Circuit Splits Reported in U.S. Law Week—November 2024

U.S. Law Week summarizes selected splits among U.S. federal courts of appeals each month.

Employee Benefits

Case:

Esquivel v. Whataburger Restaurants LLC, 2024 BL 406465 (Article)

Issue:

Do release agreements signed by individual workers bar them from suing on behalf of their benefit plans? A federal district court in Texas notes that the Fifth Circuit hasn’t ruled on the issue, but says that the Second, Third, Sixth, and Ninth circuits say that they don’t, while the Seventh Circuit says that they do.

Federal Contracts

Case:

Nebraska v. Su, 2024 BL 396766 (Article)

Issue:

Did President Joe Biden have ...