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Baker Hostetler Employment Class Action Blog – Much More than Quality Employment Class Actions News

Paul Karlsgodt
February 09, 2012 19:42

The Baker Hostetler Employment Class Action Blog is constantly putting out quality content, but they have two new recent posts that I would especially recommend to my readers.  They include: This February 6 post from John Lewis discussing the impacts, both on employment cases and otherwise, of the...

Great Day for 4th Amendment With Unexpected Heroes

Scott Key
January 24, 2012 14:51

Yesterday, was was the best day the Fourth Amendment has had in a decade. And, while Libertarians might not be surprised who the two heroes were, others might be taken aback. In one Fourth Amendment story, the hero was Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. And in the other, the hero was tea party...

Obama might have a Supreme Court majority on the health care law

Daily Kos <>
September 29, 2011 15:51

As reported yesterday, the Obama administration has petitioned the Supreme Court to review the 2-1 decision of the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit striking down the Affordable Care Act. In a conference call with reporters, a senior Justice department official stressed that the government was...

Supreme Court Term in Review

NCC Programs
July 12, 2011 02:35

As the Supreme Court of the United States concluded its 2010-2011 session, the National Constitution Center welcomed veteran Supreme Court correspondent Lyle Denniston to give a lunchtime talk about the most significant rulings of the term and how these decisions impact the lives of Americans. He...

Thoughts on Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

Paul Karlsgodt
June 21, 2011 04:25

Many commentators correctly that the decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes would be favorable to business interests.  However, unlike the Court’s earlier decision in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, the decision does not necessarily threaten to sound a death knell for class actions or...