D.C. Circuit Vacates Diversity Ruling After Judge Applied Corporate Test to LLC
Per curiam opinion holds that LLC citizenship traces to every member, not the place-of-formation rules that govern corporations.
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D.C. Circuit Says Alstom Can Sue Over Buy America Waiver, Then Rules Against It
The appeals court held the domestic train maker had standing to challenge a federal waiver for the $3 billion Brightline West project but found the agency's decision was lawful.
D.C. Circuit Upholds Pentagon Blacklist of AI Maker Anthropic Over Safety Guardrails
Anthropic's refusal to allow 'all lawful uses' of its Claude AI for the military qualifies as a supply chain risk, the court held.
D.C. Circuit Affirms Injunction Barring ITC From Sanctioning Expert Witness Over Improperly Appointed ALJ's Protective Order
A unanimous panel held that economist J. Gregory Sidak's suit against the International Trade Commission was neither too early nor too late, upholding a permanent injunction against an investigation built on an order from an ALJ whose appointment was never ratified.
D.C. Circuit Affirms Injunction Against ITC Probe of Expert Witness
Court rules ITC's investigation into Gregory Sidak for violating a protective order was based on an unconstitutionally appointed ALJ's action.
D.C. Circuit Revives Evidence Fight Over Prior Sex-Offense Conviction
The appeals court said a trial judge appeared to apply the wrong Rule 403 framework when excluding prior-conviction evidence in a child-exploitation prosecution.
D.C. Circ. Backs EPA Deadline Extensions For Steel Mill Air Rules
A D.C. Circuit panel said EPA reasonably explained why steel mills needed more time to meet hazardous-emissions standards and dismissed procedural challenges to an interim rule that was later replaced by a final rule.
D.C. Circ. Lets DOD Enforce Pentagon Reporter Escort Rule
A divided D.C. Circuit stayed an order blocking the Pentagon's escort requirement for credentialed reporters, finding the government likely to prevail for now against a First Amendment retaliation challenge by The New York Times and reporter Julian Barnes.
D.C. Circuit Keeps Trump Name Off Kennedy Center During Appeal
A D.C. Circuit panel refused to pause an order requiring President Donald Trump's name to be removed from Kennedy Center signage, website references and related trademark applications, finding no showing of irreparable harm.
D.C. Circuit Upholds Club Owners' Tax Bribery Convictions
The D.C. Circuit affirmed convictions and prison terms for two men tied to a scheme that used cash bribes to slash D.C. business tax bills, finding any flaw in the bribery instructions harmless.
D.C. Circ. Trims IAM Pension Fund Win In M&K Truck Centers Fight
The D.C. Circuit partly reversed a $13 million pension-liability judgment, finding one delinquent-contribution theory was not properly pleaded and sending disputed personal-liability issues back for further proceedings.