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7.10.26

Decision Alert: Supreme Court Holds Federal Courts Retain Jurisdiction to Confirm or Vacate Arbitration Awards After Staying Litigation Under the FAA

On May 14, 2026, the Supreme Court held in Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties (No. 25-83) that a federal court that stays a case pending arbitration under § 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)…

7.10.26

Decision Alert: Supreme Court Holds the Fourteenth Amendment Guarantees Birthright Citizenship

On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court held in Trump v. Barbara (No. 25-365) that children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present are citizens at birth under the…

7.10.26

Decision Alert: Supreme Court Unanimously Holds “Last-Mile” Delivery Drivers May Qualify for the Federal Arbitration Act’s Transportation Worker Exemption

On May 28, 2026, the Supreme Court unanimously held in Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock (No. 24–935) that a worker may qualify for the transportation worker exemption in § 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act…

7.10.26

Last Month at the Supreme Court® | May-June 2026

This combined edition of Last Month at the Supreme Court®marks our final publication for the October Term 2025—a season that produced consequential decisions across multiple disciplines impacting the…

4.29.26

Last Month at the Supreme Court | April 2026

Statutory interpretation takes center stage in the April edition of Last Month at the Supreme Court®, as the Court confronts a series of disputes testing the scope of executive authority, the reach of…

3.25.26

Last Month at the Supreme Court | March 2026

Greetings from Dykema’s Appellate and Critical Motions Practice. This month’s edition of Last Month at the Supreme Court® features a set of cases that collectively illustrate the Court’s continued…

12.23.25

Last Month at the Supreme Court | December 2025

Season’s Greetings! The December edition of Last Month at the Supreme Court® examines cases addressing the limits of judicial power and the finality of federal judgments, alongside a closely watched…

7.29.24

Decision Alert: In Social Media “Jawboning” Case, Supreme Court Holds Individuals and States Lack Standing to Sue Federal Officials for Social Media Platforms’ Content Moderation

In Murthy v. United States, the Supreme Court held that private and state plaintiffs did not have Article III standing to sue federal officials who plaintiffs claimed violated their First Amendment…

7.29.24

Decision Alert: Supreme Court Does Not Resolve Whether Federal Law Preempts Certain State Abortion Restrictions, Remands for Further Consideration

The Supreme Court dismissed the consolidated cases Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States without reaching the merits of whether the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act…

7.01.26

Dykema Authored Amicus Arguments Adopted in Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Property Tax Foreclosures

Dykema, a leading national law firm, successfully represented a coalition of Michigan local government organizations in a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming that the Constitution does not…

2.26.26

Dykema Appellate Group in Motion at the Supreme Court

Dykema’s Appellate and Critical Motions Group is actively engaged in multiple matters before the Supreme Court of the United States, with significant involvement spanning merits-stage amicus briefing,…

2.02.26

Dykema Files Amicus Brief in Crucial Michigan Property Tax Case Before U.S. Supreme Court

Dykema, a leading national law firm, submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of Respondent Isabella County, Michigan, in the pending U.S. Supreme Court case Pung v. Isabella County. The case asks…