Supreme Court set for another blockbuster term
WASHINGTON – With attorneys still analyzing the health care ruling and the other big decisions from last term, the U.S. Supreme Court is preparing for a new term with even more major issues on its...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Judge clears way for Ariz. immigration checks
A federal judge on Tuesday lifted the injunction on enforcement of the controversial Arizona law directing police to check the immigration status of criminal suspects they detain. The order by District...
View ArticleJustices to decide if government immune in sexual assault by prison guards
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the federal government is immune from tort liability for the alleged sexual assault of a prison inmate by correctional officers that occurred outside the...
View ArticleJustices to decide if Navy doctor can be sued for battery
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the federal Gonzalez Act waives governmental immunity for battery claims against a Navy doctor who allegedly performed cataract surgery without the patient’s...
View ArticleCan lawyers use privacy act to gather client information?
Does the litigation exception to the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act allow lawyers to obtain, disclose or use personal information solely to find clients to represent in a developing lawsuit, including...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court considers Fair Credit Act case
WASHINGTON – The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide if the federal government can be sued for damages for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The case of U.S. v. Bormes began when...
View ArticleJustices to decide speedy trial case
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a state’s failure to pay for counsel for an indigent defendant in a murder case should be weighed against the state in making a speedy trial analysis. The...
View ArticleCourt to consider legal malpractice jurisdiction issue
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state law legal malpractice claims against trial lawyers for their handling of patent cases fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal...
View ArticleCourt takes up bankruptcy jurisdictional case
WASHINGTON — Taking up a complicated jurisdictional issue that has split the circuits since the justices ruled in the case involving the late pinup Anna Nicole Smith, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed...
View ArticleCourt strikes down Voting Act’s preclearance formula
WASHINGTON — Invalidating a key Civil Rights era statutory provision designed to stop efforts to impede blacks from voting in the nation’s southern states, the U.S. Supreme Court stuck down the...
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