January 17, 2021

- U.K. Investigates Market Impact of Change in Google Ad Targeting Tools by: Mogin Rubin
- TCPA Quick Hitter: Contract Requiring TCPA Compliance Not Enough to... by: Brent Owen
- Episode 04: Data Monetization in Retail and Consumer [VIDEO] by: Steven Lundberg and Suneel Arora
- May we? Must we? Should we? Shall we? What Can Schools Do About Non-... by: Pamela Wilkins Connelly
January 16, 2021

- Episode 03: Data Monetization in Manufacturing, Industrial & B2B... by: Steven Lundberg
- Political Action Committee & Personal Political Contributions... by: Bruce M. Hennes
- United States Bans Cotton and Tomato Products from Xinjiang Citing... by: Deepti B. Gage and Kirstin K. Gruver
- IT Security Trends in the Era of COVID: Our Top Five Tips for Making... by: Jason G. Weiss and Peter Baldwin
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates MD Anderson HIPAA Penalty by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity
- Ninth Circuit Upholds Federal Preemption of California’s Meal and... by: Cary G Palmer
- Massachusetts Makes Broad Changes to the Zoning Act by: Daniel J. Bailey and Paula M. Devereaux
- DoD Launches New Platform to Connect Inventors with “Trusted” Venture... by: Christopher W. Adams and Pablo E. Carrillo
- Army Corps Finalizes Certain Nationwide Permits Two Years Ahead of... by: Duncan M. Greene and Jonathan D. Simon
January 15, 2021

- Rulingmaking Redux: DOL Issues Updated Final Rule Adjusting Wage-... by: Jacob A. Kanyusik
- Benefits Now Available Under the Massachusetts Paid Family and... by: Mark D. Pomfret and Julia L. Mitarotondo
- Consolidated Appropriations Act Includes GME Support Provisions by: Emily J. Cook and Drew Elizabeth McCormick
- Beltway Buzz, January 15, 2021 by: James J. Plunkett
- 2021 Biden Plan Estate Planning Advisory by: David M. Allen and Mal L. Barasch
- EDPB and EDPS Adopt Joint Opinions on Draft SCCs Posted on Janu by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity
- EEO-1 Filers Must Wait a Little Longer—EEOC Announces Filing Platform... by: James A. Patton
- EFSA Declares Mealworms Safe for Human Consumption by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
- India Consolidates and Codifies Its National-Level Labour Laws by: Ajay Singh Solanki and Archita Mohapatra
- Can Employers Fire Rioters? Employers’ Rights in Policing Employee... by: Sarah J. Platt and Jimmy F. Robinson, Jr.
- U.S. Army Corps Issues Final Nationwide Permits for Aquaculture by: Robert M. Smith and Natalie J. Reid
- The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020: New Challenges for Financial... by: Jodi L. Avergun and Todd Blanche
- DOJ brings First Criminal Antitrust Charges for No-Poach Agreement... by: Nina G. Beck and Paul J. Covaleski
- Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act Signed Into Law by... by: Mark D. Wood and Alyse A. Sagalchik
- Overview of the Economic Aid Act’s Paycheck Protection Program by: Curtis R. Hearn and Aimee Andrepont Decuir
- EEOC Proposed Wellness Regulation Restricts Incentives For Voluntary... by: Katrina E. McCann and Seth J Safra
- CROWN Act Ordinance: New Orleans Enacts Law to Prohibit Hairstyle... by: Andrew P. Burnside and Javier Jalice
- Illinois Legislature Passes Bill Amending Judgment Interest Statute... by: Melissa A. Murphy-Petros
- No Article III Standing for Latest Clearview Plaintiff: Seventh... by: Christina Lamoureux
- FSA Relief and Significant New Health Plan Requirements Included in... by: Dawn E. Sellstrom
- False Claims Act Whistleblowers Help DOJ Recover $1.6 Billion in 2020 by: Mary Jane Wilmoth
- EPA Issues TSCA Section 4 Test Orders for Nine Chemicals Undergoing... by: Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton
- ITC Threat for Gaming Companies Grows with PTAB Discretionary Denials by: Harper Batts and Jeffrey Liang
- Fifth Circuit Ends ‘Lenient’ FLSA Collective Action Certification... by: Peter J. Wozniak and Mark Wallin
- Fifth Circuit Rejects Longstanding ‘Lenient’ Standard for Deciding... by: Christiana L. Signs and Robert M. Goldich
- CFTC Approves NFA’s Swap Dealer Capital Model Review Program by: Kevin M. Foley and Adam P. Haft
- Congress Permits SBA to Make PPP Loans to Debtors in Bankruptcy, SBA... by: Ronald A. Spinner and Thomas G. Appleman
- All Eyes on Georgia by: McDermott Will & Emery
- COVID-19 Civil Immunity Protections for Institutions of Higher... by: Susan Llewellyn Deniker and Joshua L. Stearns
- Qatar Financial Centre Issues New Tax Exemption for Defense and... by: Pawel Chudzicki and Lana A. Yaghi
- The China Pivot: Closing the “Back Door” to Trade Secret and IP Theft by: Steven P. Hollman and Imad S. Matini
- FINRA Postpones Implementation of Mandatory Margin for Covered Agency... by: Susan Light and Timothy D. Kertland
- A Cautionary Tale of Over-Designating Documents: New Guidance From... by: Deanna L. Koestel
- CA Supreme Court Confirms Dynamex Applies Retroactively by: Ashley M. Farrell Pickett and Lindsay E. Hutner
- It’s Not Just the Pandemic, Unfortunately. by: Michael S. Nadel and Jennifer B. Routh
- OFCCP Issues Opinion Letter Protecting “Controversial” Religious... by: Jack Blum
- Will the New Congress Reverse Any “Midnight Rules?” by: Robert Mangas and Steven G. Barringer
- Mayor Bowser Signs Non-Compete Ban, Congressional Review Underway by: Garen E. Dodge and Nathaniel M. Glasser
- ESMA Reminds Firms of MiFID II Rules on Reverse Solicitation Post-... by: Carolyn H. Jackson and Nathaniel W. Lalone
- Less Than a Month After DOJ Brings Its First Wage-Fixing Indictment,... by: Janene Marasciullo and David J. Clark
- How to Level Up your Law Firm Technology and Marketing in 2021 by: Sarah Schaaf
- India Releases Revised Non-Personal Data Framework by: Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity
- New Nationwide Permit 12 Released by United States Army Corps of... by: Armando Benincasa
- Institution of Eminence Regime – More Autonomy Given, Foreign... by: Aniruddha Majumdar and Aarushi Jain
- Top 3 Employee Mobility and Restrictive Covenant Issues to Watch For... by: Lawrence J. Del Rossi and Jill A. Zender
- Transatlantic Trade | US and Europe – Week of January 11, 2021 by: Stacy A. Swanson and Christina Economides
- Do Law Firms Have to Respond to Access Requests that Seek Personal... by: David A. Zetoony
- Do Law Firms Have to Respond to Access Requests that Seek Personal... by: David A. Zetoony
- SEC Issues No-Action Letter Regarding Institutional Family Offices by: Susan Light and Timothy D. Kertland
- Regulatory Yearly Wrap 2020: Digital Health in India by: Shreya Shenolikar and Darren Punnen
- Now That the Dust Has Settled, Have Most Companies Put Up a ‘Do Not... by: David A. Zetoony
- COVID-19 Weekly Newsletter: Biden Announces Ambitious Vaccination Plan by: James M. Vergis, Ph.D. and Sarah-Lloyd Stevenson
- Privacy and Data Protection – India Wrap 2020 by: Purushotham Kittane and Inika Serah Charles
- FCC Sets Volume Limits For Some Prerecorded Calls to Home Phones by: Liisa M. Thomas and David M. Poell
- Pinning Down Corporate Leadership by: Joseph S. Hartunian
- Energy & Sustainability: What to Expect from the 117th Congress... by: R. Neal Martin
- Supreme Court Declines to Resolve Whether Its Bristol-Myers Squibb... by: Michael P. Daly and Deanna J. Hayes
- FCA Updates COVID-19 Webpage With Guidance on Market Trading and... by: Carolyn H. Jackson and Nathaniel W. Lalone
- How the Heck Are Businesses Supposed to Give People Privacy Notices... by: David A. Zetoony
- EPA and OSHA Sign MOU for Implementing TSCA Section 5 and Sharing CBI by: Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton
- Cakes Gone Bad: The Cheesecake Factory Faces Securities Scrutiny by: Joseph S. Hartunian and Mee (Rina) Kim
- New Federal Exceptions Favor Value-Based Care by: Timothy Cahill and Sydney N. Pahren
- Relaxations for AIFs in GIFT City by: Ipsita Agarwalla and Shivam Ahuja
- COVID-19: US State Policy Report – January 14, 2021 by: Jeffrey L. Turner and Traci L. Martinez
- Is a Company that Accepts Credit Cards a Service Provider Under the... by: David A. Zetoony and Jena M. Valdetero
- EEOC Issues Opinion Letter on Older Workers Benefit Protection Act... by: Daniel G. Prokott and Kerry C. Zaroogian
- Data Flows from the EU to the UK Continue For Now by: Dr. Johanna Hofmann
- Podcast: Forecast for Telehealth Fraud and Abuse Risk in 2021 –... by: Amy F. Lerman and Melissa L. Jampol
- Are Tenant-Landlord Disputes Arbitrable? Supreme Court of India ... by: Mohammad Kamran and Kshama A. Loya
- Congress Ramps Up Survey Enforcement for Medicare Hospice Programs by: Jody Erdfarb and Maureen Weaver
- China and Japan | Competition Currents January 2021 by: Andrew G. Berg and Gregory J. Casas
- Helping Jurors Make Sense of Complex Cases by: Chris Ritter
- Episode 02: Data Monetization in Medical Devices, Healthcare and... by: Steven Lundberg and Suneel Arora
- California Supreme Court Answers the Ninth Circuit: Dynamex Applies... by: Kelli M. Winkle
- Weekly Round-Up: Google Backs DACA and Immigration Reform; Court... by: William C. Menard
- Key Findings & Takeaways from OCR HIPAA Audit Findings by: Jennifer L. Urban and Jennifer J. Hennessy
- Canadian and Other Travel Restrictions During COVID-19 by: Melle X. Fabian
- Under the Heroes Act, Employers can Help Pay your Student Loans by: Gretchen Harders
- Litigation Minute: Don't Get Disqualified--Representing Current... by: Ashley E. Gammell and Martha J. Dawson
- New Year, New OSHA Citation Penalty Amounts by: Raymond Perez, II
- Section 1061 Final Regulations on the Taxation of Carried Interest by: Jeremy Naylor and Amanda H Nussbaum
- United States Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split in Creditors’ Favor by: Jeffrey L. Tarkenton and Jill C. Walters
D.C. Circuit (incl. 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.