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By Richard Binder and Thomas Phillips | August 28, 2017
In this slideshow, check out some of the oddest case names in legal history. Some of them are self-explanatory, some are deceptive, and others are just plain nuts.
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By Marcia Coyle | August 23, 2017
Former engineer, who publicly exposed hostile work claims, challenges company's class action waivers.Susan Fowler, the former Uber engineer who…
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By Marcia Coyle | August 23, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court hasn't reviewed a service member's challenge to a court-martial in more than 20 years. But that hasn't deterred Army and Air Force appellate lawyers and a Texas law professor from seeking review on behalf of more than 174 service members. The petitioners want the justices to decide whether military judges violated a Civil War-era statute by hearing their appeals while also holding a nonmilitary office.
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By Marcia Coyle | August 23, 2017
Susan Fowler, the former Uber engineer who exposed in a blog post her claims of a hostile work environment, tells the U.S. Supreme Court in a key workplace challenge that class action waivers in arbitration agreements unfairly allow companies to eliminate legal risks associated with systemic, illegal employment practices.
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By Tony Mauro | August 22, 2017
Is it time to say goodbye to the marble bust and portrait of Chief Justice Roger Taney, who authored the 1857 Dred Scott decision endorsing slavery?
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By Marcia Coyle | August 22, 2017
The biggest workplace challenge in the coming U.S. Supreme Court term will require a delicate dance to divide up argument time in three consolidated cases with six lawyers, including two stars of the high court bar, and a U.S. Justice Department that has changed positions.
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By Katelyn Polantz | August 21, 2017
The trial boutique Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz has hired two clerks from the most recent U.S. Supreme Court term, and in the process it appears to have set a new high for incoming associate bonuses.
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By Roy H. Wepner | August 21, 2017
In recent years, defendants in patent litigation have made gains in the courts.
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By Law Journal Editorial Board | August 18, 2017
With the Tam case, the Supreme Court has added another decision to our lexicon of strong First Amendment cases by reiterating in a new and different context that viewpoint or content-based discrimination will not be tolerated.
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By Steven L. Kessler | August 17, 2017
Steven L. Kessler writes that with the enactment of the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000, Congress sought to steer federal prosecutors to criminal forfeiture over civil, believing that the risk of abuse would be reduced because a criminal conviction is required before a defendant's property can be forfeited. Unfortunately, it turned out that greater reliance on criminal forfeiture increased abuses in that area as well. The Roberts-led Supreme Court hinted at some dissatisfaction with the state of criminal forfeiture law in recent decisions, but the rifle shot came in its June 5 decision in 'Honeycutt v. United States'.
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