Justices will weigh standing under Lanham Act

BY: Lawyers USA
POSTED: June 3, 2013
Tags: consumer protection, lanham act, Law, lawyers usa, legal news, lexmark, united states supreme court

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide the factors that determine whether a party has standing to sue for false advertising under the Lanham Act.

Offer to named plaintiff ends FLSA action

BY: Lawyers USA
POSTED: April 16, 2013
Tags: 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fair Labor Standards Act, flsa, Law, legal news, Supreme Court, united states supreme court

An employer can moot a collective wage-and-hour action by extending an offer of judgment to the lone named plaintiff, the split Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Supreme Court rejects Md. man’s international child custody dispute

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: October 1, 2012
Tags: child, custody, dispute, erika, Etsuko Futagi, japan, maryland, maryland court of appeals, paul toland, Stephen J. Cullen, Tokyo Family Court, united states supreme court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Maryland father’s bid to regain custody of his 9-year-old daughter, who has lived her whole life in Japan, following the death of the girl’s mother.

Supreme Court justices head for enviable destinations on summer recess

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: June 14, 2011
Tags: anthony kennedy, Antonin Scalia, clarence thomas, john roberts, justice, Samuel Alito, sonia sotomayor, stephen breyer, Supreme Court, united states supreme court
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WASHINGTON — The pay isn’t the best, but, oh, the travel opportunities that come with being a Supreme Court justice. Geneva, Rome, Lake Tahoe — and that’s only Justice Antonin Scalia’s summer itinerary. The justices often take full advantage of their lengthy summer break to travel abroad, and earn money for it, too. Justices can [...]

Supreme Court to clarify how plea bargaining should work

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 9, 2011
Tags: 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, advice, anthony cooper, criminal defendants, halliburton co., Lafler v. Cooper, lawyers, michigan, Missouri v. Frye, plea bargaining, united states supreme court

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will set further rules on how plea bargaining should work for criminal defendants through several cases the court will hear later this year. The high court on Friday decided to hear appeals from Michigan and Missouri officials who want to stop their cases from being thrown out because of bad [...]

Justices OK longer prison term in gun, drug crimes

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 15, 2010
Tags: court, crimes, federal, justice department, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, justices, legal, united states supreme court, washington

WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court has upheld longer prison sentences for people convicted of carrying or using a gun while committing drug trafficking crimes. The court voted 8-0 Monday to affirm lower court rulings involving defendants who had five years tacked onto their drug trafficking prison terms because they had a gun with them. Some federal [...]

Justices weigh challenge to gender differences in immigration law

BY: Dolan Media Newswire
POSTED: November 10, 2010
Tags: citizens, civil rights, Congress, immigration, Law, ruth bader ginsburg, united states supreme court, washington

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with issues of gender bias, judicial remedies and Congress’ power in an Equal Protection challenge to a law that makes it easier for a child of unmarried parents to obtain citizenship if the mother, rather than the father, is a U.S. citizen. Petitioner Ruben Flores-Villar, who was [...]