Supreme Court declines to hear music downloading case 
Published: May 23, 2012
Tags: copyright infringement, due process, illegal downloading, music downloading
A $675,000 jury verdict against a student who illegally downloaded 30 songs from the Internet was left standing by the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined to take the matter up.
Lawyers, lawmakers ponder limits of GPS tracking ruling
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 22, 2012
Tags: Congress, Criminal Law, electronic monitoring, GPS, Supreme Court, U.S. v. Jones
WASHINGTON – Months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the police’s use of GPS tracking devices on suspects’ cars constitutes a search for Fourth Amendment purposes, law enforcement officials, defense lawyers and lawmakers are trying to define the limits of the ruling.
Catholic groups sue over birth control mandate
Published: May 21, 2012
Tags: Catholic groups, contraception, Department of Health and Human Services, First Amendment, freedom of religion, Obama administrations
WASHINGTON – In a series of lawsuits filed across the country Monday, dozens of Roman Catholic archdiocese, schools and other organizations are seeking to block the recent Health and Human Services mandate that requires most employers to cover contraception in their health care plans.
Parent’s years of residency not imputed to alien child
Published: May 21, 2012
Tags: Board of Immigration Appeals, immigration, imputation, Supreme Court
The Board of Immigration Appeals’ determination that a parent’s years of residency are not imputed to a child is a permissible construction of federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
Party can’t recover cost of translating documents
Published: May 21, 2012
Tags: Supreme Court, translator
A defendant that prevailed in a personal injury case filed in federal court could not recover its costs for translating documents from Japanese to English, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision.
CIVIL PRACTICE
Published: May 21, 2012
Tags: civil practice
A defendant that prevailed in a personal injury case filed in federal court could not recover its costs for translating documents from Japanese to English.
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Posthumously conceived kids not entitled to benefits
Published: May 21, 2012
Tags: in vitro fertilization, Social Security benefits, Supreme Court
The Social Security Administration reasonably interpreted federal law in determining that only children supported by a deceased wage earner in his or her lifetime are entitled to Social Security benefits, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
Published: May 21, 2012
Children conceived by in vitro fertilization after a wage earner’s death are not entitled to Social Security benefits – only children supported during the parent’s lifetime may collect benefits.
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U.S. Supreme Court. Astrue v. Capato, No. 11-159. May 21,
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IMMIGRATION
Published: May 21, 2012
The Board of Immigration Appeals’ determination that a parent’s years of residency are not imputed to a child is a permissible construction of federal law.
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U.S. Supreme Court. Holder v. Gutierrez and Holder v. Sawyers, Nos. 10-1542
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STANDING
Published: May 21, 2012
Do non-citizens have Article III standing to prospectively challenge a law allowing the government to obtain foreign intelligence information about them?
Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, No. 11-1025.Certiorari granted: May 21, 2012. Ruling below: 638 F.3d 118. (2nd Cir. 2010).
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