Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia  against the US Department of the Interior for its removal of the Louisiana black bear from the endangered species list. The groups argue the move is a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act and the Endangered Species Act [...]

California lawmakers passed and Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Consumer Privacy Act Thursday, granting broad online privacy protections to consumers. Assembly member and bill sponsor Ed Chau said in a statement , “Today, California took a historic step in enacting legislation to protect children and consumers by giving them control over their own personal data. Consumers [...]

The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) filed a lawsuit in the US Court of International Trade  on Wednesday against the United States and US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan against steel tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump in March. The lawsuit seeks an order from the court enjoining the US from [...]

The US Supreme Court held Monday that steering practices by the credit card company American Express that contractually barred merchant customers from steering cardholder customers to credit cards with lower prices are not a violation of federal antitrust law. In Ohio v. American Express Co. , a group of states argued that under Section 1 [...]

On Monday the US Supreme Court added seven more cases to its October docket. Also notable, the Court denied a North Carolina political redistricting question and one of a Washington florist who refused to provide flowers for a gay couple’s wedding on First Amendment grounds, sending them back to lower courts consistent with its recent [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday that Texas’ federal congressional and state legislative districts were not a racial gerrymander against minority voters with respect to three challenged districts, overturning a lower court ruling . The court did rule one of the districts is an impermissible racial gerrymander. Abbott v. Perez concerned two consolidated cases [...]

In WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corporation , the US Supreme Court determined Friday that a patentee who has shown patent infringement in the US may recover damages for the profits that it would have earned outside of the US if the infringement had not occurred. The dispute is between two companies that have systems [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled in Currier v. Virginia on Friday that a defendant indicted on multiple charges who agrees to have each charge tried separately gives up his right to benefit from an acquittal in the first trial. Virginia man Michael Currier faced trial for breaking and entering and grand larceny. While he was [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in Ortiz v. United States that it has jurisdiction to review decisions made by the Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces. It also held that simultaneously serving on both the Court of Military Commissions Review (CMCR) and the Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) is lawful. Dalmazzi v. United [...]

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a stay of proceedings Wednesday, suspending the release of a grand jury investigation regarding sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests. The report was expected to run hundreds of pages long, including interviews with victims, covering six dioceses . There is no information as to who filed the appeal for [...]