Adidas America, Inc. v. Thom Browne, Inc., Case No. 24-1510 (2d Cir. 2026).
Misconduct under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(3) does not encompass merely negligent discovery violations and requires a higher degree of culpability than negligence to justify the extraordinary relief of vacating a final judgment.
Goddard v. Burnett, Case No. 25-1303 (4th Cir. 2026).
Technical compliance with the disposable income requirements of 11 U.S.C. § 1325(b) does not immunize a Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan from the separate and independent good-faith requirement of § 1325(a)(3), which section requires courts to assess whether the proposed plan would abuse the provisions, purpose, or spirit of the Bankruptcy Code.
Wagner v. Jensen (In re: Wagner), Case No. 25-6017 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. 2026).
An appeal is dismissed without prejudice to the right of the decedent's personal representative to seek reinstatement when a party dies during the pendency of an appeal and reasonable time has elapsed since a suggestion of death was filed without any personal representative or party coming forward to prosecute the appeal.
Schlacks v. Chheda, Case No. 25-1533 (8th Cir. 2026).
A court must determine whether a valid arbitration agreement exists before enforcing a delegation provision that assigns arbitrability questions to an arbitrator, and non-signatories to an agreement containing an arbitration clause are not bound by that clause unless traditional principles of contract and agency law equitably confer signatory status.
Devon Energy Production Co. v. United States Department of the Interior, Case No. 24-6132 (10th Cir. 2026).
A governmental agency acts arbitrarily and capriciously when it fails to consider an important aspect of the problem, including the effect of a prior settlement agreement that legally controls over conflicting regulations and factually affects a substantial portion of the disputed matter.
