A landmark Supreme Court ruling clarifies that "defendant's profits" in trademark infringement cases only includes profits from the sued entity, not related companies. The Court unanimously overturned a $43 million award against Dewberry Group, emphasizing corporate separateness while leaving room for courts to examine non-arm's-length transactions between affiliates. Essential reading for business owners and trademark holders.

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The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and remanded the case for further proceedings. The Court held that the Tenth Circuit erred in failing to recognize as clearly established law the principle that the Due Process Clause forbids the admission of evidence so unduly prejudicial as to render a defendant's trial fundamentally unfair.

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act as applied to TikTok. The Court found that the Act's provisions requiring TikTok to divest from Chinese ownership or cease U.S. operations do not violate the First Amendment rights of TikTok or its users. The Court applied intermediate scrutiny and concluded the Act is sufficiently tailored to address the government's important interest in preventing China from collecting vast amounts of sensitive data on U.S. users.

The Supreme Court held that the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard applies when an employer seeks to demonstrate that an employee is exempt from the minimum-wage and overtime-pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Court reversed the Fourth Circuit's ruling that had required a clear-and-convincing evidence standard, and remanded the case for further proceedings.

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The Supreme Court held that when a plaintiff amends their complaint following removal to federal court to eliminate all federal claims, leaving only state law claims, the federal court loses supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state claims and must remand the case to state court.

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The Supreme Court held that revocation of an approved visa petition under 8 U.S.C. §1155 based on a sham-marriage determination by the Secretary of Homeland Security is a discretionary decision that falls within the purview of 8 U.S.C. §1252(a)(2)(B)(ii), which strips federal courts of jurisdiction to review certain actions "in the discretion of" the agency. Therefore, federal courts lack jurisdiction to review such revocations.

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The Supreme Court denied the government's applications for partial stays of preliminary injunctions against a new Department of Education rule implementing Title IX. The Court found the government had not provided sufficient basis to disturb lower courts' conclusions that provisions found likely to be unlawful were intertwined with other parts of the rule.

The Court vacated the judgments of the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and remanded the cases, ruling that NetChoice failed to prove that the Florida and Texas laws regulating social media platforms are facially unconstitutional. The Court held that the lower courts did not properly analyze the facial First Amendment challenges.

The Court held that an Administrative Procedure Act (APA) claim does not accrue for purposes of the 6-year statute of limitations in 28 U.S.C. §2401(a) until the plaintiff is injured by final agency action. This means Corner Post's challenge to a 2011 Federal Reserve Board regulation was timely, even though filed more than 6 years after the regulation was issued, because Corner Post did not exist as a company until 2018.

The Court held that former presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within their "conclusive and preclusive" constitutional authority, and at least presumptive immunity for all other official acts. The Court vacated the lower court's ruling and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with this new framework.