The Supreme Court will decide when law enforcement officers must get a warrant before ordering a blood test on an unwilling drunken-driving suspect. The issue has divided federal and state courts around the country and the justices on Tuesday agreed …
The West Virginia Supreme Court will debut a business court division next month. Chief Justice Robin Davis announced Tuesday the new system for business-related lawsuits will start on Oct. 10. Davis says the court will focus on complex issues that …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider the constitutionality of a legal tactic that can make it harder for companies to defend against class-action lawsuits, in a case it will review in the term that starts on Oct. …
Lawyers for the widows of two men killed in a 2006 mine fire want the state Supreme Court to declare that federal mine safety inspectors can be held legally liable when workers die as a result of their negligence. A …
The U.S. Supreme Court will not reduce the $675,000 verdict against a Boston University student who illegally downloaded 30 songs and shared them on the Internet. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Joel Tenenbaum, who …
The California Supreme Court ruled that employers are under no obligation to ensure that workers take legally mandated lunch breaks in a case that affects thousands of businesses and millions of workers. The unanimous opinion came after workers’ attorneys argued …
The decision last month by city officials in Albuquerque, N.M., to do away with the city’s red-light camera program didn’t bar the city from reviving the program at some point. But the Albuquerque Journal reports that a pair of cases …
The Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, heralded last term as a game-changer in employment class actions, has lived up to the hype. Since the Court issued the Dukes decision in June, it has been cited by lower courts …
People playing contact sports assume the risk they will be injured, South Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled Monday, upholding a lower court’s ruling that said a man injured in a softball game should have known he could be hurt. David Cole …
Noncompete clauses in employee contracts may not be enforceable in Montana when firms fire or lay off workers, the state Supreme Court has ruled. Last week’s ruling came in the case of certified public accountant Dawn Wrigg of Helena. She …