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Bob Loeb

@bobloeb.bsky.social
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Appellate advocate; partner at @Orrick; former DOJ Civil Appellate; @UChicagoLaw alum. Disclaimers: aad.orrick.com

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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This was not a good panel for Anthropic, but they did get a strong dissent from Judge Henderson, which should help when seeking en banc review. media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Congratulations to @briangoldman.bsky.social on his nomination to serve on the California Court of Appeal. Having had the honor to work with Brian at DOJ and Orrick, and knowing how brilliant, fair-minded, and thoughtful he is, I can’t imagine a better choice for the role.
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It is wonderful having so many of the talented writers and reporters from what was the Washington Post, now showing their skills at the Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social washingtonsun.com/perspectives...
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The Complicated Masculinity of Abdul El-Sayed
Over a year ago, Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed met the political commentator Hasan Piker at the Hype Recreation Center in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, for a live online conversation hosted...
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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 28/08/2026
See our full compilation of eclipse photos here: capitalweather.com/photos-cloud... -- Thanks to all of you who shared!
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Photos: Clouds part and make way for deep lunar eclipse
Clouds parted just in time for DC-area skywatchers to see the Moon turn a subtle copper during a deep lunar eclipse.
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Most of the time a relief pitcher coming in to pitch an inning is just routine l, but sometimes it is the culmination of an amazing story of tenacity and determination. This story by @spencernusbaum.bsky.social is truly inspirational. www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...
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A freak injury almost led to amputation. Now he’s a big leaguer (Gift Article)
Exactly 1,117 days after the Nationals’ Erik Tolman thought he was losing his foot, he brushed it across an MLB mound for the first time.
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
More big moves in appellate-world www.law.com/americanlawy...
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Paul Weiss Taps Goodwin Partner to Head Supreme Court Practice | Law.com
“Willy is a standout appellate advocate and one of the most respected lawyers in the appellate bar,” Paul Weiss chairman Scott Barshay said.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"The wrong kind of American: The Trump White House needed me—until the fact I am trans became public." In @theatlantic.com (gift) By my @lawfaremedia.org colleague @juliacurlee.bsky.social . www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
In a chapter of my book, "The Digital Fourth Amendment," I argue that the warrant requirement should apply to searches of electronic devices at the U.S. border—at least for the devices of U.S. citizens. You can now read that chapter here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Denverite @berg8311.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A couple more gems for anyone interested
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today from the 11th Circuit, a story of a father and daughter ... media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
If you are interested in nuclear power, the current state of regulation and deployment of nuclear power (whether its light water reactor, a micro project, at sea, or in space), and the future of nuclear power, I can't recommend this interview with Amy Roma enough www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8mQ...
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38 - Amy Roma: The Regulatory Roadmap for Advanced Nuclear
YouTube video by Advanced Nuclear
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Orrick's appellate team secures an important California Supreme Court victory. The Court rejects plaintiffs' liability theory based on "duty to innovate" a better version of a nondefective product. www.orrick.com/en/News/2026... Opinion here: www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/doc...
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Gilead Sciences Secures Landmark California Supreme Court Victory, Eliminating Nearly 23,000 "Duty to Innovate" Cases
The ruling rejects a first-of-its-kind “duty to innovate” theory of product liability that presented an existential threat to innovators.
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Adam Feldman analyzes greatest attorney impact in recent appellate cases: "The top of the leaderboard begins with a civil-forfeiture appeal from the Ninth Circuit. The top score is from US v. $1,106,775 in U.S. Currency, where the...team, including Alyssa Barnard-Yanni, Robert Loeb, and Orrick ..."
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Attorney Advocacy Rankings from 200 Federal Circuit Opinions
When 50 recent, published opinions from each of four appellate circuits were thrown together for an attorney performance analysis, certain attorneys came to the top of the pack of the 200 case set.
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
As seen on the @theathletic.com the last couple of days… @washwizards.bsky.social @davidaldridgedc.bsky.social
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
In the midst of an emergency for a client, the GC of new client in a different case (knowing of the emergency) just sent me a dad joke as a friendly distraction. Much appreciated. And an early happy Fathers Day to all you dads-may you all enjoy your dad jokes & your families on your special day.
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Michael Scott's Boom! Dad Joke
ALT: Michael Scott's Boom! Dad Joke
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The first report on the All Star voting is in with CJ Abrams leading at SS. @natschatpodcast.bsky.social @markzuckerman.bsky.social @spencernusbaum.bsky.social
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
www.instagram.com/reel/DZe4NFb...
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
So what prevents like the FBI from setting up an AI and collecting confessions?
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Plainly, there are a lot a crazy Knicks fans with way too much money
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I don't pay much attention to most lawyer rating services. But Chambers interviews clients & lawyers in the field. So, I appreciate the high ranking of our Orrick appellate group (chambers.com/department/o...) & my Band3 ranking. Most of all, I appreciate the generous comments from those interviewed
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A big 11-0 en banc Ninth Circuit win for Orrick appellate senior associate Alyssa Barnard-Yanni (who masterfully argued this case in January, with me having the honor of serving as second chair) in this important civil forfeiture case. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 31/05/2026
Wisdom from an extraordinarily emotionally aware child. op: @drelishagoldstein
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Any intel as to why the only access road to the BWI Amtrak station was blocked in both directions this afternoon?
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Adventures in labeling. All on one can: “NO SUGAR” Ok, Sugar But really there is no sugar
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The new tariff challenge in now heading up on appeal to the Federal Circuit. www.orrick.com/en/insights/...
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Court of International Trade Rules that Global 10% Tariff Is Invalid
The ruling continues a broader trend of courts carefully examining expansive uses of executive authority to impose sweeping import tariffs.
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Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Not only that: The interpretation would also invalidate executive and judicial appointments made during the Biden Administration. Nullify two years of Democratic control of the Presidency and Congress with “one neat trick”
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Other than discovering that I’m apparently John Oliver’s son, @lastweektonight.com’s deep dive into the shadow docket is really quite good: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKeq...
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The Shadow Docket: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Random thoughts from recent travels (part II) — Almost every trip, I see travels taking call (on ear buds) in the bathroom/while using the bathroom. Why does anyone think that is ok?
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Random thoughts from recent travels — At a nice hotel in Florida, I found dirty clothes in the drawers. (They hotel moved me to another room). I mentioned to a colleague and he said he had never opened a drawer at a hotel. Never!! Is that common?
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
So great to be able to read Barry Svrluga—one of the best sports writers in the country—again. www.nytimes.com/athletic/726...
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For the Nationals, James Wood is leading off — and then the mystery begins (Gift Article)
There is one constant in the Nationals' lineup under first-year manager Blake Butera. Everything else is perpetually in flux.
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Good news! The Supreme Court (after rescheduling it 10 times!) denies cert in Littlejohn. Parents of a middle school student sought cert., arguing that their substantive due process parental rights were not sufficiently respected when their child requested to use a different name and pronouns.
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Now quoted in Above The Law!! abovethelaw.com/2026/04/prom...
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Prominent Appellate Partner Joins Paul, Weiss Litigation Exodus For Davis Polk - Above the Law
The firm's star Supreme Court litigator -- and partner Masha Hansford -- are the latest to bail on a firm that seems to be betting its future on corporate work over courtroom work.
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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This is a truly astonishing set of facts. Just unbelievable. ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/26/04...
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I knew something was up when I saw Kannon enter his name into the appellate transfer portal
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
4th Cir. revives an excessive force claim from inmate who, then-pro se, left a defendant out of the caption of his court-provided form filing, but included him in the body of the complaint. A win for Duke University School of Law appellate litigation clinic! www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/247...
Today, we extend similar grace to pro se civil rights plaintiffs who rely on complaint forms provided by the district court. 7  If the body of a complaint indicates that the plaintiff intended to sue parties left out of the caption, the district court must help remedy the error.  Here, the district court should have either afforded Nichols the opportunity to add Schmidt to the caption of his complaint or instructed the Office to serve both officers. In sum, today’s decision constitutes a natural extension of, rather than a departure from, our longstanding approach to pro se civil rights cases.  We value the essential work that our district courts do, and we are not ignorant of the fact that their roles are demanding.  We also “acknowledge that the leniency with which we treat pro se litigants’ pleadings in the civil rights context may marginally increase burdens on defendants.”  Shaw, 59 F.4th at 128.  Yet “context demands this searching treatment.”  Id.  Without it, we risk exposing the most vulnerable participants of the legal system to “injustices that we cannot condone.”  Id.
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
For any real baseball fans out there, I highly recommend Jeff Passan's new podcast/YouTube show. His first episodes are just amazing, sitting down in episode 1 with Skenes & Skubal, and in episode 2 w/the 2025 World Series managers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARrV... www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_kW...
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Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal on the Art of Pitching | Sources Tell Jeff Passan
YouTube video by ESPN MLB
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Anne-Marie W. Clark 👩‍👧‍👦🐶⚖️😷🌎🚢📚🌦️⚜️ @amwclark.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The pink flamingoes really make this even better.
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Judge Amy Berman Jackson rules for @waba.org in its challenge to the Trump Administration's decision to do away with some of the key bike lanes in DC. Opinion here: ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
As seen in Takoma DC
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Carl Cecere @carlcecere.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Petition for Bob to post more. Who will second?
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
#Appellateplaces
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The First Circuit in Boston has amazing views.
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The First Circuit judges were very engaged during yesterday’s en banc argument. www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi... With yesterday’s argument, I have now argued en banc cases in six different federal circuits (the 1st, 6th, 7th, 9th, Fed., and DC Circuits; also second-chaired a 2d Circuit one).
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Full 1st Circ. Hesitant To Undo Cop's Suspension For FB Post - Law360
The full First Circuit seemed unmoved Wednesday by a police officer's argument that his free speech rights were trampled when he was suspended for making a private Facebook post critical of George Floyd.
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
www.orrick.com/en/Insights/...
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Tariff Refund Claims and the Anti-Assignment of Claims Act
Learn how the Anti-Assignment of Claims Act may apply to tariff refund claims.
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Not great customer relations by the @nationals.com cc @natschatpodcast.bsky.social @markzuckerman.bsky.social @spencernusbaum.bsky.social @andrewgolden.bsky.social
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Congratulations to Josh Rosenkranz and the whole Orrick team on this huge $1B Supreme Court victory for Cox!
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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CBP Outlines IEEPA Tariff Refund Process that May Be Operational as Soon as in 45 Days
A CBP declaration proposes a new process for validating and issuing IEEPA tariff refunds to importers, and could be operational within 45 days.
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Bob Loeb @bobloeb.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Here is the latest order. This combined with the govt declaration, saying that they needed 45 days to get the process in place, suggests that we will at least waiting for 45 days before any processing of refunds begins. Appeals could potentially cause further delay.
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