Litigation News Update

Tenth Circuit Reaffirms the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine Bars State Court Losers from Asserting § 1983 Claims   On February 5th, 2025, the Tenth Circuit rendered its opinion in Moore v. Hebert, et al., No. 24-3092, arising out of the District of Kansas, from Judge...

Litigation News Update

8th Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment on Regulatory Taking Finding No Taking Without Deprivation of All Economic Value of Property   On January 7, 2025, the 8th Circuit issued its opinion in Baker v. City of Hillsboro, Missouri, 125 F.4th 844 (8th Cir. 2025)....

Employment Law News Update

Tenth Circuit Reaffirms National Policy Favoring Arbitration Where Appropriate   The Tenth Circuit recently upheld the transportation employee exemption within the Federal Arbitration Act as it applied to independent contractors delivering goods for the employer....

Government Liability News Update

Tenth Circuit Denies Jurisdiction in Interlocutory Appeal of Derivative Sovereign Immunity   In Menocal v. GEO Group, Inc, No. 22-1409, 2024 WL 4544184 (10th Cir. Oct. 22, 2024), the Tenth Circuit determined it lacked jurisdiction for interlocutory review of a...

Government Liability News Update

KANSAS COURT OF APPEALS APPLIES RECREATIONAL USE IMMUNITY TO COUNTY LIBRARY   For the first time, a Kansas appellate court applied recreational use immunity to a library parking lot, exempting a county from liability for ordinary negligence. In Zaragoza v. Bd. of...