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Business-Industry PAC welcomes SCOTUS’ recent campaign finance decision
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Business-Industry PAC is applauding the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to strike down overall campaign contribution limits, believing the opinion was the right decision for free enterprise and speech. -
Aggregate campaign contribution limits do not prevent corruption, Supreme Court rules
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Citing corruption as a non-issue, the Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down overall campaign contribution limits. -
US Supreme Court to hear arguments next week in Halliburton securities class action
The U.S. Supreme Court is getting ready to hear arguments from Halliburton in a case that could affect the future of class actions. -
U.S. SC: Patent holders still bear burden of proving infringement
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision Wednesday, ruled that patent holders still bear the burden of proving infringement even if they are not the ones filing a legal action. -
U.S. SC declines to hear Texas Internet patent infringement case; company president declares it ‘a tough time to be a patent owner’
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a software company’s case against an online retailer for allegedly infringing on its “shopping cart” patents. -
Legally Speaking: And the suit goes on ... and on
For clients on both the plaintiff and defense sides of a civil case, one of the most frustrating aspects of the legal system is how slowly the wheels of justice seem to turn. -
U.S. SC to hear arguments in contraceptive mandate cases
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments from two companies that say they should be able to claim religious exemptions from the federal health care law’s contraceptive mandate. -
U.S. Senate changes filibuster rules
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — In response to the GOP’s obstruction of President Barack Obama’s nominees, the U.S. Senate changed its rules Thursday. -
AGs urge Senate to block D.C. Circuit nominees, pass Court Efficiency Act
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The attorneys general of seven states are putting pressure on the U.S. Senate to stop President Barack Obama from “politicizing” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. -
U.S. SC to hear challenge to EPA’s greenhouse gas regulations
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to -
Former chief justice joins Texas appellate firm
After serving more than 10 years on Texas’ highest court, former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson is now taking his appellate experience into the private sector by joining a boutique law firm. -
Judge triples fraud verdict against asbestos attorneys, radiologist Ray Harron
WHEELING, W.Va. (West Virginia Record) – A federal judge has tripled the damages awarded against two former members of a Pittsburgh law firm and the radiologist they were found to have conspired with to fabricate asbestos claims in West Virginia. -
Starnes tells of legal 'wild ride' while representing Kountze cheerleaders
When Beaumont attorney David Starnes first began representing cheerleaders from a small East Texas community who were told they couldn't hold banners containing Bible verses at football games, he thought he would make a brief court appearance on their behalf and it would all be done. -
Legally Speaking: Shakespeare and the lawyers
It is one of those famous lines, right up there with “To be or not to be,” that have enshrined William Shakespeare as one of the greatest playwrights of all time: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” -
Lawsuit: New Galveston Co. electoral map 'racially discriminatory'
GALVESTON - An electoral map recently adopted by Galveston County is "racially discriminatory" in nature, a federal lawsuit filed Aug. 26 says. -
Our nation’s chief law enforcement officer can’t nullify state law
Our U.S. Constitution is not an exhaustive list of the rights of the people, but it is an exhaustive list of the powers of the federal government. That’s the clear meaning conveyed by the last two amendments in our Bill of Rights. -
Abbott says DOJ ignoring 10th Amendment by suing Texas over voter ID
Despite the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that Texas was no longer required to get preclearance from the federal government before making any changes to its voting laws, the Obama administration is suing the state to stop its new voter identification laws. -
Legally Speaking: The lighter side of the legal system
We’ve been deluged lately with weighty, thought-provoking cases in the legal system: the George Zimmerman trial over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and what it says about race relations in America; the fight over abortion legislation in Texas; and a series of potentially far-reaching U.S. Supreme Court decisions on everything from voting rights to affirmative action to same-sex marriage. At -
BP plaintiffs lawyer once represented Scruggs
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- One of the lawyers representing a group of class action plaintiffs against oil giant BP also helped represent disgraced Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs.