U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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Appeals judge rules in opioid case with family ties, refuses to recuse herself
A prescription drug company says a federal appeals judge should have recused herself from a case because her husband and two of her children are attorneys at a law firm representing some of the plaintiffs. -
Gov. Whitmer takes effort to shut down Line 5 pipeline to Sixth Circuit
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will keep trying to shut down the Line 5 pipeline despite a court ruling in July against her. -
Appeal filed as church wants to make Kentucky pay for COVID orders
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - The Kentucky church that successfully Gov. Andy Beshear's 2020 COVID orders is appealing a ruling that leaves it on the hook for its own lawyer fees. -
Lead lawyers in opioid MDL make case for millions in fees from colleagues in state court
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - Plaintiff lawyers leading federal opioid litigation dismissed as premature a challenge by their rivals in state court to a judge’s order that could steer hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars in fees their way. -
Sixth Circuit puts brakes on PFAS class action that includes everyone in Ohio
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - A class action on behalf of virtually every citizen of Ohio has been halted temporarily, after the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal granted extraordinary relief to PFAS manufacturers who argued a judge exceeded his authority by allowing the massive case to proceed. -
Fee Fight: Opioid lawyers challenge order directing money to colleagues
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - Private lawyers representing hundreds of cities and counties including Harris County, Texas, home to Houston, have asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order steering potentially billions of dollars in fees from opioid settlements to a small group of lawyers in charge of federal multidistrict litigation. -
Sixth Circuit again reverses judge handling massive opioid litigation
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals once again rebuked U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster over his management of multidistrict opioid litigation, saying his court “clearly abused its discretion” by refusing to allow lawsuits by municipalities in Texas and New Mexico to be remanded to state court. -
Lawsuit over alleged FirstEnergy bribery scheme to get moving
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – An appeals court has backed a trial judge’s decision to get a notable case involving alleged bribery in the Ohio legislature going. -
Emergency appeal filed with SCOTUS to block Biden vaccine mandate
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) -The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has dissolved the Fifth Circuit’s stay on President Biden’s OSHA vaccine mandate, 2-1. -
Clients caught up in lawyer's Social Security scam can get fees for challenging government
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - Two clients of an attorney who scammed Social Security for millions of dollars in a disability fraud scheme can bill the government for work their lawyers did fighting the disallowance of their benefits, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. -
Clients of crooked lawyer lose effort to get attorneys fees from feds
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – The federal government had reason to exclude medical reports from doctors involved in a lawyer’s social security scam, a federal court of appeals has ruled even though the attorney’s former clients have been given the chance to prove the reports are accurate. -
Opioid judge's 'negotiation class' rejected by Sixth Circuit as not permitted by law
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court rejected a novel “negotiation class” that was designed to facilitate a multibillion-dollar settlement of opioid lawsuits, saying the concept wasn’t authorized under the rules governing class actions. -
Court to decide if professor who refuses to use transgender pronouns can be disciplined
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – The professor who was disciplined for not using a transgender student's preferred feminine pronoun and the university that issued the warning letter have made their arguments to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. -
Sixth Circuit judge skeptical of 'negotiation class' in opioid litigation
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - A central question went unanswered as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit heard arguments over a never-before-used “negotiation class” for settling opioid litigation: Why is it needed? -
Pharmacies ask appeals court to remove judge from opioid MDL
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - Pharmacies have asked the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to remove the judge overseeing federal multidistrict opioid litigation, saying he has injected himself too far into the process by dictating which claims plaintiffs should file and appointing himself to decide the key issue of public nuisance in an upcoming bellwether trial. -
In criticizing opioid judge, Sixth Circuit gives defendants hope for MDL reform
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - Facing a string of damaging rulings by the judge overseeing sprawling litigation against them, some of the nation’s leading retail pharmacy chains resorted to the equivalent of a Hail Mary pass -
Sixth Circuit hands pharmacies big win on late-filed opioid claims; Judge had allowed them 18 months after deadline
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has rebuked the judge overseeing thousands of opioid lawsuits against retail pharmacy chains, saying he overstepped his authority by allowing plaintiffs to amend their claims to include allegations they improperly filled prescriptions for narcotics. -
State AGs ask Sixth Circuit for control of opioid settlement talks
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – The top legal officials in several states are complaining that their powers have been stolen by the federal judge overseeing more than 2,000 opioid lawsuits. -
ACLU concerned opioid judge is risking patients' privacy with recent order
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – The ACLU is telling a federal appeals court that the judge overseeing thousands of opioid cases created a serious privacy issue when he ordered pharmacies to turn over 13 years’ worth of patient records. -
Judge: PFAS chemicals aren't 'hazardous' under Pennsylvania law
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Navy has won a key victory in Pennsylvania as a judge recently dismissed a lawsuit over the ubiquitous chemicals known as PFAS after finding they weren’t defined as “hazardous” under the state’s toxic waste statute.