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Obama's labor board appointments challenged again
Obama CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Another legal challenge to the legality of President Barack Obama's disputed appointments to the National Labor Relations Board was filed Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. -
U.S. SC denies challenge to New York City's rent control law
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case over New York City's rent controls. -
GOP plans brief opposing Obama's labor board appointments
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Senate Republicans are supporting the legal challenge of several recess appointments made by President Barack Obama. -
U.S. SC won't hear Skilling case again
Skilling WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not consider another appeal by former Enron President Jeffrey Skilling. -
Calif. SC chief justice to receive ABA award
Cantil-Sakauye SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye will receive a national award from the American Bar Association's group of women lawyers. -
Dem AGs tell Congress to overturn Citizens United ruling
Coakley WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Eleven state attorneys general want Congress to overturn a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision that allowed corporations to spend freely while supporting or opposing political campaigns. -
Corporations fighting Mont. election law file petition with U.S. SC
Bullock WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Earlier this week, a group of corporations asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by the Montana Supreme Court upholding a state election law. -
Philip Morris says no relief owed in suit over light cigarettes
Garman SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers for Philip Morris say that plaintiffs' arguments for reinstating a landmark $10.1 billion judgment arising out of a Madison County, Ill., court have not come close to showing and "cannot show" they meet any of the requirements for relief. -
U.S. SC allows $28.3M tobacco verdict to stand
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear the appeal of a tobacco company that was ordered to pay a $28.3 million in an important Florida case. -
U.S. SC begins ObamaCare arguments
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Two years after President Barack Obama's health care reform package, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments on its constitutionality. -
U.S. SC deems company's processes not patent eligible
Breyer WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court says a company's processes, which help doctors who use thiopurine drugs to treat patients with autoimmune diseases determine whether a given dosage level is too low or too high, is not patent eligible. -
SEIU named again in labor complaint
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) -- An employee for a Seattle nonprofit has filed a complaint against the Service Employees International Union with the National Labor Relations Board. -
Alaska troopers want to stop forced-dues scheme
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) -- Two Alaska State Troopers have filed a federal lawsuit against a local union and the Department of Public Safety for violating their rights. -
Government worker files suit against AFSCME
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) -- A government worker has filed a federal lawsuit against a local union and the public agency for violating his rights. -
U.S. SC won't hear marriage group's appeal over campaign law
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court says it won't hear a challenge to Maine's campaign laws by a group opposed to same-sex marriages. -
U.S. SC won't hear case over Asian carp
Schuette WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court will not order the closure of pathways between the Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins in an effort to prevent Asian carp -- the behemoth fish that leap 10 feet into the air -- from overrunning the region's waterways. -
U.S. SC reverses W.Va. SC ruling on arbitration agreements
Ketchum WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed the decision of the West Virginia Supreme Court in a set of cases in which the state court ruled that arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts are "unconscionable and unenforceable." -
U.S. SC blocks Mont. SC's decision on campaign spending
Ginsburg WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court last week stayed a decision by the Montana Supreme Court upholding a state election law. -
Texas facing May primary if redistricting not resolved, judge says
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Super Tuesday is out, April is out and now it may be the end of May before Texas can hold its Republican primary. -
Mandate not a tax, Obama's budget director says
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - President Barack Obama's acting budget director has said that the challenged mandate in federal health care reform is not a tax, a stance in contrast to the legal position taken by the Obama administration.