Supreme Court Denies Huge Sex Bias Class Action Against Wal-Mart June 20, 2011 By James Vicini The Supreme Court rejected a mammoth class-action lawsuit charging sex discrimination at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Monday in a ruling...
Supreme Court Defines Primary Liability in Mutual Fund Prospectus Case June 13, 2011 By James Vicini and Ross Kerber Janus Capital Group Inc. and a subsidiary cannot be held liable in a lawsuit by shareholders over allegedly false statements...
U.S. Court in Georgia to Hear States’ Healthcare Law Challenge Today June 8, 2011 A U.S. appeals court in Atlanta will hear a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reforms signed into...
Supreme Court Rules in Halliburton Case June 6, 2011 By James Vicini Halliburton Co. suffered a legal setback Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to make it harder for shareholders to...
Cell Phone Cancer Report Comes As Supreme Court Weighs Lawsuits June 2, 2011 By Dan Levine The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the fate of litigation against cell phone makers over safety risks, just as the...
Prison Case Tests Liability of Private Workers Doing Government Work May 19, 2011 By Andrew G. Simpson The Supreme Court this week agreed to hear a case on the liability of employees of private companies that operate...
Supreme Court Hands Corporate Whistleblowers a Setback May 16, 2011 The U.S. Supreme Court has handed corporate whistleblowers a setback with a 5-3 ruling that they cannot bring lawsuits on...
Supreme Court Hears Securities Fraud Loss Causation Arguments April 27, 2011 By Carlyn Kolker and James Vicini The U.S. Supreme Court considered Monday whether to make it more difficult for shareholders to proceed with certain class-action securities-fraud...
Supreme Court Denies Fast Track for Healthcare Law Challenge April 25, 2011 By James Vicini The Supreme Court refused Monday to speed up a ruling on President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, his signature domestic achievement...
High Stakes in Today’s Supreme Court Case on Securities Fraud Suits April 25, 2011 By Carlyn Kolker The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday is set to hear arguments in a case that could dramatically raise the bar...