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Marcia Coyle, based in Washington, covers the U.S. Supreme Court. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @MarciaCoyle
October 30, 2018 | National Law Journal
Much of Tuesday's testimony focused on providing alternative channels for reporting sexual misconduct within the judiciary instead of only to the chief judges of the district or circuit courts.
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
October 3, 2018 | National Law Journal
The three cases follow on the heels of last term's blockbuster Epic Systems v. Lewis, which said employment agreements can lawfully restrict class actions.
By Marcia Coyle
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July 30, 2018 | National Law Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court said the government's request to block the Oct. 29 trial or to suspend discovery was "premature." The court added: "The breadth of respondents' claims is striking, however, and the justiciability of those claims presents substantial grounds for difference of opinion."
By Marcia Coyle
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June 21, 2018 | National Law Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court says states are allowed to collect sales taxes from online retailers that don't have a have a physical presence in their borders. By a 5-4 vote in the case South Dakota v. Wayfair, the majority overturned the court's 1992 decision in Quill v. North Dakota, which had affirmed the “physical presence” test for state sales-and-use tax collections.
By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle
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June 4, 2018 | National Law Journal
Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer joined Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority ruling. Kagan opened her concurring opinion by quoting Kennedy: "It is a general rule that [religious and philosophical] objections do not allow business owners and other actors in the economy and in society to deny protected persons equal access to goods and services under a neutral and generally applicable public accommodations law."
By Marcia Coyle
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May 25, 2018 | National Law Journal
There may be another way: "non-mutual offensive collateral estoppel." The concept is fairly established in the law, but it has not been used much. And judges and arbitrators have broad discretion whether to apply it in any given case.
By Marcia Coyle
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May 21, 2018 | National Law Journal
"The policy may be debatable but the law is clear: Congress has instructed that arbitration agreements like those before us must be enforced as written," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority. In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the decision "egregiously wrong."
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro
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May 11, 2018 | National Law Journal
A "spoofing" challenge under Dodd-Frank. GM fights a damages-only retrial. Guns are back. These are some of the cases and issues we're watching for any action at the Supreme Court from its latest conference.
By Marcia Coyle
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April 11, 2018 | National Law Journal
Since 1989, federal district and appellate courts have taken a variety of sometimes conflicting approaches to open questions concerning the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege.
By Marcia Coyle
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March 14, 2018 | National Law Journal
A legal writing professor's examination of U.S. Supreme Court decisions shows the justices usually achieve unanimity on most matters of style. But on three points—conjunctions, possessives and fragments—the justices divide.
By Marcia Coyle
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