Kimberly Robinson

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Kimberly Robinson |Alexia Massoud

The US Supreme Court made it even harder for inmates to challenge their confinement. In a unanimous ruling by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, the court broadly interpreted what counts as a “second or successive” habeas petition. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act sets a high bar for state prisoners bringing successive petitions in federal court. The high bar applies mid-appeal, which is when a trial court denies a filing but prior to an appellate ruling.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Kimberly Robinson |Lydia Wheeler |Seth Stern

The US Supreme Court agreed to hear several cases corporate America brought seeking to rein in class actions this term only to later say they shouldn’t have taken the appeals. In an unsigned opinion on Thursday, the justices “dismissed as improvidently granted” Labcorp’s bid to limit who can join a class action that accuses the health-care company of discriminating against blind people. A so-called DIG occurs when the justices think they never should have taken up the case in the first place.

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Kimberly Robinson

The US Supreme Court revived a more than $500 million arbitration award involving two Indian companies, saying that the lower federal court was wrong to impose additional requirements not in the statute. Writing for a unanimous court Thursday, Justice Samuel Alito said the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act doesn’t require a showing of a connection to the US in order to justify intervention by US courts. The FSIA sets forth when foreign-owned companies can be sued in the US.

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Kimberly Robinson

Justices have twice ruled for Lozman in clashLatest battle centers on land-use regulationsThe US Supreme Court declined to review for a third time a Florida man’s long-running fight with his coastal town. The justices on Monday denied inventor financial trader Fane Lozman’s latest high court appeal in his nearly two-decade-long battle with the city of Riviera Beach in Palm Beach County. In that time, Lozman has twice convinced the justices to take up his appeals—and won both times.

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Kimberly Robinson

The US Supreme Court declined to review for a third time a Florida man’s long-running fight with his coastal town. The justices on Monday denied inventor financial trader Fane Lozman’s latest high court appeal in his nearly two-decade-long battle with the city of Riviera Beach in Palm Beach County. In that time, Lozman has twice convinced the justices to take up his appeals—and won both times. “When somebody puts you in the corner, you can either run away, or you can fight back,” Lozman said.