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Tax Code, Regulations and Guidance

A Lively Supreme Court Argument on the Constitutionality of CFPB Funding: Ruling Not Expected for Several Months

October 4, 2023

Via: LexBlog

On October 3, the second morning of its new term, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments in the case of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited. This case is […]


Tax Code, Regulations and Guidance

Will Supreme Court adopt high-tech tools to fight security breaches?

May 11, 2022

Via: ABA Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court could take several measures to increase security following the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion to Politico. Jeff Stollman, a corporate and government information technology security consultant, told Bloomberg Law about some options that the […]


Advertising & Marketing, Business Law & Regulations

Chemerinsky: SCOTUS clarifies First Amendment debate over content regulation of signs

May 2, 2022

Via: ABA Journal

For decades, a central inquiry in free speech analysis has been whether government regulation is content-based or content-neutral. Content-based government regulations of speech generally must meet strict scrutiny. To be constitutional, they must be narrowly tailored to achieve a compelling […]


Business Law & Regulations, Employment & Labor

Pending SCOTUS Cert. Petition: Can employees of government contractors be forced to arbitrate whistleblower retaliation claims under 41 U.S.C. § 4712?

April 28, 2022

Via: LexBlog

We’ve taken another case up to the Supreme Court! In Robertson v. Intratek Computer, Inc., a pending petition for certiorari at the Supreme Court, we asked the Court to determine whether a government contractor or grantee may force an employee […]


Know Your Rights

SCOTUS considers expediting request to hear Texas abortion case, orders quick responses

October 19, 2021

Via: ABA Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Monday that it could resolve challenges to the Texas abortion law on a speedy schedule. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. ordered Texas to respond to the U.S. Department of Justice’s emergency request to block the […]


Know Your Rights

How SCOTUS enabled police abuses of civil rights⁠—and what we can do about it

October 13, 2021

Via: ABA Journal

Much has been said about police officers and departments who violate civil rights or enforce the law in discriminatory ways. But not as much attention has been paid to the ways in which the U.S. Supreme Court has enabled police […]


Know Your Rights

Should federal officers get immunity for lies and beatings? SCOTUS is asked to decide

September 14, 2021

Via: ABA Journal

Three cert petitions ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that federal law enforcement officers and those who serve with them on joint task forces were not entitled to absolute immunity for violating constitutional rights of three people. The Institute […]


Know Your Rights

SCOTUS formally rejects request to block Texas abortion ban

September 2, 2021

Via: ABA Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday officially denied an emergency request from abortion providers to block a controversial Texas law that bans abortions after six weeks, before many women know that they are pregnant. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., […]