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30 Aug 2024, 2:36 am by Berniard Law Firm
A recent United States Court of Appeals ruling for the Fifth Circuit highlights the complexities of establishing personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state employer in a lawsuit filed in Louisiana. [read post]
5 Nov 2019, 6:31 am by Trevor Cutaiar
On November 5, 2019, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. [read post]
9 Apr 2009, 7:11 am
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently vacated a portion of a November 2007 ruling against State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, in which plaintiffs Judy and Michael Kodrin were awarded damages arising out of State Farm’s alleged bad faith failure to timely pay their claim for Hurricane-Katrina related wind damage. [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 10:00 pm by Nietzer
Sterling Chemicals (5th Cir. 10/13/11) (successor Liability/Amendment of ERISA Plan through Asset Purchase Agreement in bankruptcy); Hier die Entscheidung: In the United States Court of Appeals for the fifth circuit US v. [read post]
31 Aug 2020, 1:08 pm by Trevor Cutaiar
However, in a special concurrence joined by Judges Jones and Willett, Judge Davis called into question two oft-cited Fifth Circuit opinions—one of which was written by him—and recommended that the case before them be taken up by the entire court to bring Fifth Circuit jurisprudence in line with United States Supreme Court caselaw. [read post]
31 Aug 2020, 1:08 pm by Trevor Cutaiar
However, in a special concurrence joined by Judges Jones and Willett, Judge Davis called into question two oft-cited Fifth Circuit opinions—one of which was written by him—and recommended that the case before them be taken up by the entire court to bring Fifth Circuit jurisprudence in line with United States Supreme Court caselaw. [read post]
30 Mar 2023, 2:31 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit confirmed that a crane mechanic’s work on mobile cranes falls squarely within the scope of the Motor Carrier Act Exemption (MCE) to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 7:00 am by Ernest E. Badway
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, recently, held that the Dodd-Frank whistleblower protections cover informants that report to the SEC information about FCPA violations. [read post]
25 Aug 2023, 7:40 am by Shearil Matthews
Dallas County,[1] the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, handed down a significant Title VII ruling that has far-reaching implications for future employment discrimination cases in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 6:17 am by B.W. Barnett
Gomez, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (released Oct. 7, 2010) In Gomez, the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals looked at whether an anonymous call (from a payphone) can create "reasonable suspicion" sufficient to justify a traffic stop. [read post]
10 Oct 2017, 2:08 pm by Ariana Costakes
A lawsuit currently before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans could determine the fate of cash bail in the United States. [read post]
18 Dec 2023, 3:12 pm by Legal Profession Prof
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a verdict for the defendant law school in claims brought by a professor Deana Sacks, a white woman, worked as a law professor at Texas Southern University’s (“TSU”) Thurgood... [read post]
8 Jan 2015, 10:00 am by Paul Caron
Rev. 849 (2014): From 1966 to 1995, Irving Goldberg served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. ... [read post]
29 Apr 2016, 9:58 am by Media Law Prof
Andy Wang, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, has published Stealing Press Credentials: Law Enforcement Identity Misappropriation of the Press in the Cyber Era at 6 University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review 25... [read post]
6 Feb 2023, 3:00 am by jonathanturley
We recently discussed the ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit striking down a ban on gun ownership by individuals accused of domestic abuse. [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 9:10 pm by Adam Kielich
This month the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears appeals from Texas, delivered a surprising appellate decision on overtime pay for workers in long haul freight transport in Allen v. [read post]
3 Dec 2018, 9:27 am by Jesse M. Coleman and Kevin Green
On November 13, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, affirmed the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas’s denial of prevailing party attorneys’ fees in a matter of first impression under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”). [read post]