Two weeks ago a bill HB 5456 titled Asbestos Claim Transparency, drafted by the National Chamber of Commerce and out of state Asbestos companies was pushed into Michigan through their lobbyists. Michigan’s Commanders Group (Congressionally Chartered Veterans Organizations) filed their resolution in opposition to the bill. The group includes...
A federal jury returned a verdict on behalf of four New York City police officers accused of falsely arresting a man on drug charges, rejecting the man’s claim that he was detained so that the officers could earn overtime pay. The verdict in the case...
In a ruling with implications for both net neutrality and privacy, the Ninth Circuit ruled en banc today that the common carrier exemption in Section 5 of the FTC Act is activity-based, reversing a 2016 panel ruling that the exemption was status-based. Today’s decision bolsters...
The petition of the day is: BNSF Railway Company v. Loos 17-1042 Issue: Whether a railroad’s payment to an employee for time lost from work is subject to employment taxes under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act. The post Petition of the day appeared first on SCOTUSblog....
The FBI team investigating the 2016 Trump campaign’s contacts with Russians had already opened inquiries into many people connected to the campaign when it received a controversial dossier alleging illicit ties between then-candidate Trump and the Kremlin, says a Democratic memo released by the House...
Demonstrators have arrived early this morning to exercise their First Amendment rights about the first case for oral argument, Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 31. The case was brought by Mark Janus, a child-support specialist for the state of Illinois...