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Tomorrow brings one of the most highly anticipated decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years: the ruling on the constitutionality of the health-care law that is arguably the crowning...
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View ArticleDespite Sandy, Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Copyright Case
On Monday, in the shadow of then-Hurricane (now-Superstorm) Sandy, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a case involving the applicability of U.S....
View ArticleEPIC asks U.S. Supreme Court to Vacate FISA Court Surveillance Order
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed for a writ of mandamus and prohibition in the Supreme Court of the United States yesterday, asking them to vacate the Foreign Intelligence...
View ArticleShould Arbitration Dockets in Public Courts be Public?
Delaware Courts of Chancery appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court recently, seeking to validate a law that would allow them to hold confidential arbitration proceedings for parties with $1M litigation at...
View ArticleEME Homer and the Problem with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Electronic Publishing
By now, you’ve all read that Justice Antonin Scalia made a series of mistakes in the dissenting opinion of EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, L.P. The Supreme Court issued a corrected version of the...
View Article10 Shocking Cases That Will Change Your Understanding of American History
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. In his proclamation, President Obama cited the accomplishments of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and acknowledged the difficulties...
View ArticleJustia Resources and Commentary on the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Decision
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in the much-anticipated case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (formerly Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., consolidated with Conestoga Wood...
View ArticleObamacare and a Year of Legal Commentary
Tomorrow brings one of the most highly anticipated decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years: the ruling on the constitutionality of the health-care law that is arguably the crowning...
View ArticleSupreme Court Begins New Term, Considers Scope of Alien Tort Statute
The U.S. Supreme Court started its term today, hearing oral arguments for Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum. The case involves the interpretation of a federal statute enacted by the first Congress as...
View ArticleDespite Sandy, Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Copyright Case
On Monday, in the shadow of then-Hurricane (now-Superstorm) Sandy, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a case involving the applicability of U.S....
View ArticleEPIC asks U.S. Supreme Court to Vacate FISA Court Surveillance Order
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed for a writ of mandamus and prohibition in the Supreme Court of the United States yesterday, asking them to vacate the Foreign Intelligence...
View ArticleShould Arbitration Dockets in Public Courts be Public?
Delaware Courts of Chancery appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court recently, seeking to validate a law that would allow them to hold confidential arbitration proceedings for parties with $1M litigation at...
View ArticleEME Homer and the Problem with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Electronic Publishing
By now, you’ve all read that Justice Antonin Scalia made a series of mistakes in the dissenting opinion of EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, L.P. The Supreme Court issued a corrected version of the...
View Article10 Shocking Cases That Will Change Your Understanding of American History
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. In his proclamation, President Obama cited the accomplishments of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and acknowledged the difficulties...
View ArticleJustia Resources and Commentary on the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Decision
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in the much-anticipated case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (formerly Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., consolidated with Conestoga Wood...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s Supreme Court Pick
On January 31, 2017, President Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, for the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, Judge...
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