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“The enforceability of these clauses is critically important to a lot of modern commerce.” - Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

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The Supreme Court pondered whether a defendant can receive a remedy based almost solely on her word that she would have accepted a plea deal but for counsel’s bad advice.

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The U.S. Supreme Court chose to kick off its new term by hearing a case that considers whether the Age Discrimination in Employment Act trumps constitutional age discrimination claims.

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Rather than simply promulgating rules and issuing guidance, the EEOC has increasingly taken employers to court when it believes they are running afoul of the law.

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On Dec. 10, the court will hear oral arguments appealing a ruling by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that struck down a federal rule requiring upwind states to reduce power plant air emissions that affect downwind states’ air quality.

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Although the momentum that existed earlier this year among lawmakers to overhaul the nation’s immigration system has slowed, attorneys say fixing the broken components of that system is crucial for their clients and American businesses.

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Criminal attorneys are closely watching an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case that could drastically affect the number of convictions and guilty pleas under one of the most commonly-charged federal crimes on the books.

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Couples living in states where same-sex marriage is legal should have little problem qualifying for federal spousal benefits once agencies begin processing requests. But couples living in other states are now facing a legal landscape that one attorney described as “a complete mess.”

Because of the wealth of personal information most cellphones hold, defense attorneys and civil liberties advocates argue that police searches of physical phones as well as the collection of location data emitted from the phones should require a warrant, just as the search of a person’s personal computer or the substance of phone or email conversations would.

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The Senate’s confirmation of all five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board does not signal an end to the battles over the NLRB’s authority or the president’s appointment powers.

The rise in health care-related consumer debt, student loans, shoddy record keeping by creditors and abusive practices by debt collectors are leading federal regulators and lawmakers to crack down on third-party debt collectors and call for tighter rules applying to them.

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