The U.S. Supreme Court tightened the limits on shareholder fraud lawsuits, giving a partial victory to Halliburton Co. while stopping short of abolishing those suits altogether.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court tightened the limits on shareholder fraud lawsuits, giving a partial victory to Halliburton Co. while stopping short of abolishing those suits altogether.
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Read More »Advocacy groups can challenge an Ohio law that makes it a crime to spread false information about a candidate during a political campaign, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether people can be convicted of making a threat without proof they meant it to be one, in a case over Facebook postings by a man angered by the departure of his wife and loss of his job.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court rejected efforts by the tobacco industry to derail thousands of Florida smoker lawsuits, leaving intact 11 awards totaling more than $70 million.
Read More »A U.S. chemical-weapons law doesn’t cover the case of a Pennsylvania woman who tried to poison her husband’s lover, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court turned away an appeal from a New York Times reporter who was ordered to testify at the criminal trial of a former CIA official accused of leaking classified information.
Read More »A divided U.S. Supreme Court strengthened the rules against the execution of mentally disabled people, striking down a Florida law that imposed a strict cutoff based on the results of an intelligence test.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered the Secret Service’s legal immunity, throwing out a lawsuit against agents accused of improperly shielding President George W. Bush from protesters a decade ago.
Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court refused to say whether states and cities can bar landlords from renting to undocumented aliens, leaving intact a lower court disagreement and steering clear of the national debate over illegal immigration.
Read More »A divided U.S. Supreme Court gave government officials more room to incorporate religion into civic life, ruling that the Constitution lets a New York town board start most meetings with a Christian prayer.
Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a law that reinforced the federal government’s power to place people under military detention, turning away a challenge led by a former New York Times journalist.
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