The Supreme Court decision on college admissions could lead companies to alter recruitment and promotion practices to pre-empt legal challenges.
Category: Decisions and Verdicts
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Supreme Court Sides With Postal Carrier Who Refused to Work on Sabbath
The unanimous decision interpreted a federal civil rights law to require employers to make substantial efforts to accommodate their workers’ religious practices.
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Supreme Court Allows Unusual Pennsylvania Law on Corporate Suits
A novel Pennsylvania law requires corporations that do business in the state to consent to being sued there, even if the suits have nothing to do with the state.
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Wyoming Judge Temporarily Blocks State’s Ban on Abortion Pills
The law was to take effect on July 1. It is the only state law that specifically outlaws the most common abortion method in the country.
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Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers Source, Had Uneasy Relationship With The Times
Mr. Ellsberg took issue with how the newspaper portrayed his role, and how he was treated by the project’s primary reporter.
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Labor Board, Reversing Trump-Era Ruling, Widens Definition of Employee
The National Labor Relations Board, with a Democratic majority, restored a standard that counts more workers as employees rather than contractors.
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Newspapers Printed Unabomber’s Manifesto in 1995. It’s Still Fiercely Debated.
It wouldn’t be the last time the media would grapple with whether to publish something that might inspire others to take harmful actions.
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Supreme Court Rules Against Dog Toy Resembling Jack Daniel’s Bottle
The case, a trademark dispute, pitted Jack Daniel’s against Bad Spaniels Silly Squeakers, which looks like the distiller’s distinctive bottle and adds potty humor.
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How KIRAC Trailed Michel Houellebecq From the Bedroom to the Courtroom
The art collective KIRAC was embroiled in court battles over a film about the author’s sex life. Is the dispute a performance? A marketing stunt? Or a genuine cultural feud?
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Supreme Court Backs Employer in Suit Over Strike Losses
The justices ruled that federal labor law did not block state courts from ruling on a case regarding damage caused when workers walked off the job.
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An Appeals Court Gave the Sacklers Legal Immunity. Here’s What the Ruling Means.
In return for the shield, the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma are committed to paying up to $6 billion to help compensate communities and individuals for the ravages of the opioid epidemic.