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.   

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Aug
5
2020
DC Court Upholds FERC Energy Storage Rule and FERC Dismisses Petition to Declare State Net Metering Programs FERC-Jurisdictional ArentFox Schiff LLP
Aug
4
2020
340B Rate Cuts Are Legal, D.C. Circuit Court Holds Mintz
Aug
3
2020
DC Circuit Upholds OPPS Reimbursement Reductions for 340B Drugs McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
31
2020
The Sixth Circuit Broadly Defines ATDS, Widening The Split Among Circuits Before The Supreme Court Rules Next Year Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
30
2020
Appellate Court's Reversal in AHA v. Azar Poses Existential Threat to Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System K&L Gates
Jul
30
2020
“Salacious” Content Doesn’t Bar Discovery in Copyright Infringement Suit McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
24
2020
Mine Safety and Health Administration tells Federal Court that it is Issuing Citations for COVID-19 Health and Safety Violations Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
23
2020
Site-Neutral Payments Stand: D.C. Court of Appeals Overturns Ruling and Allows Lower Payments to Off-Campus Provider-Based Departments Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
17
2020
AFL-CIO Sues the Board Over New Rules – AGAIN Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
15
2020
What is an ATDS Anyway? Here is Your DEFINITIVE Guide to the Massive Circuit Split Surrounding the TCPA’s ATDS Definition Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
14
2020
DC Circuit Court Upholds FERC’s Order No. 841 Boosting Energy Storage in Wholesale Markets Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
13
2020
NLRB Prevails in Remaining Challenges to Election Regulations Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jul
9
2020
Update: FERC Revises “Tolling” Order Language to Address Recent Court of Appeals Decision; Seeks Legislative Fix Pierce Atwood LLP
Jul
8
2020
Dakota Access Pipeline Must Shutdown While Corps Prepares Environmental Impact Statement Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jul
8
2020
Judge Rejects AFL-CIO Effort to Invalidate Entire Election Rule Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
7
2020
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
Jul
2
2020
DC Circuit Rejects FERC’s Tolling Authority in Pipeline Certificate Proceedings Pierce Atwood LLP
Jul
1
2020
D.C. Circuit Tolls the Bell on Tolling Orders Van Ness Feldman LLP
Jun
30
2020
Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 7 Van Ness Feldman LLP
Jun
30
2020
D.C. Rejects Routine FERC Practice of Tolling Rehearing, Forcing Drastic Changes in FERC Practice Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jun
30
2020
D.C. Circuit Rejects SEC’s Program Testing Exchange Fees and Rebates Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
29
2020
DC Circuit Repudiates SEC Program for Testing Exchange Fee Structures Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
25
2020
D.C. Circuit Rejects NLRB’s Expansion of Weingarten Rights Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
22
2020
Appeals Court Vacates NLRB Decision, Rejects Credibility Findings Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
18
2020
Federal Appeals Court Affirms Lower Court Ruling: Drug Pricing Transparency Rule Exceeds HHS’s Regulatory Authority Mintz
Jun
17
2020
DTC Pricing Disclosure Rule Invalidated Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
12
2020
FERC Adopts New Rules for Pipeline Certificate Orders to Address Concerns of D.C. Circuit Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jun
11
2020
NLRB: Federal Court in DC Issues Promised Opinion on Election Regulations Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
4
2020
D.C. Court Slows the NLRB’s Departure from “Quickie Election” Rules; NLRB Implements New Rules Unaffected by Order Faegre Drinker
Jun
2
2020
NLRB: Elements of Election Rule are Blocked by Court, But Board Implements the Rest Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
1
2020
Federal Judge Says NLRB’s Revised Election Rule Was Improperly Implemented (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
1
2020
Breaking: Federal Court Strikes Down New NLRB Rules on Representation Election Procedures; Implementation Delayed and Status of the Rules Uncertain Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
1
2020
District Court Hits “Pause” on New NLRB Election Rule Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
30
2020
Class Action Litigation Newsletter Spring 2020 - Eighth, Tenth, D.C. Circuits Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
26
2020
A Win for H-1B Companies in the IT Third-Party Placement Industry Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
22
2020
Recent USCIS Settlement Offers Substantial Relief to H-1B Employers Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
21
2020
Indian Nations Law Update - May 2020 Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
May
1
2020
Recent Cases May Help Alleviate Concerns for H-1B Employers Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
30
2020
Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 5 Van Ness Feldman LLP
Apr
29
2020
Three Strikes and the EPA’s Scientist Advisory Committees Directive May Be Out ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
16
2020
DC High Court Holds that Businesses Do Not Face Strict Liability for Junk Faxes Advertising Their Products, Agency Principles Apply Faegre Drinker
Apr
15
2020
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
Apr
10
2020
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
Apr
9
2020
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
Apr
8
2020
Two Circuit Courts of Appeals Consider Jurisdiction Over Non-Forum Class Members Polsinelli PC
Apr
1
2020
Internal Investigations and Privileges: Two More Courts Rule Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
28
2020
D.C. Circuit Finds E-Discovery Costs Not Covered by Federal Taxation of Costs Statute Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Mar
26
2020
D.C. Circuit Rules that ERISA Plan Participant’s Release Extends to Fiduciary Breach Claims On Behalf of The Plan Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
26
2020
DC Circuit Highlights Potential Conflict Between Union Protections and Antidiscrimination Law Katz Banks Kumin LLP
Mar
20
2020
FCC Affirms Demise Of Solicited Fax Rule Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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