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 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/23/2012

In the same era Gerald Ford advised his fellow Americans that “our long national nightmare is over,” as he succeeded Richard Nixon as president, the California Legislation enacted the sloppily-drafted California Resale...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 Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/17/2012

In This Issue: - Editor’s Overview ...1 - Health Care Reform Remains Alive and Well as DOL Enforces ACA through Plan Audits ...2 - Class Warfare — ERISA Class Litigation in Light of Wal-Mart v....more

by Alan Goldberg on 5/16/2012

This Legal Byte analyzes whether a judge may be recused after the judge has made rulings in your case....more

by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP on 5/15/2012

Supreme Court to Review Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: In one of the most important and closely watched cases in recent memory, the Supreme Court this Term will decide the constitutionality of the Patient...more

by K&L Gates LLP on 5/14/2012

The Florida Supreme Court recently denied a request for it to review the Florida Court of Appeal’s determination that a Florida statute is valid even though it authorizes slot machines at entities other than those that are...more

by Pullman & Comley, LLC on 5/9/2012

In one of the most significant employment law cases decided by the Connecticut Supreme Court in recent years, the Court unanimously ruled earlier this month that an employee’s free speech rights in the private workplace do...more