The US Supreme Court on Monday let stand a Texas Supreme Court ruling that did not extend spousal benefits to same-sex couples under employee insurance plans. The case began in 2013 when Jack Pidgeon and Larry Hicks...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District v. SolarCity Corporation where it will determine 'hether orders denying state-action immunity to public entities are immediately appealable under the 'collateral-order...
Charlottesville authorities failed to protect public safety and free speech during the August white supremacist rally that turned deadly, according to an independent report by US Attorney Timothy Heaphy found that , citing breakdowns in planning and...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied review in the Alabama death penalty case of Floyd v. Alabama in which attorneys argue that African-American jurors were improperly excluded from the jury. The petitioner, Christopher Floyd,...
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday informed the UN of the US' withdrawal from participation in the UN process to develop a Global Compact on Migration (GCM) The GCM is the first, intergovernmentally...
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Qualcomm filed three lawsuits against Apple Thursday, seeking compensation for alleged patent infringement. According to Qualcomm, Apple uses technologies that Qualcomm...
Former national security advisor to Donald Trump, Michael Flynn, pleaded guilty Friday to charges of making false statements to the FBI. The charges , brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller , are related to two...
A Missouri judge on Wednesday upheld the $110 million jury award in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and talc supplier Imerys Talc. The suit alleged that four decades of using Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder...
Qualcomm filed three lawsuits against Apple Thursday, seeking compensation for alleged patent infringement. According to Qualcomm, Apple uses technologies that Qualcomm first marketed in the 1990s. Qualcomm claims that they...
The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would allow mining in the Superior National Forest in Minnesota. The Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act (MINER act) ...