High Court Limits Where Injury Lawsuits Against Firms Can Be Filed June 1, 2017 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday tightened rules on where injury lawsuits may be filed, handing a victory to corporations...
Supreme Court Considers Curbing Patent Suit Locations March 29, 2017 By Susan Decker The U.S. Supreme Court grappled over whether to upend a quarter-century of practice and limit where patent infringement lawsuits can...
Government Agency’s Review of Patents Will Be Scrutinized by U.S. Supreme Court January 25, 2016 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a federal agency’s procedures have made it too easy to successfully cancel patents...
Big Business Thwarts Another Class Action Attempt December 17, 2015 By Paul Barrett The U.S. Supreme Court fairly predictably sides with corporations in their clashes with consumers, but the business-friendly rulings often come...
High Court to Consider Challenges to Drunken Driving Test December 15, 2015 By SAM HANANEL The Supreme Court will decide whether states can criminalize a driver’s refusal to take an alcohol test even if police...
Whistleblower Wins Supreme Court Ruling January 22, 2015 The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a former air marshal who was fired after leaking plans to the media about...
Supreme Court Denies Maritime Worker Case October 9, 2014 The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take a maritime law case involving a widow from Smith Island, Maryland. The...
Commentary: Supreme Court to Hear Class Action Details October 8, 2014 By Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View Class action lawsuits are big business. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce — admittedly, not the most objective source — estimates...
S.D. High Court Rules That Continuous and Progressive Damage Exclusion Doesn’t Violate Public Policy July 28, 2014 By Steven Plitt In AMCO Ins. Co. v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co., 845 N.W.2d 918 (2014), the South Dakota Supreme Court held that...
Moldy Washer Cases Can Proceed as Top Court Rebuffs Whirlpool February 27, 2014 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court let consumers press ahead with class action lawsuits claiming that washing machines made by Whirlpool Corp....