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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17 declined to review a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that a city in Oklahoma is not entitled to state-action immunity in an electricity provider’s lawsuit alleging that the city unlawfully tied its provision of electricity to sewage services in an area that it [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17 declined to review a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that AT&T Inc.’s conversion of its defined benefits plan for management employees to a cash-balance plan did not violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) or the Employee Retirement Income Security Act’s disclosure, [...]

The California Supreme Court has waded into a legal morass over medical marijuana, granting review of two rulings addressing cities’ efforts to regulate pot dispensaries. In a separate marijuana case, the court agreed to review a decision over whether a skunky smell is enough to warrant a search. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

WASHINGTON, D.C. – When a private attorney is temporarily retained by the government to work with or under government employees, that attorney is entitled to the same qualified immunity government employees receive, the attorney representing Steve A. Filarsky told the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17 (Steve A. Filarsky v. Nicholas B. Delia, No. 10-1018, [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991′s (TCPA) “permissive grant of jurisdiction to state courts” does not deprive federal district courts of federal question jurisdiction over private TCPA lawsuits, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Jan. 18 (Marcus D. Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC, No. 10-1195, U.S. Sup.). View full post [...]

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an Alabama death row inmate should not be penalized for missing a crucial appeal deadline when the error was caused by his pro bono lawyers from New York’s Sullivan & Cromwell. The 7-2 ruling in Maples v. Thomas brings an end to a “lawyer’s nightmare” case that showed how [...]

Finra's Legal Immunity Won't Be Questioned by US High CourtBusinessWeek17 (Bloomberg) — The US Supreme Court refused to question the legal immunity of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and other private organizations that oversee the country's financial markets. The justices today rejected an appeal from a …and more » View full post on legal – Google [...]

High Court refuses petition against 'Grunis Law'Jerusalem PostBy JOANNA PARASZCZUK Movement for Quality Government asked for law to be annulled, said it was "unconstitutional, personal." The High Court of Justice refused a petition against the "Grunis Law" on Tuesday, saying that the petitioners had not showed …High Court rejects 'Grunis Law' petitionYnetnewsall 3 news articles » [...]

James Bopp Jr., the lawyer who brought Citizens United v. FEC to the U.S. Supreme Court, has been retained by the organizations that lost their suit to overturn Montana’s ban on corporate independent expenditures to take their appeal to the nation’s high court. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

The California Supreme Court protected manufacturers from liability in a high-stakes asbestos case Thursday, foreclosing a potential avenue of recovery for plaintiffs. The unanimous court said a broad rule plaintiffs were pushing for “would represent unprecedented expansion” of strict products liability. View full post on Law.com – Newswire