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Lipson

January 08, 2009 20:55

The Supreme Court released its decision in Lipson today: see Lipson v. The Queen, 2009 SCC 1. The CanLII link to the case appears to be down right now, but it’ll probably be fixed later.The Supreme Court released its decision in Lipson today: see Lipson v. The Queen, 2009 SCC 1. The CanLII...

Findlaw Environmental Case Summaries

Susan L. Smith
January 04, 2009 21:02

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CASES ? FPL Energy Maine Hydro LLC v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n ? State of North Carolina v. Envtl. Prot. Agency ? American Forest & Paper Assoc. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n ? Devon Energy Corp. v. Kempthorne...

SCOTUS preemption cases -- Findlaw commentary

Susan L. Smith
January 04, 2009 20:53

Anthony Sebok and Benjamin Zipursky [bio] have written some good comments on Findlaw about the forthcoming federal preemption case concerning drug warnings [Wyeth Commentary I and Wyeth Commentary II ] and a comment on the companion tobacco preemption case. Good...

James K. Happ Acquitted on All Counts in Final National Century Financial Enterprises Trial

Anthony Lake
December 26, 2008 15:37

  National Century Financial Enterprises Case (NCFE), a healthcare financing company, collapsed in 2002, resulting in a loss of $2.9 billion to investors, including the world’s largest bond fund manager, Pacific Investment Management Co., Pimco and Credit Suisse Group. The failure also...

MT. Constitution Protects Doctor Assisted Suicide

December 24, 2008 19:41

The United States Supreme Court has thus far declined to find a constitutional right to doctor assisted suicide under either the Due Process Clause (Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997)) or under the Equal Protection Clause (Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997)). There are a very few...