U.S. district court judges in the 7th Circuit may once again start sitting occasionally with their appellate colleagues to decide cases, resuming a practice that prevails in other circuits and ended ...

7th Circuit adopts new approach to issuing collective action notices. Decision furthers a circuit split over the traditional, two-step certification process. Experts foresee eventual U.S. Supreme ...

President Trump on Thursday evening nominated Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Taibleson to serve as a judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, making her the sixth federal appeals court nominee of ...

The Seventh Circuit found the traditional two-step approach in collective actions too lenient, but more recent frameworks too restrictive. The panel rejected a rigid test in favor of giving courts ...

In Richards v. Eli Lilly, the Seventh Circuit charted new territory for how courts should evaluate requests to send notice in Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) collective actions under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b ...

The 7th Circuit would be able to add a seventh judge with funding included in Gov. Mike Rounds' proposed budget for next year. That's good news to presiding 7th Circuit Judge Jeff Davis, who has been ...