DC Circuit

California is known as a leader in the environmental movement. Pollution and clean air standards are major factors in that. For a long time, the state has chosen to set even tougher standards on its air quality and car pollution levels than the rest of the country. However, California's…

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous decision affirming that former President Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution for crimes committed in office or otherwise. The decision was made in response to Trump’s argument that he can not…

If you're a reader, you may have found yourself frustrated when your local library didn't instantly have a copy of the latest Colleen Hoover romance. If you're an academic, you've probably had to borrow several esoteric volumes from other libraries for your research because your institution didn't stock them. But…

Words matter everywhere. But we can't think of a place where a single word can matter more than a court of law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently rebuffed efforts to force the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to regulate airplane seat sizes primarily based…

The District of Columbia federal district court just ruled that the AT&T merger with Time Warner can move forward. The deal had been on hold for nearly a year and a half, and the massive ruling explicitly stated that if the government sought to stay the ruling pending appeal, the court would deny that motion. While this merger has been a lightning rod for controversy since being announced in 2016, it seems that all the hoopla was for naught.

In Mexico, "La Michoacana" refers to a Michoacan girl holding a specialty ice cream cone in advertisements. But in Paleteria La Michoacana Inc. v. Productos Lacteos Tocumbo, a federal appeals court said the reference is so commonplace it cannot be claimed by one business over another in the United States. The decision settled a decades-long issue in an international trademark dispute. Unlike the "paleta" ice cream, however, it was a bittersweet decision.