
8 Oct	Florida Court Upholds Coverage for Doctor Office’s COVID-19 Insurance	Hunton Andrews Kurth
7 Oct	Ignoring TCPA Class Action is a BAD Strategy	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
6 Oct	$710,000.00 for the Attorneys– $11.25 for the Class Representative: Welcome to Post-Johnson TCPA Settlements in Florida	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
6 Oct	Meanwhile, in Maryland: Disbarred Attorney Seeks Sanctions Against TCPA Defendant for Arguing that His Number Belonged to a Law Firm	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
5 Oct	Eleventh Circuit Examines Meaning of ‘Legitimate Business Need’	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
28 Sep	“Pure Applesauce”: Court Chastises TCPA Defendant for “Silly” Disputes Regarding Deposition of Plaintiff’s Expert Aaron Woolfson	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
24 Sep	The Other Shoe Drops: Ringleader of Oncology Treatment Market Allocation Scheme Indicted in Florida District Court	Mintz
23 Sep	Eleventh Circuit Rules That Class Representative Incentive Awards Are Impermissible	Schiff Hardin LLP
23 Sep	A Divided Eleventh Circuit Holds that Incentive Awards are Prohibited	Faegre Drinker
22 Sep	Eleventh Circuit Relies on 19th Century Precedent to Find That Class Representative Cannot Recover Commonly-Used Incentive Award	Hunton Andrews Kurth
21 Sep	Incentive or Service Awards for Class Action Plaintiffs Unlawful, Eleventh Circuit Rules	Jackson Lewis P.C.
21 Sep	11th Circuit Rejects Litigant’s “Creative Effort” To Escape Forum Selection Clause Requiring Federal Forum	Proskauer Rose LLP
21 Sep	Are Incentive Awards for Named Plaintiffs in Class Actions Allowed? Not According to the Eleventh Circuit	Robinson & Cole LLP
21 Sep	Are Incentive Payments the New Fly in the Ointment?	Pierce Atwood LLP
18 Sep	No Incentive: Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Holds that Incentive Payments Commonly Awarded to Class Representatives are Impermissible in a Classwide Settlement	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
18 Sep	Florida Court Finds RLUIPA Protects Transition Home for Registered Sex Offenders	Robinson & Cole LLP
17 Sep	Eleventh Circuit Rejects Incentive Awards for Class Plaintiffs	Jackson Lewis P.C.
17 Sep	BREAKING TCPA NEWS: This is Huge! Eleventh Circuit Holds Incentive Award Payments to Class Representatives Are Per Se Forbidden	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP