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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Oct 5 2023	Courts Continue to Grapple with the Causation Standard for False Claims Act Suits Based on Alleged Kickback Schemes, While the Supreme Court Stays on the Sidelines	Mintz
Jan 17 2019	Monthly TCPA Digest – January 2019	Mintz
Apr 4 2024	SEC Voluntarily Stays Climate Disclosure Rule Pending Litigation	Mintz
Jun 28 2016	In Wake of Escobar, False Claims Act Cases Return to Circuit Courts	Mintz
Feb 8 2020	An "Affirmative" Contractual Basis to Permit Class Arbitration Is Required by Eighth Circuit	Mintz
Jan 15 2015	ConAgra Foods Defeats Challenge to Its Executive Exemption Classification in FLSA Class Action	Mintz
Dec 27 2017	Despite Presence of “Power Buyer,” FTC Obtains Preliminary Injunction of Proposed Physician Acquisition in North Dakota	Mintz
Jul 11 2018	Non-Debtor Substantive Consolidation: Do Recent Cases Signal a Judicial Preference for State Law Claims?	Mintz
Aug 18 2022	Eighth Circuit Adopts Stricter But-For Causation Standard for False Claims Act Claims based on Anti-Kickback Violations	Mintz
Apr 13 2023	Surprising no one, EPA's eighth attempt to determine the reach of the Clean Water Act is now the law in less than half of the United States!	Mintz
Aug 24 2016	Industrial Espionage and the Defend Trade Secrets Act	Mintz
Feb 12 2024	EnforceMintz — DOJ’s Limited Use of NPAs and DPAs in Criminal Health Care Investigations	Mintz
Jul 17 2019	Eighth Circuit Finds that Telemarketer’s Plausible Belief of Consent to Calls Supports Radical Reduction of Statutory Damages Award	Faegre Drinker
Feb 6 2018	Federal Court Dramatically Reduces Attorney-Fee Award to Plaintiffs in FLSA Collective Action Against Chipotle	Faegre Drinker
Aug 2 2016	First Amendment Protects Automated Calls Made for Political Campaigns in Arkansas	Faegre Drinker
Sep 21 2017	Court Reduces Aggregate Award of Statutory Damages Deemed “Obviously Unreasonable and Wholly Disproportionate”	Faegre Drinker
Aug 15 2018	Eighth Circuit Rules No Standing For TCPA Plaintiffs Due to Lack of Traceability	Faegre Drinker
Jan 4 2021	En Banc Eighth Circuit Reverses Precedent and Holds Forum-Defendant Rule Is a Nonjurisdictional Defect Plaintiffs Can Waive	Faegre Drinker
Sep 2 2020	Federal Courts Continue to Dismiss ERISA Stock-Drop Claims Post-Jander	Faegre Drinker
Jan 11 2021	Cybersecurity Safeguards Implemented by Federal Judiciary for Filing Highly Sensitive Court Documents	Faegre Drinker
May 8 2017	Allegedly Deficient Opt-Out Language in Fax Did Not Give Rise to a Concrete Injury Under Spokeo	Faegre Drinker
Nov 7 2017	Missouri District Court Rules that App Developer Is Not Subject to Personal Jurisdiction Based on App Users’ Contacts with the Forum	Faegre Drinker
Jan 13 2020	Million-Dollar Settlement of Billion-Dollar Claim Found Reasonable in Light of Due Process Problems Posed By Disproportionate Damages	Faegre Drinker
Apr 9 2019	Peterson v. UnitedHealth Group Inc. Challenges the Practice of Cross-Plan Offsetting	Faegre Drinker
Feb 3 2017	Eastern District of Missouri Certifies Class Under Rule 23(b)(3), Rejecting Defense’s Spokeo Arguments	Faegre Drinker
Sep 28 2020	District Court Requires Plaintiff to Disclose Evidence About Noneconomic Loss	Faegre Drinker
Jun 28 2016	Courts Continue To Require That TCPA Classes Be Presently and Readily Ascertainable By Reference To Objective Criteria	Faegre Drinker
Jul 22 2013	Legal Briefs: A Periodic Summary of Judicial Decisions Affecting Accounting and Financial Services Professionals	Faegre Drinker
Oct 7 2014	Eighth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment, Directs Trial Court to Determine Whether Consent Was Revoked re: Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)	Faegre Drinker
Nov 30 2018	District Court Grants Summary Judgment for Defendant, Finding its Dialing System Is Not an ATDS	Faegre Drinker
Nov 9 2023	A Different Type of Transfer Portal? Supreme Court Looking at Employment Transfer Discrimination Case	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
May 27 2022	SCOTUS Smacks Down “Bespoke” Arbitration-Preferring Rules, Does Away with Prejudice Requirement in Waiver Analysis	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Feb 25 2022	Ninth Time Is Not the Charm: Eighth Circuit Denies Serial-Requesting Plaintiff’s ADA Claim	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jun 28 2022	Was There a Rainbow Connection? Arkansas Court Allows Religious Discrimination Case to Go Forward over Apron Symbol	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Nov 10 2021	Does OSHA’s New Rule Have a Shot? Updates from the Fifth Circuit and Beyond	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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