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New Court Rule for Parent Coordinators Coming September 1st

Fox Rothschild LLP on 8/8/2023

From the earliest days of this blog in 2008, one of my frequent topics has been the use of parent coordinators. Originally, there was a Pilot Program instituted by the Supreme Court for use of parent coordinators. At the...more

Statutes And Subsequent Qualification By The Supreme Court – They Both Matter.

Fox Rothschild LLP on 9/16/2020

In a recent decision, E.H. v. K.H., the Appellate Division made clear that a finding of harassment in connection with the entry of a domestic violence restraining order must be based upon a judge’s findings on all elements of...more

US Supreme Court Applies Long-Standing Contracts Clause Analysis To Uphold Statutory Change To Insurance Contracts

Nossaman LLP on 6/28/2018

The United States Constitution provides that “[n]o state shall … pass any … Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts.” (U.S. Constit., Art. I, § 10.) Alongside state constitutional guarantees, the federal Contracts Clause...more

Sveen v. Melin: Supreme Court Speaks On the Contracts Clause

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider on 6/13/2018

After a decades-long drought, the Supreme Court recently decided a case involving the Contracts Clause of the Constitution. You might not recall that provision because it is so rarely invoked in modern-day litigation (due to...more

The Supreme Court - June 11, 2018

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/12/2018

The Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions today: China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, No. 17-432: In American Pipe & Constr. Co. v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538 (1974) and subsequent decisions, the Court has held that...more

Supreme Court Decides Sveen v. Melin

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/12/2018

On June 11, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Sveen v. Melin, No. 16-1432, holding that the retroactive application of a Minnesota statute that revokes spousal beneficiary designations in insurance policies...more

The Supreme Court - May 15, 2017

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/16/2017

Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson, No. 16-348: Respondent Aleida Johnson filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Alabama. Petitioner Midland Funding then filed a “proof of claim” in the Bankruptcy Court,...more

Supreme Court Decides Howell v. Howell

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 5/16/2017

On May 15, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Howell v. Howell, No. 15-1031, holding that where a veteran waives retirement pay to receive service-related disability benefits, federal law preempts state courts from ordering...more

The Supreme Court - December, 2016

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 12/7/2016

The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in seven cases on Friday afternoon: Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc., No. 15-1189: 1) Whether a "conditional sale" that transfers title to...more

T&E Litigation Newsletter- August 2016

Goulston & Storrs PC on 8/11/2016

On August 4, 2016, the Supreme Judicial Court issued its highly anticipated decision in Pfannenstiehl v. Pfannenstiehl, 2016 Mass. LEXIS 591, reversing an Appeals Court decision that had been a hot topic of discussion among...more

Domestic Partnership Agreements: Overview

Carlton Fields on 7/20/2015

Many couples who could not marry now can. The United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges framed the issue of the fundamental right to marry and the choice to commit to and intimately associate with the...more

U.S. Supreme Court Holds Same-Sex Marriage To Be a Fundamental Right

McGuireWoods LLP on 7/9/2015

The United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (2015) on June 26, 2015. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage...more

Piercing the Corporate Veil – the Supreme Court Rules Again

Latham & Watkins LLP on 12/19/2013

In Prest v. Petrodel Resources Ltd the Supreme Court confirmed that the separate legal personality of a company cannot be disregarded unless the company is being abused for a purpose that is in some relevant respect improper....more

2013 Employer Checklist for Benefits Planning: Post Windsor and Latest Health Reforms

Burns & Levinson LLP on 7/11/2013

The following is a short checklist of issues that Massachusetts and other employers need to address as the laws relating to retirement, medical and other employee benefits have changed. The details regarding the application...more

United States v. Windsor: A New Direction in Planning for Same-Sex Couples

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/10/2013

On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Windsor1 overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA"), which had defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.2 As a result, married...more

Was this week the beginning of the end for DOMA?

Burns & Levinson LLP on 4/1/2013

Hi there, This week had two days of arguments on gay marriage at the Supreme Court. The first case dealt with a challenge to the California law known as Prop. 8, which overturned the California Supreme Court’s...more

Appellate Notes: Week of March 18, 2013

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 3/22/2013

In This Issue: - SC18921- Redding Life Care, Inc. v. Redding - SC18846- Bauer v. Bauer - SC18947- State v. Charlotte Hungerford Hospital - AC34075- Carrillo v. Goldberg - AC33764- Alarmax...more

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