Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Colter Paulson, Widening A Circuit Split, The Sixth Circuit Expands Preemption For Fraud-On-The-FDA Claims, Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog (Sept. 7, 2012).

• Tax Treatment of Certain Severance Payments: Sixth Circuit Ruling Creates a Circuit Split on Whether Payments of Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Made Pursuant to a Downsizing Constitute “Wages” for Purposes of FICA, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (Sept. 7, 2012).

• Alison Frankel, 3rd Circuit pay-for-delay ruling sparks Nexium antitrust suits, ThomsonReuters News & Insights (Sept. 6, 2012).