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Unlike earlier legislative efforts to block gay marriage, this law is probably constitutional. Yet Gov. Jan Brewer still shouldn’t sign it.
Tagged with: gay marriage
Read More »Commentary: Justice demands the end of capital punishment
The U.S. is unique among advanced nations in its use of the death penalty. The distinction isn't one to be proud of and should be brought to an end.
Tagged with: death penalty
Read More »Justices question Obama’s policy on climate change
The industries primarily affected by the requirements are power plants, chemical facilities, oil and gas projects and cement plants.
Tagged with: Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »Professional liability policy may cover foreclosure fraud
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the exclusions for wrongful disclosures and misrepresentation did not cover all the allegations against a Maryland title company, and thus did not remove the duty of an insurance company to defend its insured.
Read More »U.S. orders sales halt of four tobacco products
Four types of hand-rolled cigarettes were ordered off the market by U.S. regulators, the first time tobacco products have been halted for sale under authority from a 2009 law.
Tagged with: Food and Drug Administration
Read More »U.S. knew of GM ignition-switch flaw 7 years before recall
U.S. auto-safety regulators didn’t start a defect probe into failures that prompted this month’s recall of almost 800,000 General Motors Co. cars after learning of them seven years ago.
Tagged with: General Motors
Read More »Companies caught up in debate over raising pay
The corrosive effects of income inequality on companies came into renewed focus when Wal-Mart said profit this year will trail analysts’ estimates as its low-income U.S. customers continue to struggle.
Tagged with: minimum wage
Read More »Oregon AG refuses to defend gay-marriage ban
Oregon’s attorney general said she won’t defend her state’s ban on same-sex marriage, joining other top state law enforcement officials in refusing to fight challenges to similar prohibitions.
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Read More »Obama moves to blunt weapon of some patent owners
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is setting up a website with advice for anyone accused of patent infringement.
Tagged with: patent infringement
Read More »Why false confessions happen and what to do
An innocent client is the scariest client a lawyer will ever have, according to the old saying. Make a mistake, and you help put an innocent person behind bars. Win acquittal — against all odds — and everyone says the system worked.
Tagged with: confession
Read More »Commentary: Religion in public schools — still an issue
Let us take a little trip to Sabine Parish. It is located in “the Bible Belt” of Louisiana. How do we know that? Because the superintendent of the Sabine Parish School District said so to the parents of a Buddhist sixth-grader.
Tagged with: Establishment Clause
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