The 9th Circuit has ruled that the government violated the constitutional rights of an Islamic charity in how it blocked its funds and designated it as a terrorist group. But the panel rejected the argument that the government wasn’t entitled to use classified information in designating groups as terrorist organizations.

A Florida appeals court has upheld a $600,000 award to the widow of a smoker in a suit against R.J.

The 11th Circuit has upheld a dismissal of a class action against AT&T Mobility and granted its motion to compel arbitration.

More than 100 lawyers squeezed into a courtroom on Thursday in Idaho to argue before a panel of seven judges about which U.S. courthouse should host the massive litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

A unanimous Pennsylvania Superior Court panel has ruled that a nursing home can be held corporately liable for its actions. Writing that such liability is already imposed on hospitals, health maintenance organizations and medical professional corporations, the panel held that nursing homes were similar to those organizations in that they provide “comprehensive and continual physical care.” They are not, the court said, like a physician’s outpatient office, which is not susceptible to corporate liability claims.