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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Read More »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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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court expressed interest in Medtronic Inc.’s appeal in a lawsuit by a man who was rendered a paraplegic after surgeons implanted a system that infuses pain medication into the spine.
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Read More »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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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court debated the reach of federal securities laws, questioning whether investors can sue law firms and outside companies for their alleged roles in R. Allen Stanford’s $7 billion Ponzi scheme.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the tobacco industry’s appeal of a Florida ruling that may help thousands of smokers sue cigarette makers over smoking-related illnesses.
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Read More »For more than two centuries, the court’s members have adopted one of four roles and self- presentations that define their work. These constitutional personas are Heroes, Soldiers, Burkeans and Mutes.
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Read More »The upcoming Supreme Court term promises no fewer than seven cases that will have at least some impact on all employers.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two appeals that would make it easier for targets of patent suits to collect attorneys’ fees.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider a case that may force the Treasury to give billions of dollars in refunds.
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Read More »The legal team that successfully took challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s same-sex marriage ban to the U.S. Supreme Court has joined a challenge to Virginia’s constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage.
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Read More »Recent guidance could trigger litigation over whether private business owners with religious objections to gay marriage can be required to extend employment benefits to their employees’ same-sex spouses in states where such unions are not recognized.
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