Appellate Law News and Insights

Most class-action lawyers know about Johnson v. NPAS Solutions., LLC—an Eleventh Circuit panel decision that outlawed service awards to lead plaintiffs in class actions, which "compensate[] a class representative for his time and rewards him for bringing a lawsuit." 975 F.3d 1244, 1260 (11th Cir. 2020). You'd be forgiven for initially...

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In Brianna Garza and Mario Garza v. Matthew Perry and American Family Insurance Company, No. 83377-4-I, the Washington Court of Appeals determined that an insurance company could not intervene in an action intending to nullify a settlement agreement involving a covenant judgment. The court denied the insurer's attempt to nullify the...

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently weighed in on an issue regarding a provision of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) that has split two federal courts of appeal. Its 5-4 ruling is welcome news for U.S. residents who "non-willfully" violate the law's requirements for the reporting of certain foreign bank and...

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