In recent days, Philip Morris ramped up its legal battle against Australia’s planned cigarette plain packaging laws the tobacco giant fears will rob it of its intellectual property rights. The…
The next step in the ongoing federal health care legal fight will take place in the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond, Virginia this Tuesday, May…
On Wednesday, May 4, 26 states filed a motion with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is located in Atlanta, in order to try and uphold US District Judge…
Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, September 13th. Here’s a quick recap of Friday’s stories. The ACLU will represent defense lawyers against U.S. Homeland Security… According to a CT TyMetrix Inc.…
Judge Virginia A. Philips of the United States District Court for the Central District of California issued a permanent injunction barring enforcement of the law behind the “Don’t Ask, Don’t…
A challenge to the US Defense of Marriage Act began in a federal courtroom in Massachusetts on Thurday. The outcome of the case will decide if gay couples that are…
New York State’s 1,300 judges have not had a pay raise in a decade. Now the state’s Appellate Division, 1st Department has ruled on the issue, giving lawmakers 90 days…
Michigan attorney Geoffrey Fieger has lost his “right-to-criticize-judges” lawsuit in a federal appeals court. The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Fieger was not wrongfully punished for lambasting three…
Sponsors of California’s voter-approved gay marriage ban accused Attorney General Jerry Brown of advancing a “far-fetched” legal theory to justify overturning the homophobic initiative. That bizarre theory? That the state…
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