“The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down an emergency request to block California’s ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products. The Supreme Court rejected tobacco companies’ request for an emergency injunction pending appeal, report Reuters, SCOTUSblog, the Associated Press and the New York Times. The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other makers of tobacco had Read more…
“Lawyers often have to deal with an incredible amount of material and documents, spanning many rooms and filling countless boxes. What lawyers once did by hand, such as identifying privileged materials that should not be disclosed to the other side, can now be done with the help of sophisticated technology. Read more…
” The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to restrict the use of race as a factor in college admissions during oral arguments Monday. The high court is considering admissions programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University. After arguments in the North Carolina case, a court majority appeared Read more…
“A conservative federal appeals judge suggested in a concurrence this week that the U.S. Supreme Court should consider whether the right to earn a living is a fundamental, unenumerated constitutional right. Judge James Ho of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans made his argument in a Read more…
“A former Traverse City, Michigan, personal injury lawyer is entitled to continued monthly payments under his disability insurance policy because of evidence that his recurrent depression makes him unable to work as a trial attorney, a federal appeals court has ruled. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Cincinnati Read more…
“A federal appeals court has ruled that the funding structure for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional because it is funded by the Federal Reserve System, rather than Congress. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans ruled Wednesday that the arrangement—intended to insulate the CFPB from Read more…
A copyright case going before the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 12 encompasses the avant-garde pop art of Andy Warhol, the musical genius and personal vulnerability of the performer Prince and the rarefied worlds of rock photography and glossy magazines. At stake is nothing less than the future of all Read more…
“The U.S. Supreme Court—and those in its orbit—has been going through the usual machinations leading up to a new term in recent weeks: Panels of law professors and practitioners are previewing the big cases of the new term, and a few justices are making public appearances to send one message Read more…
“The Conference of Chief Justices has filed an amicus brief that urges the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a theory that would strip state courts of power to review state laws governing federal elections. The conference filed the Sept. 6 brief in Moore v. Harper, a pending Supreme Court case Read more…
” A smoker can sue the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for misrepresenting the health hazards of cigarettes, even though she smoked brands made by other companies, a Nevada Supreme Court panel has ruled. In a July 28 opinion, the panel majority said Sandra Camacho could sue under the Nevada Deceptive Trade Read more…