Forum selection clauses are commonly used to control where disputes can be adjudicated, particularly those arising from business and consumer contracts. But when a party files suit in a court other than the one specified in such an agreement, how ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to fill in some of the legal blanks left by its 2012 ruling in Lafler v. Cooper, which extended criminal defendants’ right to effective counsel to the plea bargaining stage. In Lafler, the court ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court chose to kick off its new term by hearing a case that considers whether the Age Discrimination in Employment Act trumps constitutional age discrimination claims brought under 42 U.S.C. §1983. But during oral arguments Monday in ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal of a lower court ruling striking down Virginia’s anti-sodomy law. The high court on Monday refused to hear from Virginia state officials who wanted to get the state’s ban on ...

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WASHINGTON — After two U.S. Supreme Court terms full of high-profile cases involving closely-watched issues ranging from the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act to the fate of same-sex marriage laws, no one is calling the upcoming term a blockbuster. ...

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WASHINGTON — Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a statutory provision banning the recognition of same-sex marriages for federal purposes in June, business owners and their attorneys have been awaiting guidance from federal agencies as to how that ...

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Two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court that challenge an Environmental Protection Agency rule designed to reduce the amount of power plant air pollutants that drift across state lines may be the first in a flurry of high court environmental ...

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Same-sex couples – and the employers who pay them – still face many questions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision striking part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The Internal Revenue Service has stepped up ...

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Criminal attorneys are closely watching an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case that could drastically affect the number of convictions and guilty pleas under one of the most commonly-charged federal crimes on the books: aiding and abetting the use of a ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year striking down part of a statute barring the recognition of same-sex marriage under federal law has created confusion on the ground as same-sex couples begin applying for benefits they still may not ...

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