District of Columbia (inc.Bankruptcy)

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is the Federal District Court in Washington, DC. The circuit is often referred to as “the District”, “Washington”, and often referred to by its initials, D.C., and is the capital of the United States.

The District of Columbia is governed by the US Constitution, which gives it the jurisdictional power to Congress, so it is not governed by any one state in the United States. The Federal District courthouse sits in the District of Columbia City Hall Building at Judiciary Square. The DC Court of Appeals and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia make up the local court system in that district.

“The court of last resort” is often what the District of Columbia is referred to, as parties should try to have their cases settled in their respective state or circuit courts. The court has the authority to hear all final orders, specified interlocutory orders, judgments, and decisions which are made by certain government agencies in D.C. The Court is also permitted to hear cases which need to have cases which present questions of law presented by the Supreme Court heard. Given its power through Congress, the court is authorized to review proposed rules from trial courts and develop its own rules for proceedings which go through the court.

Currently there are eight associate judges and the circuit judge which are hearing cases which come through the District of Columbia circuit. At this level, judges are appointed to 15-year terms after being nominated by the President and appointed by the US Senate. Currently, the chief justice of the circuit is Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, who was initially appointed during the Clinton administration as an associate judge.

Unlike other circuits, the District of Columbia circuit issues MOJs, or memorandums of justice in cases where decisions do not result in new law. MOJs are also issued in cases where cases don’t decide on an important issue/federal question, or in cases which don’t interpret a statute or concept, which hasn’t yet been decided on. The court also publishes opinions in cases where both litigants and the trial court, create a new law, interpret statutes, or interpret important concepts in the legal system.

The National Law Review covers a broad range of MOJ findings as well as case opinions which are decided by the District of Columbia circuit. We cover: federal questions, retaliation claims, cybersecurity claims, Agency news, labor and employment, and other important federally driven cases. The National Law Review also focuses on appointments, and general news and elections , bankruptcy, tax cases, and other cases which go through the circuit’s system.

Date	Title	Organization
1 Apr	Internal Investigations and Privileges: Two More Courts Rule	Foley & Lardner LLP
28 Mar	D.C. Circuit Finds E-Discovery Costs Not Covered by Federal Taxation of Costs Statute	Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
26 Mar	D.C. Circuit Rules that ERISA Plan Participant’s Release Extends to Fiduciary Breach Claims On Behalf of The Plan	Proskauer Rose LLP
26 Mar	DC Circuit Highlights Potential Conflict Between Union Protections and Antidiscrimination Law	Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP
20 Mar	FCC Affirms Demise Of Solicited Fax Rule	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
17 Mar	Two Courts of Appeals Issue Decisions Addressing Whether Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Personal Jurisdiction Holding Extends to Class Actions	Pierce Atwood LLP
17 Mar	Indian Nations Law Update - March 2020	Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
12 Mar	Does Bristol-Myers Squibb Apply to Class Actions? D.C. and Seventh Circuit Issue New Decisions	Robinson & Cole LLP
12 Mar	D.C. Circuit Sidesteps Bristol-Myers Personal Jurisdiction Defense in Class Action, but Seventh Circuit Rejects It	Foley & Lardner LLP
10 Mar	Taking the Procedural Way Out: DC Circuit Dodges Substantive Question of Whether Bristol-Myers Squibb Applies to Rule 23 Class Actions	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
6 Mar	No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: D.C. Circuit Holds Employer That Failed to Implement Its Own Safety Program Violated the General Duty Clause	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
28 Feb	U.S. Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards: Is Forum Non Conveniens a Viable Defense?	Mintz
21 Feb	Indian Nations Law Update - February 2020	Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
13 Feb	D.C. District Court Limits the HIPAA Privacy Rule Requirement for Covered Entities to Provide Access to Records	Polsinelli PC
11 Feb	HHS Addresses Federal Court Invalidation of Certain Provisions of the HIPAA rule Relating to the Third-Party Requests for Patient Records	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
6 Feb	Republicans May Regret Trampling the First Amendment Right of Association	Zuckerman Law
5 Feb	D.C. Circuit Rebukes NLRB’s Power Grab Over Religious Universities	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
31 Jan	D.C. Circuit Vacates NLRB Decision, Reinforcing Board’s Limited Jurisdiction over Religious Schools	Proskauer Rose LLP
31 Jan	Federal Court Strikes Down HIPAA Fee Limitations for Third-Party Medical Records Requests	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
28 Jan	Tax Day	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
23 Jan	D.C. Circuit to Take on OSHA Authority to Regulate Workplace Violence	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
15 Jan	Can a Federal Court Obtain Jurisdiction Over an Agency’s Unpublished Informal Decisions?	Schiff Hardin LLP
2 Jan	340B Reimbursement Cut Update: 135 Hospitals File Suit to Block Rate Cuts Previously Ruled Unlawful	Mintz
30 Dec	The SEC's Resource Extraction Rule - A Long Time Coming	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
13 Dec	CMS to Repay Hospitals Millions After Court Finds Reduction in Rates Improper	Robinson & Cole LLP
13 Dec	PayPal Sues the CFPB Over the Prepaid Account Rule	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
12 Dec	Federal Court: Nurse Lawfully Terminated For Alleged Elder Abuse	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
26 Nov	TCPA Compliance Attorney on Soundboard Technology Ruling	Hinch Newman LLP
25 Nov	FERC Revises Policy for Evaluating Public Utility Return on Equity	Van Ness Feldman LLP
22 Nov	Class Should Not Be Certified Where It Includes Material Number Of Uninjured Class Members	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
14 Nov	Challengers to FERC's Storage Order File Briefs with the D.C. Circuit	Bracewell LLP
8 Nov	Beltway Buzz, November 8, 2019	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
1 Nov	ISS Files Suit Against SEC for Proxy Voting Advice Guidance	Katten
31 Oct	Federal Judge Overturns CMS’s Unlawful Expansion of Site-Neutral Payments	Polsinelli PC
30 Oct	EEOC Must Keep Pay Data Reporting Portal Open	Jackson Lewis P.C.
30 Oct	EEOC Must Continue Collecting Pay Data Until January 31, 2020	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
28 Oct	D.C. Circuit Rejects Class Certification, But Avoids Joining Circuit Split Over Evidentiary Standards for Class Certification	Foley & Lardner LLP
28 Oct	Consulting With Native American Tribes on Energy and Infrastructure Development: Strategies for Reducing Project Risk	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
23 Oct	Court Enforces ICSIC Award	Carlton Fields
7 Oct	Telecom Alert — DC Circuit Net Neutrality Ruling; CA 911 Outage Reporting; CAF Requirements, VoIP, and 800 MHz Re-Banding to be Considered at October Open Meeting; NHTSA Awards $1.7 Million in 911 Grants — Vol. XVI, Issue 40	Keller and Heckman LLP
4 Oct	Courts Continue to Hold Random/Sequential Number Generation is Required to Meet ATDS Definition Under TCPA	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
1 Oct	Court Sides with Hospitals on CMS Site Neutral Payment Rule for Hospital Outpatient Departments	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
30 Sep	Hydro Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 10	Van Ness Feldman LLP
30 Sep	HHS Files Brief in D.C. Circuit Supporting Drug Pricing Transparency Rule	Mintz
27 Sep	Upcoming Oral Argument in H-4 EAD Rule Rescission Case (Finally)	Jackson Lewis P.C.
25 Sep	Site-Neutral Hospitals Find Reprieve for their Outpatient Departments Through the Court	Foley & Lardner LLP
24 Sep	Indian Nations Law Update - September 2019	Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
19 Sep	D.C. District Court Vacates CMS Final Rule, Finds that CMS’ Lesser Reimbursement of Services Provided at Grandfathered Off-Campus Provider-Based Departments Was Improper	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
10 Sep	The Medicaid DSH Landscape Following the D.C. Circuit’s Decision in Children’s Hospital Association of Texas v. Azar	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
5 Sep	Court Dismisses Challenge to TTB’s Rejection of Health Claims on Vodka	McDermott Will & Emery