Supreme Court Hands Wall Street Victory in Curbing SEC Disgorgement Remedy June 5, 2017 By Sarah N. Lynch and Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday scaled back the Securities and Exchange Commission’s power to recover ill-gotten profits from defendants’...
Democratic Attorneys General Move to Defend Obamacare Insurer Subsidies May 19, 2017 By Yasmeen Abutaleb, Lawrence Hurley and Dan Levine More than a dozen Democratic attorneys general on Thursday sought to intervene to defend a key part of the Obamacare...
Supreme Court Issues Mixed Rulings on Municipal Suits Over Predatory Lending May 2, 2017 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that cities may sue banks over predatory mortgage lending to minorities that harms...
5 Pending Supreme Court Cases New Justice Gorsuch Could Influence April 10, 2017 By Lawrence Hurley Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court who was confirmed by the Senate to the lifetime...
As Supreme Court Justice, Gorsuch Could Influence Trump Climate, Deregulation Agenda April 3, 2017 By Lawrence Hurley Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee could help decide the fate of his moves to undo climate-related U.S. regulations, but legal...
Supreme Court Rules Garment Design Elements Copyrightable March 22, 2017 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that basic elements in cheerleader uniform designs merit copyright protection, handing a victory...
Appeals Court to Rehear Constitutionality of Consumer Protection Bureau Structure February 20, 2017 By Lawrence Hurley and Lisa Lambert A U.S. appeals court said on Thursday it will reconsider an October ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s structure...
Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch Could Decide Class Action Waiver Cases February 9, 2017 By Lawrence Hurley and Robert Iafolla The U.S. Supreme Court will not act until at least the fall on a major business dispute on whether companies...
Pending Supreme Court Cases Trump’s Nominee Gorsuch Could Affect February 1, 2017 By Lawrence Hurley President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court could have an immediate impact on cases already pending before the...
Timeliness of Securities Class Actions Under Supreme Court Scrutiny January 18, 2017 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court last Friday agreed to resolve a legal dispute over whether certain securities class action lawsuits can...