In 1995, Elena Kagan paid former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork a compliment.
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Read More »In 1995, Elena Kagan paid former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork a compliment.
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Read More »A proposed rule that will clarify HIPAA privacy and security changes is expected within the next few weeks, and could be announced as early as this Friday.
Read More »When the U.S. Supreme Court took up the case City of Ontario v. Quon, the legal world braced for the justices to rule on whether employees have a privacy interest in the messages they send on employer-issued mobile devices.
Read More »The recent amendments to federal class action law do not mandate heightened judicial scrutiny of a "coupon" settlement in a consumer fraud lawsuit, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled.
Read More »Attorneys' fees awarded under the Equal Access to Justice Act can be reclaimed by the government to satisfy other outstanding debts, the U.S. Supreme Court held last week.
Read More »Experience tells us that people, including employees and job seekers, write things in e-mails that they would not otherwise put in writing. And social networking sites are no different. Apparently thinking that only their friends will see their posts, many ...
Read More »Imagine a federal agent reaching into your mouth and taking a swab of your DNA for a national data bank.
Read More »A law firm that allegedly hired a black attorney as a "marketing tool" and then excluded her from her area of expertise can be sued for racial discrimination under §1981, but not for harassment, a U.S. District Court in North Carolina has ruled.
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Read More »Most federal trial judges believe mandatory sentences are too long, according to survey results released by the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
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Read More »Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) has sent letters to BP executive Tony Heyward and Admiral Thad Allen, Commander of the National Incident Command Center, providing a plan to protect the Mississippi Barrier Islands, estuaries and coast from oil reaching the shores.
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Read More »Second or subsequent simple possession offenses are not aggravated felonies under the Immigration and Nationality Act when, as in this case, the state conviction is not based on the fact of a prior conviction, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
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