Litigation Roundup: Fifth Circuit Slashes FTC’s $37.5M Win  - The Texas Lawbook

Litigation Roundup: Fifth Circuit Slashes FTC’s $37.5M Win  - The Texas Lawbook

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, the Federal Trade Commission sees a $37.5 million judgment in its favor trimmed down to $12.2 million by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth sides with a landowner in a condemnation dispute involving golf course operations.  The post Litigation Roundup: Fifth Circuit Slashes FTC’s $37.5M Win  appeared first on The Texas Lawbook.

Fifth Circuit backtracks on adverse suppressor ruling

In a single sentence, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit added to the high-profile and consequential national conversation on firearm suppressors. Last week, the court withdrew its three-judge panel opinion from earlier this year in United States v. Peterson, in which it held that suppressors were not “arms” protected by the plain text of the Second Amendment. This unprecedented move in withdrawing the opinion may portend promising …