8th Circuit (incl. bankruptcy)

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit sits in St. Louis Missouri. The Courthouse is the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse. In addition to the Court of Appeals, the Eighth Circuit spans over 6-US states, including: Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Although the Eighth Circuit originally had additional states situated in the geographic-region, Congress passed legislation which broke the Circuit into 2-separate circuits, which is known as the Tenth Circuit today.

The courthouses in each state are further broken down into regions. The Eastern District court in Arkansas sits in Little Rock and Western District court is in Fort Smith. The Northern District court in Iowa is in Cedar Rapids, and Southern District is in Des Moines, IA. The District of Minnesota court sits in Minneapolis, the Eastern District court is in St. Louis (Appeals court), and Western District is in Kansas City, MO. The District of Nebraska court sits in Omaha. The Northern District court in South Dakota is in Fargo, and Southern District court is in Sioux Falls, SD.

Currently there are 11 active judges on the bench in the Eighth Circuit and 7 senior judges. The Chief Justice is Lavenski Smith, and the Circuit Justice is Neil Gorsuch. A number of precedent-setting decisions have come from the Eighth District. Frosty Treats Inc. v Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Inc. (2005) is one of those cases. In the trademark case, the court held that Frosty Treats (largest US ice cream company) was not “distinctive” or “famous enough” to receive immunity protections from being used in a violent video game.

The National Law Review covers cases such as Frosty v Sony which deal with trademarks and branding, as well as several other categories and case law. Bankruptcy proceedings, tax related cases, government actions, indemnity cases, state actions, appointments, and State and Federal agency news. The National Law Review also covers the latest news pertaining to legislation, patents, election, and general-information in the legal community.

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Jul 12 2016	Prison Sentence for Responsible Corporate Actors Upheld	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul 5 2016	Eighth Circuit Holds Lender to Special Purpose Entity is not “Person Aggrieved” by Order Substantively Consolidating SPE’s Bankruptcy Estate with Another Estate	Holland & Hart LLP
Jun 28 2016	Courts Continue To Require That TCPA Classes Be Presently and Readily Ascertainable By Reference To Objective Criteria	Faegre Drinker
Jun 28 2016	In Wake of Escobar, False Claims Act Cases Return to Circuit Courts	Mintz
Jun 22 2016	Minnesota Court Rules in Persuader Lawsuit, Finds “Strong Likelihood” of Success on the Merits, But Rule Remains Effective July 1	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 13 2016	Eighth Circuit Deals Significant Blow To SOX And Dodd-Frank Whistleblowers	Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun 7 2016	Eighth Circuit Rejects Class Certification in Environmental Contamination Case	ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun 6 2016	Termination For Conduct Caused By Side Effects of Prescription Medication Was Not Disability Discrimination	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 6 2016	Discipline & Disparagement: Does an Employer Have Recourse against Employees Publicly Criticizing Its Products?	Vedder Price
Jun 3 2016	Eighth Circuit Again Finds Class and Collective Action Waivers Lawful Under NLRA, Contrary To Seventh Circuit	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 1 2016	Missouri Federal Court Declines to Decide Whether ERISA Protects Employee From Reprisal For Informal Complaint	Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun 1 2016	US Supreme Court Rules Against the Corps and in Favor of Landowners With Respect to the Reviewability of Jurisdictional Determinations	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May 20 2016	Employers Who Prevail In A Title VII Case May Seek Attorneys’ Fees Even Without A Ruling On The Merits	Holland & Hart LLP
May 19 2016	Four Lessons for Winning the Employment Agreement Forum Selection Chess Match	Polsinelli PC
May 15 2016	Employer's Delay Results in Waiver of Arbitration	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May 10 2016	55 Year Old Employee Fails to Establish Age Discrimination Claim Against 3D Printing Company	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May 9 2016	New Right-of-Way Regulations Take Effect	Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
May 7 2016	Eighth Circuit Reverses District Court for Ignoring Price-Impact Evidence That Rebutted the Fraud-on-the-Market Presumption and Defeated Class Certification	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May 6 2016	Circuit Court Fails to Broaden ADA Protection to Obese Applicant	Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
May 2 2016	Employee Disloyalty Not Sufficient for Firing Where Part of Concerted Protest, Board, Eighth Circuit Holds	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr 27 2016	Supreme Court To Resolve Circuit Split Over Bank Fraud Statute	Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr 14 2016	Eighth Circuit: Obesity Itself Not a Disability	Polsinelli PC
Apr 12 2016	Obesity Not Disability Without Underlying Medical Cause	Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr 7 2016	Morbid Obesity, Not Necessarily a Disability Under Americans with Disabilities Act	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr 7 2016	Eighth Circuit Holds Obesity That is Not Caused By Underlying Physiological Condition Is Not Covered Impairment Under ADA	Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr 6 2016	EEOC Files Suit Targeting Employment Application “Health History”	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr 5 2016	Supreme Court Affirmation Leaves More Questions than Answers	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr 5 2016	Former Tax Court Judge Indicted for Tax Evasion	McDermott Will & Emery
Mar 29 2016	NFL Players’ Right of Publicity Claims Denied	McDermott Will & Emery
Mar 11 2016	Pay and Chase Insurer for Settlement? Better Get a Release	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Feb 22 2016	Form I-9 Strikes Again: Hotel Executive Pleads Guilty for Knowingly Hiring Unauthorized Worker	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb 17 2016	FCA Claims Based on Average Wholesale Price Theory Barred by Public Disclosure Bar	McDermott Will & Emery
Jan 30 2016	Killer Joe Nevada, LLC v. Leaverton: Dismissal but No Fees for Innocent BitTorrent Defendant	McDermott Will & Emery
Jan 19 2016	Eighth Circuit Holds Service Provider Is Not Plan Fiduciary In Excessive Fee Case	Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan 15 2016	Defined Benefit Plan Participant’s Action Mooted by ERISA Plan’s Improved Financial Condition	Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan 14 2016	Caretakers’ Own Homes Were “Private Homes,” Rendering Them Exempt Companions	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec 28 2015	Payment of Medicare Liens After Settlement of Wrongful Death Action	Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Dec 23 2015	EEOC Sues McDonald's for Disability Discrimination	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Dec 22 2015	Supreme Court to Decide Split on Whether Army Corps Wetland Jurisdictional Determination is Final Agency Action	ArentFox Schiff LLP
Dec 17 2015	Missouri Federal Court Awards $11.7M in Attorneys’ Fees In Fund Mapping Case	Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct 21 2015	No Money for Nothing — Eighth Circuit Limits Relators’ Ability to Recover a Share of Government Settlements of Qui Tam Suits	Covington & Burling LLP
Sep 28 2015	Eighth Circuit Reverses Class Certification Where Class Members Not Commonly Injured by Contamination on Their Property	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep 24 2015	Recent Rulings May Spell Trouble for the Affordable Care Act	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep 15 2015	North Dakota Federal Judge Blocks WOTUS Rule, Michigan Files Separate Suit	Varnum LLP
Sep 11 2015	Reliance as an Element of Utmost Good Faith	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep 9 2015	US District Court Enjoins Waters of the US Rule But Limits Injunction to the 13 Plaintiff States	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep 7 2015	Trademark Practitioners Beware: Issue Preclusion May Now Apply to TTAB Findings More Often Than You Think	Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug 31 2015	Creative Calling Solutions v. LF Beauty -- Eighth Circuit Case Addressing Personal Jurisdiction Arising From Business Relationship With Foreign Company	Armstrong Teasdale
Aug 31 2015	Pay Attention to Those Doctor’s Notes re: FMLA	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug 26 2015	Eighth Circuit Clarifies Standard for Breach of "Utmost Good Faith" Doctrine in Marine Insurance Policies and Rejects Insurer's Proposed Rule As Creating A "Moral Hazard"	Barnes & Thornburg LLP

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