U.S. Supreme Court building NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Legal Newsline)-The group of Connecticut firefighters who the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June were unfairly denied promotions because of their race received their promotions Thursday.
Mike Cox (R) LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline)- Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox says he plans to file a lawsuit to force the closure of the locks in the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal to block the migration of Asian carp into the Great Lakes.
Blankenship CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Faced with his third disappointing decision from the West Virginia Supreme Court, Harman Mining owner Hugh Caperton is asking the court to reconsider its latest.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by a Michigan woman who wants to sue the federal government over claims air traffic controllers acted negligently.
Kathryn Werdegar SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-The California Supreme Court has slashed the punitive damages award that McKesson Corp. must pay a former employee who said she was harassed in the workplace over her panic attacks and had body odor.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Ford Motor Co. over an $82.6 million judgment in a product-liability suit over the company's Explorer model.
Don Siegelman (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Disagreeing with 91 former state attorneys general, the Obama administration says former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court should be rejected.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)--The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to determine if the name of the Washington Redskins football team is unable to be trademarked, potentially preventing legal challenges for other controversial monikers.
O'Connor CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia needs a mid-level appeals court to lighten the caseload of the state Supreme Court, according to a judicial reform panel report.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard argument in a case that could change the way a company's principal place of business is determined, and thus where lawsuits against it are litigated.
Rob McKenna (R) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-A group of 13 state attorneys general are absent from a sign-on letter sent last week to congressional leaders urging them not to preempt state consumer protection statutes.
Benjamin MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided not to force judicial recusal standards on its justices in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday considered whether patent protections for methods of doing business should be expanded, in a case closely watched by the nation's technology industry.
Rob McKenna (R-Wash.) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-A bipartisan group of 40 state attorneys general is urging Congress not to erode their offices' role in consumer protection amid the proposed creation of a new federal Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Sanofi-Aventis SA won a major legal fight Monday over their blood thinner Plavix when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal challenging the drug's patent.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The Obama administration has taken the side of investors seeking to sue pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. over its now-withdrawn blockbuster painkiller Vioxx.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court today will hear arguments in a case that could affect fees that the mutual fund industry charges investors, possibly creating a flood of lawsuits if the high court sides with petitioners in the case.
McGregor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The State of Arizona's process for selecting its judges was hailed as the nation's finest by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform Wednesday at its summit, and former Chief Justice Ruth McGregor agreed.
HONOLULU (Legal Newsline)-The Hawaii Supreme Court has ended the long-running litigation over ceded lands, dismissing claims by the remaining defendant in the case.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-Lower-income Californians will gain a new right next year -- free legal representation in certain civil cases -- at least temporarily.