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
8 Jul	Dakota Access Pipeline Must Shutdown While Corps Prepares Environmental Impact Statement	Hunton Andrews Kurth
8 Jul	Judge Rejects AFL-CIO Effort to Invalidate Entire Election Rule	Jackson Lewis P.C.
7 Jul	Update: Federal Judge Amends Prior Order Concerning 2019 Election Rules, Affording Deference to the NLRB, but Appeal to D.C. Circuit Remains	Proskauer Rose LLP
2 Jul	DC Circuit Rejects FERC’s Tolling Authority in Pipeline Certificate Proceedings	Pierce Atwood LLP
1 Jul	D.C. Circuit Tolls the Bell on Tolling Orders	Van Ness Feldman LLP
30 Jun	Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 7	Van Ness Feldman LLP
30 Jun	D.C. Rejects Routine FERC Practice of Tolling Rehearing, Forcing Drastic Changes in FERC Practice	Beveridge & Diamond PC
30 Jun	D.C. Circuit Rejects SEC’s Program Testing Exchange Fees and Rebates	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
29 Jun	DC Circuit Repudiates SEC Program for Testing Exchange Fee Structures	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
25 Jun	D.C. Circuit Rejects NLRB’s Expansion of Weingarten Rights	Hunton Andrews Kurth
22 Jun	Appeals Court Vacates NLRB Decision, Rejects Credibility Findings	Jackson Lewis P.C.
18 Jun	Federal Appeals Court Affirms Lower Court Ruling: Drug Pricing Transparency Rule Exceeds HHS’s Regulatory Authority	Mintz
17 Jun	DTC Pricing Disclosure Rule Invalidated	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
12 Jun	FERC Adopts New Rules for Pipeline Certificate Orders to Address Concerns of D.C. Circuit	Beveridge & Diamond PC
11 Jun	NLRB: Federal Court in DC Issues Promised Opinion on Election Regulations	Hunton Andrews Kurth
4 Jun	D.C. Court Slows the NLRB’s Departure from “Quickie Election” Rules; NLRB Implements New Rules Unaffected by Order	Faegre Drinker
2 Jun	NLRB: Elements of Election Rule are Blocked by Court, But Board Implements the Rest	Hunton Andrews Kurth
1 Jun	Federal Judge Says NLRB’s Revised Election Rule Was Improperly Implemented (US)	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
1 Jun	Breaking: Federal Court Strikes Down New NLRB Rules on Representation Election Procedures; Implementation Delayed and Status of the Rules Uncertain	Proskauer Rose LLP
1 Jun	District Court Hits “Pause” on New NLRB Election Rule	Jackson Lewis P.C.
30 May	Class Action Litigation Newsletter Spring 2020 - Eighth, Tenth, D.C. Circuits	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
26 May	A Win for H-1B Companies in the IT Third-Party Placement Industry	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
22 May	Recent USCIS Settlement Offers Substantial Relief to H-1B Employers	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
21 May	Indian Nations Law Update - May 2020	Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
1 May	Recent Cases May Help Alleviate Concerns for H-1B Employers	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
30 Apr	Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 5	Van Ness Feldman LLP
29 Apr	Three Strikes and the EPA’s Scientist Advisory Committees Directive May Be Out	Schiff Hardin LLP
16 Apr	DC High Court Holds that Businesses Do Not Face Strict Liability for Junk Faxes Advertising Their Products, Agency Principles Apply	Faegre Drinker
15 Apr	COVID-19 Update: COVID-19 and the Courts: Part II How Appellate Court Procedures Are Changing and What May Be Here to Stay	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
10 Apr	Creation of Fake Online Accounts to Study Algorithmic Bias Does Not Violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, D.C. Court Rules	Proskauer Rose LLP
9 Apr	PTAB Designates Two Opinions Precedential and One Opinion Informative, Further Clarifying the Scope of the Board’s Discretion under § 325(d) to Decline Institution	McDermott Will & Emery
8 Apr	Two Circuit Courts of Appeals Consider Jurisdiction Over Non-Forum Class Members	Polsinelli PC
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