A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling not only expanded whistleblower protections available under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, but also seemed to go out of its way to make clear that lawyers themselves are entitled to such protections. The 6-3 majority opinion ...

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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that the Justice Department is opening a new front in the battle for voter protections, a response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that dealt a major setback to the Voting Rights ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. could have a direct effect not only on copyright law, but also on consumers’ ability to do things as commonplace as hold garage sales, see works at ...

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Since last year, when generic drug makers won a victory on the issue of federal pre-emption before the U.S. Supreme Court, lower courts have been dismissing cases against generic drug makers left and right. But a federal appeals court issued ...

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A recent New York Court of Appeals ruling could impact how insurance companies bill for retrospective insurance claims. In Hahn Automotive Warehouse Inc. v. American Zurich Insurance Co. (2012 NY Slip Op 02344), a divided court ruled the insurance company ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — A judge has blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing U.S. tobacco companies to put large graphic images on their cigarette packages later this year to show the dangers of smoking. U.S. District Judge Richard ...

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Earlier this month, New York’s 150 year-old law requiring out-of-state attorneys to have a physical presence in the state to practice law was declared unconstitutional by Northern District of New York Judge Lawrence E. Kahn in the case of Schoenefeld v. State of New York.

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A federal judge’s decision to withdraw a decisive e-discovery ruling she issued earlier this year muddies the waters with regard to the production of metadata and other electronic evidence in complex civil litigation, according to local practitioners familiar with the case.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Federal prosecutors are appealing a Virginia judge's ruling that the law banning corporate contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional. Prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia on Thursday filed an appeal in the case ...

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In an 8 to 1 ruling Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court was clearly not divided in its ruling that a controversial protest by members of a Kansas congregation at a military funeral is protected by the First Amendment.

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