The Federal Communications Commission is seeking an en banc rehearing in the “fleeting expletives” case. In July, a three-judge 2nd Circuit panel ruled that an FCC policy fining broadcasters for airing certain expletives was unconstitutionally vague. Now, the FCC wants the entire circuit court to hear its case, arguing in a petition that a rehearing is needed to “maintain uniformity of the court’s decisions, and also to address exceptionally important questions about the agency’s ability to enforce federal law.”

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals created a circuit split by ruling that Medicare should reimburse the University of Chicago Medical Center for medical residents’ research work not related to Medicare patients. By upholding a Northern District of Illinois ruling that the medical center is eligible for Medicare reimbursements for “indirect medical education” expenses, such as research, this ruling stands in opposition to a 1st Circuit 2008 holding

The estate of Mary Buchanan, who died after taking Wyeth’s drug Redux, sued the drugmaker in a case that failed at the federal district court level.

During 14 years of litigation over claims that he was denied a promotion because he is black, John Hithon has twice been awarded jury verdicts of more than $1 million. His case prompted the U.S. Supreme Court to say that using the word “boy” to describe an African-American man could by itself be evidence of discrimination

In a significant setback for credit reporting agencies, the 3rd Circuit has ruled that consumers have the right to sue if a credit report includes inaccurate information drawn from a government watch list. The opinion marks the first time that a federal appellate court has held that such information is regulated by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, and could force Trans Union and other credit reporting agencies to overhaul their policies for handling such information in order to guarantee its accuracy.