Apr 11, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
President’s Obama’s remarks predicting how the Supreme Court will find the ACA’s constitutionality prompted a Texas federal appeals judge to question whether the Executive was challenging the Judiciary’s authority.
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Apr 5, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
New York’s high court recently ruled that a homeowner successfully acquired through adverse possession a part of an adjoining property on which a dock and boardwalk was build.
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Apr 4, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday in Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington that it is constitutional to strip search minor offense arrestees.
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Mar 29, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
Based on oral arguments before the Supreme Court earlier this week, I have revised my predictions on how SCOTUS will rule on the health care law. The results remain the same, though.
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Mar 29, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
Steven Lundeen was disbarred from practicing law in the state of Minnesota for taking client funds, failing to make a court appearance because he was arrested for cocaine possession, among other things.
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Mar 28, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
The fallout from recent efforts by a Hollywood studio to stop a local pub in England from using the name “The Hobbit” demonstrates the need for IP holders to rethink enforcement strategies.
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Mar 28, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the judiciary can hear a dispute over a law holding that state documents list Jerusalem as part of Israel, and the Executive’s refusal to enforce it.
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Mar 22, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
In a recent ruling, the 11th Circuit held that social workers who had placed a foster child with known sexual issues in the home with a 5-year-old qualified for immunity
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Mar 21, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
In an opinion handed down yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that laws of nature, even newly discovered ones, remain outside the purview of patent protection.
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Mar 15, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
A California man is suing Wells Fargo for charging a “Tax Service Fee” when no such tax service was done for his mortgage.
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