The attorneys arguing in U.S. v. Wurie and Riley v. California urged the court to draw a bright line with respect to the ability of police to search the contents of arrestees’ cellphones.
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Read More »The attorneys arguing in U.S. v. Wurie and Riley v. California urged the court to draw a bright line with respect to the ability of police to search the contents of arrestees’ cellphones.
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Read More »The ability of a group of homeowners to bring a lawsuit over latent contamination in their well water will come down to the U.S. Supreme Court’s answer to a single, if technical, question: Is there a functional difference between a statute of limitations and a statute of repose?
Read More »The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to cast some constitutional doubt on a state statute that prohibits making false statements about political candidates during oral arguments last Tuesday.
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Read More »A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that a common law claim was preempted by federal airline law was bad news for a disgruntled frequent flier who tried to sue Northwest Airlines for revoking his reward program privileges.
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Read More »Avoiding what attorneys say could have been an “earthquake” effect from businesses rushing to file for a collective $1 billion in tax refunds, the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that severance payments are wages for federal tax withholding purposes.
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Read More »Labor and employment attorneys are taking special notice of a recent memorandum issued by the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board that requires regional officers to seek guidance from the board’s Division of Advice before proceeding on a broad array of matters.
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Read More »U.S Supreme Court justices are facing the task of determining whether computer software programs that draw on non-computerized principles— a category that could encompass countless types of programs — are eligible for patents.
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Read More »The case involves a joint Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing by a married couple who sought to prevent an individual retirement account worth about $300,000 from being included among their liquid assets that could be used to pay creditors.
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Read More »The Supreme Court's ruling in Rosemond v. U.S. also provided the most detailed analysis of aiding and abetting liability in decades, which will likely serve as guidance for judges and attorneys in cases involving other state and federal complicity laws.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court has handed civil defendants a pair of victories in cases that raise the issue of when a party can be sued in federal court in a state far from home.
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Read More »The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared unwilling to lift the shield of qualified immunity from police officers who shot and killed a fleeing suspect and his passenger after a high-speed car chase.
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