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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term. The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions.

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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Medtronic v. Boston Scientific

by Andrew Williams | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/23/2013

On May 20, 2013, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the Medtronic Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp. case (Supreme Court docket number 12-1128). The sole issue on appeal is encapsulated by the question presented...more

Legal Alert: Supreme Court Unanimously Rules in Favor of Taxpayer, Holds U.K. Windfall Tax Creditable

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 5/23/2013

The United States Supreme Court held Monday in PPL Corporation v. Commissioner (No. 12-43) that a U.S. taxpayer was entitled to claim a foreign tax credit on its share of a “windfall tax” imposed on the taxpayer’s United...more

Law360 Quotes Lloyd Chinn on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Granting of Certiorari in Lawson

by Harris M. Mufson, Daniel Saperstein | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 5/22/2013

In a Law360 article (subscription required) today, Lloyd Chinn, Co-head of Proskauer’s Whistleblower & Retaliation Group, commented on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear its first-ever whistleblower case under the...more

Supreme Court to Decide on Prayer in Public Meetings

by Aaron Kase | Lawyers.com on 5/22/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court this week decided to take up a case that could change the rules for when prayer is allowed in public meetings, and even have broader implications for government prayer in general....more

U.S. Supreme Court: “The Social Sharing of A Small Amount of Marijuana” By Immigrants Lawfully In The U.S. Does Not Require Their...

by Florian Dauny | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 5/22/2013

U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Moncrieffe v. Holder, holding that a state drug conviction is not an aggravated felony when the statute of conviction extends to the social sharing of a small amount of marijuana. The...more

The Curious Case Of Human Gene Patents

by Thomas Engellenner | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 5/22/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last month in the matter of Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, a curious case that does not bode well for America’s biotechnology industry and could overturn 30...more

No Opposition Expected to SG’s Certiorari Petition in Noel Canning

by Keith R. Fisher | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/21/2013

As we reported earlier, the Solicitor General of the United States (SG) has filed in the U.S. Supreme Court a petition for a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Noel Canning...more

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether SOX’s Whistleblower Provision Protects Employees of Publicly Traded Company’s Contractors

by Noa Baddish, Lloyd B. Chinn, Harris M. Mufson | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 5/21/2013

On May 20, 2013, the United States Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit’s decision holding that SOX’s whistleblower protection does not...more

Supreme Court Upholds FCC Authority to Address Wireless Siting

by T. Scott Thompson | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/21/2013

The Supreme Court today issued its decision in City of Arlington v. FCC—the case challenging the FCC’s 2009 “Shot Clock” declaratory ruling. The Supreme Court affirmed the Fifth Circuit, holding that Chevron deference applies...more

U.S. Supreme Court Allows FCC to Determine its Own Authority - Decision Upholds FCC Time Restrictions on Local Government...

by Matthew K. Schettenhelm | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 5/21/2013

The United States Supreme Court issued its decision in City of Arlington v. FCC, ruling that if an agency has general rulemaking or adjudicative power under a statute, courts must defer to all of the agency’s reasonable...more

Supreme Court Settles Fifth Amendment Required Records Issue in Context of Offshore Bank Accounts

by Jay Nanavati | BakerHostetler on 5/21/2013

On May 13, 2013, the Supreme Court denied a taxpayer’s petition for certiorari regarding the Seventh Circuit’s August 27, 2012, decision applying the Required Records Exception to override the taxpayer’s Fifth Amendment...more

Supreme Court Preview: 2013

by Law Offices of Karl E. Knudsen on 5/21/2013

The United States Supreme Court has a busy docket for 2013. A number of important cases affecting the criminal justice system throughout the United States are to be decided this season. Cases involving the Fourth Amendment’s...more

ERISA Litigation Alert: Check Your Plan Subrogation and Reimbursement Language to Eliminate “Contractual Gaps”

by Richard Birmingham | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/21/2013

In U.S. Airways v. McCutchen, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ability of U.S. Airways’ health plan to recover medical expenses that it previously paid to the injured party from a third party settlement, but remanded the...more

Around the Virtual World: May 13-17, 2013

by Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 5/20/2013

A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. In This Issue: - What's the Matter With Zynga? - Video game maker drops gun makers, not their guns -...more

Lack Of Diversity Among Supreme Court Bar [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/20/2013

May 20 (Bloomberg) -- While the Supreme Court has three female justices, a Hispanic and an African-American, the lawyers appearing before it are almost all white males. According to the Associated Press, during the...more

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Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Medtronic v. Boston Scientific

Legal Alert: Supreme Court Unanimously Rules in Favor of Taxpayer, Holds U.K. Windfall Tax Creditable

Law360 Quotes Lloyd Chinn on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Granting of Certiorari in Lawson

Supreme Court to Decide on Prayer in Public Meetings

U.S. Supreme Court: “The Social Sharing of A Small Amount of Marijuana” By Immigrants Lawfully In The U.S. Does Not Require Their...

The Curious Case Of Human Gene Patents

No Opposition Expected to SG’s Certiorari Petition in Noel Canning

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether SOX’s Whistleblower Provision Protects Employees of Publicly Traded Company’s Contractors

Supreme Court Upholds FCC Authority to Address Wireless Siting

U.S. Supreme Court Allows FCC to Determine its Own Authority - Decision Upholds FCC Time Restrictions on Local Government...

Supreme Court Settles Fifth Amendment Required Records Issue in Context of Offshore Bank Accounts

Supreme Court Preview: 2013

ERISA Litigation Alert: Check Your Plan Subrogation and Reimbursement Language to Eliminate “Contractual Gaps”

Around the Virtual World: May 13-17, 2013

Lack Of Diversity Among Supreme Court Bar [Video]

U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Monsanto in Seed Patent Case

Promotion Of Arbitration In The 21st Century

Federal Rule 68 and FLSA Collective Actions

U.S. Supreme Court Raises Standards For Class Certification

Supreme Court Rules in Patent Exhaustion Case: Farmer’s Use of Second Generation Seed Constitutes Infringement

Supreme Court Finds for Monsanto in Seed Harvesting Case

U.S. Supreme Court Qualifies Patent Exhaustion

Publications Patent Exhaustion Does Not Apply to the Reproduction of Patented Seeds

Bowman v. Monsanto: Self-Replicating Biotech and Software Left at the Alter?

Legal Alert: Monsanto Ruling Protects Innovators of Self-Replicating Biotechnology

Lack Of Diversity Among Supreme Court Bar [Video]

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