Effect of Supreme Court’s CERCLA ruling uncertain
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that preemption language in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act aimed at overriding state statutes of limitation...
View ArticleDefense bar urges caution after justices’ ‘straw buyer’ ruling
WASHINGTON — This week’s ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court holding that a man who bought a firearm on behalf of another qualified buyer violated a federal law barring “straw purchases” of guns may be...
View ArticleSupreme Court false advertising case rejects preemption defense
WASHINGTON — The legal food fight between a fruit juice manufacturer and soft drink conglomerate Coca-Cola Co. will continue in federal court now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a false...
View ArticleHigh court ruling leaves open questions on software patent eligibility
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court held last week that some, but not all, computer-implemented software functions are too abstract to qualify for a patent. But the court’s ruling in Alice Corp. v. CLS...
View ArticleCourt nixes warrantless searches of cellphones
WASHINGTON–Cellphones — which the U.S. Supreme Court says have become “such a pervasive and insistent part of daily life that the proverbial visitor from Mars might conclude they were an important...
View ArticleBuffer zone laws on shaky ground after Supreme Court ruling
The constitutionality of several state and local laws creating protester-free buffer zones around entrances and patients at abortion clinics is in question after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on June...
View ArticleRecess appointment ruling could spur NLRB delays, congressional gridlock
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down President Barack Obama’s 2012 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board invalidated hundreds of rulings made by the board over...
View ArticleSupreme Court leaves most greenhouse gas regs in place
States and business groups challenging controversial Environmental Protection Agency regulations aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions won a battle, but largely lost the war, after a U.S. Supreme...
View ArticleCourt: ACA contraception mandate violates for-profit companies’ religious...
WASHINGTON — In a blow to the Obama administration that may hint at how a similar challenge will play out next year, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that...
View ArticleEEOC’s background check rules remain controversial
WASHINGTON — A two-year-old EEOC policy warning employers against the overly broad use of criminal background checks to screen potential new hires continues to draw fire. Employers, business groups and...
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