The Court ended its Term in familiar fashion, with a blockbuster Obamacare ruling. In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (13-354) and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell (13-356), the Court considered whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) excuses for-profit corporations that object on religious grounds from having to comply with Obamacare’s mandate that employers provide insurance coverage for their employees’
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National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning (12-1281) and Harris v. Quinn (11-581)
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You’ll forgive us for taking a few days to work through the last of the Court’s big end-of-Term decisions. This Update covers two of them: National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning (12-1281), limiting the President’s ability to make appointments during short recesses of the Senate; and Harris v. Quinn (11-681), exempting so-called partial public employees from having to contribute union dues.
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McCullen v. Coakley (12-1168) and United States v. Clarke (13-301)
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The Court closed out the Term today with Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores (13-354), holding that closely-held corporations controlled by religious families cannot be required to provide contraception coverage for their employees, and Harris v. Quinn (11-681), holding that home-care aides paid with Medicaid funds are only partial public employees and cannot be required to contribute union dues. We’ll be back with full summaries of…
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Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency (12-1146), Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc. (13-317) and Riley v. California (13-132)
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We’re back with three biggies: Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency (12-1146), where the Court grappled with the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions contributing to “global climate change”; Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc. (13-317), upholding plaintiffs’ ability to invoke the “fraud on the market” presumption in securities fraud class actions, but giving defendants a chance to…
Read More Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency (12-1146), Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc. (13-317) and Riley v. California (13-132)
Pom Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co. (12-761), Loughrin v. United States (13-316), and Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer (12-751)
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This Update will bring you Pom Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co. (12-761), on whether a competitor may bring a Lanham Act claim based on misleading advertising where the product’s packaging complies with FDA guidelines; Loughrin v. United States (13-316), finding that specific intent to defraud a bank is not always required to state a claim under the federal bank fraud statute; and Fifth …
Read More Pom Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co. (12-761), Loughrin v. United States (13-316), and Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer (12-751)
ABC v. Aereo (13-461)
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For those of you not currently glued to your TV set or other screen watching US v. Germany in the World Cup, here’s a special treat: a deep dive into ABC v. Aereo (13-461) by a guest writer who worked on the case below. Of course, if you are watching the game, we welcome you to save this Update for future viewing…