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SCOTUS Strikes Down Core of Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court recently declared unconstitutional the section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that set the formula determining which states with a history of racial discrimination need federal approval to change voting laws. So Reuters reports.
Read more...CA Governor Taking Too Long to Cut Prison Population: Judicial Panel
A panel of three federal judges last week threatened to hold California Governor Jerry Brown in contempt if he doesn't swiftly implement a plan to cut down California's prison population by 10,000 inmates—a task the panel first ordered the state to undertake 2009 in response to a class action accusing the state of failing to provide prisoners with adequate healthcare. So Reuters reports.
Read more...SCOTUS: Arizona Can’t Make Voters Produce Citizenship Docs
The U.S. Supreme Court last week held that Arizona may not require people to provide documents proving citizenship in order allow them to register to vote, according to The New York Times.
Read more...SCOTUS: FTC May Scrutinize Deals to Keep Generic Drugs Off the Market
A majority of the nation's top justices held that the Federal Trade Commission may pursue antitrust cases against brand-name drug companies that pay to keep generic versions of their products off the market, The New York Times reports.
Read more...ABA to Congress: Examine ‘Unsustainable’ Jump in Criminal Statute
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
The American Bar Association is calling for Congress to take a look at the scope of federal criminal law, calling it “excessive, costly and counterproductive.” The issue has raised concerns in the House Judiciary that the number of criminal laws being created each year is “unsustainable.”
Read more...Judge Holds ‘Black Swan’ Internships Violated Labor Laws
A federal judge last week held that Fox Searchlight violated minimum wage and overtime laws by making unpaid interns on the movie Black Swan perform the work of paid employees, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Read more...Defunct Dewey & LeBoeuf Settles Mismanagement Claims
Pursuant to an agreement that a New York federal judge approved in the last week of May, the former chairman of defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf will pay more than $500,000.
Read more...Judge Temporarily Blocks Arkansas Law Banning Abortion at 12 Weeks
In response to a challenge by abortion rights groups, a federal court in Arkansas has issued an injunction temporarily blocking a law that bans abortions at the 12th week of pregnancy, according to the New York Times.
Read more...Love and Marriage (and Divorce) for Gay Couples
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- Written by Tami Kamin Meyer
In just the last few weeks, three more states (Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota) have become the latest dominos to fall in favor of gay marriage. That makes for an even dozen (11 states plus Washington, DC) that permit same-sex nuptials. Six additional states sanction civil unions, generally defined as nearly identical to gay marriage sans the title.
Read more...Lawyer Quits, Emails Dirty Laundry to Clients, Colleagues
Don Prophete, 45, resigned from the Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart's law firm in Kansas City, Missouri after what he described as a "completely unacceptable" response to accusations made by one of the firm’s lawyers that she had been harassed and discriminated against by an office manager, according to a Reuters report.
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