Posts by David Reif

As promised in Tuesday’s edition, here are the remainder of last week’s Court of Appeals cases, along with one that...

Opinions from Courts of Appeals are important because they affect a whole Circuit’s trial courts and are more persuasive elsewhere...

There have not been any significant court decisions in the last couple of days; SCOTUS, for one, has been busy...

A different approach in today’s Highlights – a long discussion of just one case. However, that case is a template...

The U.S. Supreme Court is in this great position where they can just “remand for further proceedings in accordance with...

The Ninth Circuit has issued an important opinion on the preclusive effect of arbitral awards on non-arbitral portions of the...

Today’s cases address mass arbitration, federal question jurisdiction over a motion to vacate, and litigation waiver.  A little bit of...

 I took a hiatus from “Highlights” for a couple of months.  But, I have surprisingly had some readers tell me...

The most interesting – and, maybe, most important – opinion today takes place in a concurrence, as a Senior Circuit...

Two significant holdings today.  The first, from the Second Circuit, deals with the application of the EFAA to on-going claims...