A drug used in U.S. executions, sodium thiopental, can’t be imported because it lacks Food and Drug Administration approval, a federal appeals court ruled in a lawsuit filed by death row inmates.
Read More »Flip-flopping on filibuster makes Congress a mess
What are the legitimate powers of the president? Of Congress? Some people’s answers to these enduring questions seem to shift dramatically depending on a single (and seemingly irrelevant) fact: whether the current president is a Democrat or a Republican. These ...
Read More »Baucus says tax rewrite on table this year
The Senate Finance Committee will consider revamping the U.S. tax code this year, Chairman Max Baucus said Tuesday, proceeding without a bipartisan agreement on whether the plan should raise additional revenue.
Read More »Michigan wins delay of Detroit bankruptcy filing challenge
Michigan officials won a postponement of a state judge’s ruling that Detroit’s bankruptcy filing in federal court violated the state’s constitution, pending a consideration of Michigan’s appeal.
Read More »Judge says 2006 law ‘upended’ unemployment policy
Missouri law requires employees fired for violating a company’s attendance policies to prove they didn’t commit misconduct if they want to collect unemployment benefits.
Read More »FDA rule would give opening to drug plaintiffs
Following two U.S. Supreme Court decisions that shut the door on state-law failure-to-warn and design-defect claims over generic drugs, the Food and Drug Administration is taking steps that could ultimately open a window for plaintiffs.
Read More »Detroit lawyers’ track record ranges from Chrysler to Dodgers
Detroit’s bankruptcy started with a mad dash to a federal courthouse, much as Orange County, Calif.’s did in 1994, when it undertook a billion-dollar restructuring. What they shared was a need for speed and the lawyer who led the way: Bruce Bennett, a Los Angeles-based bankruptcy attorney.
Read More »Seagate Technology recoups $630M trade-secrets award
Seagate Technology LLC won court reinstatement of a $630 million arbitration judgment against Western Digital Corp. over allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets.
Read More »Google, Amazon.com win appeal to toss Internet patents
Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. won a U.S. appeals court ruling in a case of a former university researcher who claimed his patents covered some of the Internet’s most basic interactive functions.
Read More »SEC accuses SAC’s Cohen of failing to stop insider trading
The SEC is seeking to bar Steven A. Cohen from overseeing investor funds, in addition to the more than $615 million his firm has already agreed to pay for the alleged insider trading.
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Read More »Judge: Detroit bankruptcy should be withdrawn
A Michigan judge declared that Detroit’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing violated the state’s constitution and ordered Governor Rick Snyder to withdraw it.
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