Supreme Court creates another snag for class actions
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt another blow to class actions in its recent decision allowing an employer to get rid of a wage class action by “picking off” the named plaintiff before it begins.
View ArticleSupreme Court OKs warrantless DNA collection
The ruling will affect various laws in more than two dozen other states and the federal government allowing pre-conviction collection of DNA — including Louisiana
View ArticleSupreme Court term begins amid government shutdown
The Supreme Court has begun its new term by turning away hundreds of appeals, including Virginia's bid to revive its anti-sodomy law.
View ArticleDebate intensifies over proposed federal discovery rules
Debate is heating up over proposed changes to federal civil procedures rules governing discovery as lawmakers, plaintiff-side attorneys and consumer advocates warn that the amendments could limit some...
View ArticleSupreme Court will take up new health law dispute
The Supreme Court agreed today to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law, whether businesses can use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control...
View ArticlePrivate companies face expanded whistleblower protection
A Supreme Court decision affects private employers whose employees now have recourse if they feel they are unfairly treated after bringing questionable company activity to light.
View ArticleJustices look for limits in bank fraud case
Expressing an unwillingness to dramatically expand the scope of the federal bank fraud statute, the U.S. Supreme Court searched for some type of limiting principle Tuesday during arguments in a...
View ArticleHigh court rejects Google appeal in snooping case
he Supreme Court has declined to hear Google's appeal of a ruling that it pried into people's online lives through their Wi-Fi systems as part of its drive to collect information for its Street View...
View ArticleHigh court to hear natural gas price-fixing claims
The Supreme Court will consider whether a group of energy companies can be sued under state antitrust laws for illegally manipulating natural gas prices more than a decade ago during California's...
View ArticleSupreme Court considers Facebook threats case
The justices considered the case of a Pennsylvania man convicted of posting violent threats on Facebook — in the form of rap lyrics — about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a school and slitting...
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