Supreme buzz surrounds newest D.C. Circuit judge 
Published: May 23, 2013
Tags: Congress, Federal courts, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Principal Deputy Solicitor General Srikanth “Sri” Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Thursday, increasing the buzz about a possible U.S. Supreme Court nomination in his future.
Senate committee advances NLRB nominees
Published: May 23, 2013
Tags: Congress, Employment Law, NLRB, recess appointments, U.S. Supreme Court, unions
WASHINGTON – A Senate committee has advanced the nominations of President Barack Obama’s five picks for the National Labor Relations Board, setting the stage for a potential partisan showdown on the Senate floor.
Court takes up peeved airline flyer’s preemption case
Published: May 22, 2013
Tags: Airline Deregulation Act, consumer protection, implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, preemption, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – A long running battle between a Minnesota frequent flyer and an airline carrier has landed before the U.S. Supreme Court, giving the justices yet another chance to weigh in on whether a federal law preempts a state law-based lawsuit.
Court to rule on whether private employees get SOX retaliation shield
Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: employment, OSHA, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – Next term the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether an employee of a privately held contractor or subcontractor of a public company is covered under the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: consent search, Fourth Amendment, Georgia v. Randolph, search and seizure, U.S. Supreme Court
Must a tenant who previously objected to a warrantless search of an apartment be personally present and objecting to prevent a search when police officers later ask a co-tenant for consent to search?
Justices won’t let Mich. defendant reargue diminished capacity
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, diminished capacity, habeas corpus, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a Michigan murder defendant’s due process rights were not violated when a change in state law following his 1994 conviction prevented him from reasserting a diminished-capacity defense when he later won a new trial.
Justices to decide if co-tenant’s consent to search overrides prior objection
Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: consent search, Fourth Amendment, Georgia v. Randolph, search and seizure, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a tenant who previously objected to a warrantless search of an apartment must be personally present and objecting to prevent a search when police officers later ask a co-tenant for consent to search.
Court OKs attorney fees for untimely Vaccine Act claimants
Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: attorney fees, National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, time-barred, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – A vaccine injury victim whose claim is time-barred under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act can still recover attorney fees because the claim was reasonable and made in good faith, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
Court takes up constitutionality of town meeting prayer
Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: 2nd Circuit, establishment clause, First Amendment, New York, prayer, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – In a case that could have repercussions from a small upstate New York town to the legislative floor of Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether prayers at open public meetings violate the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.
ATTORNEY FEES
Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court
An untimely National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act petition may qualify for an award of attorney fees if it is filed in good faith and there is a reasonable basis for its claim.
See “Court OKs attorney fees for untimely Vaccine Act claimants.”
U.S. Supreme Court. Sebelius
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