In April, this blog reported on the nomination of David Porter to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Despite the opposition of one of his home state Senators, Robert Casey, the Senate confirmed Judge Porter, among a group of fifteen ...
Mielo v. Steak ‘n Shake Operations, Inc., 897 F.3d 467 (3d Cir. 2018). This was an appeal under Rule 23(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure from a District Court decision that granted class certification in this case under ...
Carroll v. E One, Inc., 893 F.3d 139 (3d Cir. 2018). Near the start of his opinion in this case, Chief Judge Smith observed that “[a]ttorneys’ fees and costs are typically not awarded when a matter is voluntarily dismissed with ...
In re Lipitor Antitrust Litig., 868 F.3d 231 (3d Cir. 2017). It is evident that an appeal is a big one when, as here, the caption and counsel list consume the first seventeen pages of the Third Circuit’s opinion. In ...
Last Friday, the Third Circuit announced that it will begin to post on its website, www.ca3,uscourts.gov, “videos of oral arguments in select cases,” more specifically, those that are “deemed to be of significant interest to the public, the bar, or ...