WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – In light of the recent Judicial Hellhole Report released in December, it is clear that asbestos played a key role in the rankings, given what the report’s authors feel is a vast negative impact on the court system nationally.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The head of a national bar association made up primarily of intellectual property lawyers says a Senate version of a measure aimed at curbing abusive patent litigation is the “better approach.”
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.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill aimed at reducing the number of frivolous lawsuits plaguing the nation’s legal system.
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.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The $51 million in additional funding the nation’s federal courts will receive under a deal reached by Congress late Wednesday still isn’t enough, some federal judges argue.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The government shutdown has delayed a committee vote on Robert Leon Wilkins, President Barack Obama’s third nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved a bill aimed at reducing the number of frivolous lawsuits plaguing the nation’s legal system.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both Texas Republicans, announced this week they are accepting applications for six federal judicial vacancies in the state.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled mostly against a Utah-based molecular diagnostic company in its attempt to patent a pair of genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer.
