Two of President Barack Obama’s top pollution-control measures face courtroom tests today.

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The case splintered a federal appeals court in a ruling that one judge said called hundreds of thousands of patents into question.

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Contractual forum selection clauses will be a lot easier to enforce in the wake of a ruling this week from the U.S. Supreme Court.

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The justices Tuesday unanimously backed the Internal Revenue Service’s interpretation of a provision that permits a 40 percent penalty on people who understate their capital-gains tax liability by inflating their “basis” -- that is, the cost of acquiring property that is later sold.

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In the latest case asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the pre-emptive effect of a federal law on a plaintiff’s civil lawsuit, the justices considered Tuesday whether the Airline Deregulation Act prevents a disgruntled airline passenger from suing because his frequent flier privileges were terminated.

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The U.S. Supreme Court stayed out of the multibillion-dollar fight over Internet sales taxes, leaving intact a New York law that forces Amazon.com Inc. to collect money from customers in that state.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a challenge to part of President Barack Obama’s health care law by companies claiming a religious exemption to the requirement that they provide birth-control coverage for employees.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether Secret Service agents can be sued for keeping protesters blocks away from the president during public appearances in a case testing the balance between security and speech rights.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a challenge to part of President Barack Obama’s health-care law by companies claiming a religious exemption to the requirement that they provide birth-control coverage for employees.

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The Supreme Court's decision in U.S. V. Windsor isn’t entirely an invitation for same-sex marriage opponents to relax, or for its supporters to give up. Language from the case appears to bolster both sides of the debate.

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Anita Hill is refusing to apologize for accusing then-Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her, in an issue that Thomas' wife has reopened 19 years after his confirmation hearings.

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