Selected Filings, Presentations, and Media Mentions

• On December 6, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed a reply brief as court-appointed amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants in Shanks v. International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, No. 23-7141 (D.C. Cir.). The brief is available here.


• On November 25, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of America's Health Insurance Plans in support of Defendant-Appellee in Guardian Flight, L.L.C. v. Health Care Service Corp., No. 24-10561 (11th Cir.). The brief is available here.


• On October 21, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed a reply brief on the merits in Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Becerra, No. 23-715 (S. Ct.). The brief is available here.


• On October 14, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of America's Health Insurance Plans in support of Defendants-Appellees in Guardian Flight, LLC v. Aetna Health, Inc., No. 24-20204 (5th Cir.). The brief is available here.


• On October 1, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of institutional investors as amici curiae in support of Respondents in Facebook, Inc. v. Amalgamated Bank, No. 23-980 (S. Ct.). The brief is available here.


• On September 19, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of National Music Publishers’ Association, Recording Industry Association of America, American Association of Independent Music, Association of American Publishers, Nashville Songwriters Association International, and Songwriters of North America as amici curiae in support of certiorari in Sony Music Entertainment v. Cox Communications, Inc., No. 24-181 (S. Ct.). The brief is available here.


• On September 6, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an opening brief as court-appointed amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants in Shanks v. International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, No. 23-7141 (D.C. Cir.). The brief is available here.


• On August 28, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of America's Health Insurance Plans in support of Defendants-Appellees in REACH Air Med. Servs. LLC v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., No. 24-10135 (11th Cir.). The brief is available here.


• The Deutsch Hunt team was featured in the "How I Write" section of The Scribes Journal of Legal Writing. Read Ruthanne Deutsch & Hyland Hunt, How We Write, Or Why Having a Buddy Helps, 21 Scribes J.L. Writing 9 (2024).


• On August 7, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an opening brief in Advocate Christ Med. Ctr. v. Becerra, No. 23-715 (S. Ct.).
  • The brief is available here.
  • Law360 described the brief in Mark Payne, Hospitals Tell High Court HHS Errs In SSI Pay Formula, Law360 (Aug. 8, 2024) (registration required).


• On July 17, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed a reply brief in Whitney v. Montefiore Med. Ctr., No. 23-7961 (2d Cir.). The brief is available here.


• On June 10, 2024, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Advocate Christ Med. Ctr. v. Becerra, No. 23-715 (S. Ct.). Reuters covered the case in Brendan Pierson, Supreme Court will hear case claiming US underpays hospitals serving needy patients, Reuters (June 10, 2024).


• On May 8, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of international dispute resolution scholars in support of Petitioners-Appellees in Hulley Enterprises Ltd. v. Russian Federation, No. 23-7174 (D.C. Cir.). The brief is available here.


• On May 3, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed a reply brief in support of certiorari in Advocate Christ Med. Ctr. v. Becerra, No. 23-715 (S. Ct.). The brief is available here.


• On April 16, 2023, Hyland Hunt participated on a panel regarding Preparing for and Delivering Oral Argument as faculty for PLI's 2024 Appellate Advocacy program. More information on the program may be viewed here.


• On April 3, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of Fines & Fees Justice Center, Rutherford Institute, and Street Democracy in support of Respondents in Grants Pass v. Johnson, No. 23-175 (S. Ct.). The brief is available here.


• On March 27, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an opening brief on behalf of Dr. Ryan Whitney in Whitney v. Montefiore Med. Ctr., No. 23-7961 (2d Cir.). The brief is available here.


• On February 20, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief as co-counsel on behalf of NAFOA, founded as Native American Finance Officers Association, in support of Respondents in Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe, Nos. 23-250 et al. (S. Ct.). The brief is available here.


• On January 19, 2024, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of America's Health Insurance Plans in support of Defendants-Appellants in Texas Medical Ass'n v. U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Servs., No. 23-40605 (5th Cir.). The brief is available here.


• On December 29, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed a petition for certiorari in Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Becerra, No. 23-715 (S. Ct.). The petition is available here.


• On November 14, 2023, Hyland Hunt presented oral argument on behalf of Appellant in Carbon Crest, LLC v. Tencue Productions, LLC, No. 22-15707 (9th Cir.). The argument may be viewed here.


• On September 5, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Association of Administrative Law Judges in support of Petitioner in SEC v. Jarkesy, No. 22-859 (S. Ct.). The brief is available here.


• On August 9, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of Disability Antidiscrimination Law Scholars in support of Respondent in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, No. 22-429 (S. Ct.). The brief is available here.


• On July 19, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of America's Health Insurance Plans in support of Defendants-Appellants in Texas Med. Ass'n v. HHS, No. 23-40217 (5th Cir.). The brief is available here.


• On May 31, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America, ASCAP, and BMI in support of Petitioners in ABKCO Music, Inc. v. Sagan, No. 22-1053 (S. Ct.). The brief is available here.


• On May 15, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of current and former members of Congress in support of Petitioners in CFPB v. Community Financial Services Ass'n of Am., No. 22-448 (S. Ct.). The brief is available here.


• On May 8, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed a rehearing petition on behalf of Appellants in In re Niaspan Antitrust Litig., No. 21-2895 (3d Cir.). The petition is available here.


• On April 28, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of America's Health Insurance Plans in support of Defendants in REACH Air Med. Servs. v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., No. 3:22-cv-1153 (M.D. Fla.). The brief is available here.


• On April 25, 2023, Hyland Hunt participated on a panel regarding Preparing for and Delivering Oral Argument as faculty for PLI's 2023 Appellate Advocacy program. More information on the program may be viewed here.


• On April 21, 2023, Ruthanne Deutsch was a panelist for a session of the Spring 2023 meeting of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers discussing stare decisis.


• On April 12, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of historians and legal scholars in support of the Animal Legal Defense Fund in ALDF v. Olympic Game Farm Inc., No. 101264-1 (Wash. S. Ct.). The brief is available here.


• On March 23, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of America's Health Insurance Plans in support of Defendants in HIV and Hepatitis Policy Inst. v. U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Services, No. 1:22-cv-2604 (D.D.C.). The brief is available here.


• On March 17, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of America's Health Insurance Plans in support of Defendants in Texas Medical Association v. U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Services, No. 6:22-cv-450 (E.D. Tex.). The brief is available here.


• On March 15, 2023, which would have been Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's 90th birthday, Ruthanne Deutsch shared, in RBG's honor, the kernels of an article that Ruthanne has been working on about “RBG’s Two Cents”: the crystallized opinions that RBG would pen to punctuate, and sometimes qualify, her joining of a lead opinion. Read Some Thoughts on RBG’s Two Cents, on the Occasion of Her 90th Birthday.


• On March 3, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of Consumer Reports in Texas v. EPA, Nos. 22-1031 et al. (D.C. Cir.). The brief is available here.


• On March 1, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed a response and reply brief on behalf of Appellant in Carbon Crest, LLC v. Tencue Productions, LLC, No. 22-15707 (9th Cir.). The brief is available here.


• On February 20, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of torts and property scholars in Trumbull County, Ohio v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., Nos. 22-3750 et al. (6th Cir.). The brief is available here.


• On February 1, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and ten other veterans service organizations in In re Aearo Technologies, LLC, No. 22-2606 (7th Cir.).
  • The brief may be viewed here.
  • Law360 described the argument in Donald Morrison, 3M Unit Bankruptcy Is a Smokescreen, 7th Circ. Told, Law360 (Feb. 2, 2023) (subscription required).


• On January 3, 2023, Deutsch Hunt PLLC filed an amicus brief on behalf of torts and property scholars in City of Huntington v. Amerisourcebergen Drug Corp., Nos. 22-1819 et al. (4th Cir.).
  • The brief is available here.
  • Reuters described how the brief "urged a federal appeals court to take an expansive view of public nuisance law as it considers whether to revive a lawsuit by a West Virginia city and county against the top U.S. drug distributors over their role in the opioid crisis." Read Brendan Pierson, Public nuisance law can cover product sales, profs tell 4th Circ., Reuters (Jan. 3, 2023) .