11th Circuit (incl. 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.

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Feb 21 2020	TCPA Litigation Update — What’s Covered by TCPA? 7th Circuit Upholds Wireless Carrier Exemption; 11th Circuit Rejects Broad Definition of ATDS	Mintz
Oct 19 2021	TCPA Litigation Update — No Payday for Deceptive Conduct	Mintz
Oct 2 2014	Who Hurts More? Another Battle in the Non-Compete Wars	Mintz
Jun 11 2015	Georgia Federal Court Rules That SEC Administrative Proceeding Is “Likely Unconstitutional”	Mintz
Sep 30 2015	Eleventh Circuit Joins Second Circuit in Holding the Unpaid Intern FLSA Classification Analysis Depends on the “Primary Beneficiary” of the Relationship	Mintz
Nov 4 2015	Life is Larger than Fiction in EB-5 Litigation: SEC Moves For Asset Freeze, Accounting, and Receiver Appointment in Civil Fraud Action in Florida	Mintz
Oct 2 2014	Eleventh Circuit Holds That Debt Collector Had “Prior Express Consent” From Debtor Whose Wife Provided Number on Hospital Admission Form	Faegre Drinker
Mar 20 2019	Defendant Debunks Plaintiffs’ Reliance On FCC Order That Never Became Effective	Faegre Drinker
Jan 12 2021	Preemption Torpedoes State Law Claims against Generics Makers in Zantac MDL	Faegre Drinker
Jun 13 2014	Eleventh Circuit Rejects “Intended Recipient” Interpretation of Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) “Called Party” Language	Faegre Drinker
Feb 25 2015	Tough Sell for Bechtel: American General Files Suit in Florida	Faegre Drinker
Aug 17 2017	Eleventh Circuit Holds That Revocation of Consent Can Be Partial, Will Be Factual and Contextual	Faegre Drinker
Oct 22 2019	Florida Federal Court Rejects ATDS Allegations, Grants Motion to Dismiss	Faegre Drinker
May 7 2020	District of New Jersey Adopts Narrow ATDS Definition as Circuit Split Grows; Supreme Court Clarification Required	Faegre Drinker
May 22 2014	Esquenazi Opinion Extends Reach of FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act), Adopting Broad Definition of “Instrumentality of a Foreign Government”	Faegre Drinker
Oct 8 2014	Somewhere Out There, a Certain Gecko Lets Out a Sigh of Relief Re: Class Certification	Faegre Drinker
Aug 31 2015	Common Sense Rulings on the Meaning of “Prior Express Consent”	Faegre Drinker
Oct 25 2019	Federal Court Reverses Course and Decertifies the Settlement Class	Faegre Drinker
Nov 25 2019	Lack of Widespread Harm Traceable to TCPA Violation Requires Decertification of Class Action, Eleventh Circuit Rules	Faegre Drinker
Jul 16 2012	Georgia’s Pro-Employee Restrictive Covenant Law Is Back (If Only Briefly)	Faegre Drinker
Dec 4 2013	Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) Class Action Against The Buccaneers Is Mooted … Rematch Already Underway	Faegre Drinker
May 27 2014	Eleventh Circuit Defines “Instrumentalities” of Foreign Government for the Purposes of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act	Faegre Drinker
Mar 16 2016	Florida Federal Court Schools Plaintiff on Limits of TCPA	Faegre Drinker
Oct 7 2019	Court Finds Plaintiff’s ATDS Evidence Insufficient and Grants Summary Judgment for Defendant	Faegre Drinker
May 13 2020	11th Circuit Holds that Consumers Cannot Unilaterally Revoke Contractual Consent to Automated Calls	Faegre Drinker
Sep 2 2014	FCC Letter Brief Suggests That Faxes and Phone Calls are Different for Purposes of Direct Liability Under the TCPA	Faegre Drinker
Nov 20 2015	Florida Federal Court Grants Defendant’s Motion For Partial Summary Judgment	Faegre Drinker
Jul 12 2016	Update: IRS, SEC, and Courts Diverge on Nature of Disgorgement	Faegre Drinker
Apr 8 2020	District Court Sharpens Focus on Injury-in-Fact Requirement in Text Messaging Cases	Faegre Drinker
Jul 27 2012	U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Case that Could Have Significant Impact on Strategies Available to Defend FLSA Collective Actions	Faegre Drinker
Sep 17 2016	Court Finds That Equipment That Initiates Calls With Electronic Point and Click System Is Not An ATDS	Faegre Drinker
Jun 22 2018	The 11th Circuit Holds Prior Settlement in Website Access Case Does Not Moot Identical Second Lawsuit Seeking the Same Injunctive Relief	Faegre Drinker
May 18 2020	The Daubert Toolbox: Revisiting and Appreciating Joiner, the Middle Child	Faegre Drinker
Dec 11 2020	Timing Is Everything in Eleventh Circuit’s Renewed Consent Case	Faegre Drinker
Sep 11 2014	Cybersecurity: Litigation, Crime & Enforcement-September, 2014	Faegre Drinker

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