The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision allowing UpCodes, an online research platform, to publish copyrighted ASTM technical standards that have been incorporated into building codes, finding the use likely constitutes fair use un...
Circuit Judge Porter, writing for a 2-1 panel joined by Chief Judge Chagares, on Monday held that the Commodity Exchange Act preempts New Jersey gambling laws from reaching sports-related event contracts traded on federally licensed derivatives markets, fin...
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Rendell on Thursday affirmed a 149-month sentence for a $2 million COVID fraud scheme after finding the district court properly applied a leadership enhancement, ruling that even though the court 'erred in not fo...
A Third Circuit panel on Tuesday slammed the Board of Immigration Appeals' interpretation of special rule cancellation relief, holding that abuse victims can qualify for protection even when their abusers gained legal permanent resident status after the abu...
A Third Circuit panel Monday rejected a Pennsylvania prisoner's Eighth Amendment and Americans with Disabilities Act claims challenging his removal from an opioid addiction treatment program after officials suspected him of medication diversion, ruling that...
A Third Circuit panel on Friday reprimanded a Pennsylvania attorney who submitted briefs containing AI-generated case summaries riddled with inaccuracies and at least one completely fabricated citation, saying his conduct violated professional rules requiri...
A Third Circuit panel unanimously affirmed Tuesday that probabilistic DNA software TrueAllele, which calculated an 11.5 trillion likelihood ratio linking a defendant to a firearm, meets federal reliability standards for expert evidence despite defense argum...