The court will hear arguments Wednesday on a Halliburton Co. appeal targeting the legal doctrine that underlies the vast majority of securities-fraud class actions.
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Read More »The court will hear arguments Wednesday on a Halliburton Co. appeal targeting the legal doctrine that underlies the vast majority of securities-fraud class actions.
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Read More »The court on Monday gave airlines greater immunity from lawsuits when they report potential security threats. The justices also ruled for U.S. Steel Corp. by saying companies in many cases don’t have to pay workers for time spent putting on and taking off safety gear.
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Read More »The one-page order, which came without published dissent after more than three weeks of deliberations, represents a compromise on an issue that might have divided the justices along ideological lines.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court debated whether public employees can constitutionally be forced to pay fees to a union, weighing a politically tinged case with the potential to undercut the power of organized labor.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether police making an arrest must get a warrant before searching the suspect’s mobile phone.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court gave multinational companies a stronger shield against lawsuits, throwing out a case against Daimler AG over a company unit’s alleged collaboration in torture and killings in Argentina.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court said a federal law designed to limit class action suits lets states use their own courts to press claims on behalf of their citizens against corporate defendants.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court handed a setback to abortion opponents, refusing to revive an Arizona law that would have generally banned the procedure once a woman’s pregnancy reached the 20-week point.
Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court refused to let organic farmers and seed sellers challenge Monsanto Co.’s patents on genetically modified seeds.
Read More »Broadcasters will get a U.S. Supreme Court hearing in their fight to stop Aereo Inc., the company that is threatening the industry’s decades-old business model by selling live television programming over the Internet.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court halted Utah’s same-sex weddings while the state presses an appeal.
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