Can airline be sued for employee’s statement?

The Supreme Court will review a decision from the Colorado Supreme Court which upheld a $1.2 million jury award against the Air Wisconsin airline for defamation.

Limitation on license plate image may violate First Amendment, rules 10th Circuit

A plaintiff can sue for violation of his First Amendment rights based on a state statute that requires residents to pay a fee to avoid a required image on the state license plate and forbids covering up the image.

Supreme Court to take up contractual attorney fees case

A decision from the Supreme Court is expected next term.

Stallings named prosecutor of Grundy County

R. Cristine Stallings, of Bethany, has been named the prosecuting attorney for Grundy County, in northern Missouri.

Suit against lender backfires

In 2007, Citizens Bank agreed to lend up to $7.95 million to a company called Smithville 169 to develop a piece of land near the intersection of U.S. Highway 169 and Missouri Highway 92. The bank ultimately disbursed about $7.3 million.

Supreme Court rules in mandatory minimum case

Allowing a judge to decide facts that tack on time under mandatory minimum sentencing laws violates a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial, the court said.

Racial bias in housing finance gets Supreme review

A decision favoring the banking industry would mark a major change in the enforcement of the 1968 fair-housing law.

Commentary: Two-year degree impoverishes legal education

What’s in the air is the idea that the U.S. can’t afford the old three-year curriculum with its elective courses and interdisciplinary focus.

UPDATE: Huge award against Vatterott exceeds expectations

A Jackson County jury ordered Vatterott to pay Kerr $27,677 in actual damages, representing the amount she owed in student loans. In a second phase of the trial, the jury awarded $13 million in punitive damages.

Supreme Court ruling opens drugmakers to ‘pay for delay’ suits

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision rewrites the rules governing the release of generic drugs.

Arizona’s voter proof-of-citizenship law voided by U.S. Supreme Court

The ruling limits the role played by the states in national elections and raises questions about similar laws in three other states — Alabama, Kansas and Georgia.

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