Constitutional Law – May 23, 2012

by Lawyers.com on 5/23/2012

If you’re planning to visit New York in the near future, be prepared to be patted down by a cop for no reason whatsoever. That’s the message being sent to the general public by the Bloomberg administration in the form of...more

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/18/2012

In a dissent from the Federal Circuit's affirmance of a Board determination of obviousness, Judge Newman raises a jurisdictional and separation-of-powers argument in In re Baxter International, Inc. that is destined to be...more

by Electronic Privacy Information Center on 5/17/2012

In a Statement for the Record, EPIC has expressed support for H.R. 2168, the "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act," which prohibits the interception of location information by private parties and government agents...more

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/15/2012

The CFPB’s participation in a memorandum brief filed by the Department of Justice in support of the constitutionality of a provision of the Fair Credit Reporting Act is the most recent example of the CFPB’s activist approach....more

by Cullen and Dykman LLP on 5/14/2012

Six Virginia Sheriff’s office employees sued the Sheriff of Hampton, B.J. Roberts, both individually and in his official capacity, after they were fired from their jobs in 2009. Roberts was running for re-election during...more

by Dan Goodman on 5/11/2012

Discover that before the Fourteenth Amendment, a citizen of a State was recognized under international law with the nationality of a citizen of the United States. A citizen of the United States was also a citizen of the...more

by Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA on 5/11/2012

On March 26th, 27th and 28th, 2012, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on President Obama's signature health care legislation. The main thrust of the opponents of the law was that the "individual mandate" is...more

by Barger & Wolen on 5/9/2012

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has sued the City of Jacksonville, Florida’s firefighters union for basing promotions on a written test that few black candidates have passed. The suit raises the...more