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Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. Supreme Court case may prompt Congress to scale back the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley law, the measure that tightened oversight of financial disclosure after the Enron Corp. and WorldCom Inc. collapses.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (AN'-toh-nihn skuh-LEE'-uh) has said in a speech at Ohio State University the Constitution is best treated as an original document within the context of its historical creation, not...
"Don't resolve your dispute in the street, bring it to court."Judge Timothy C. Evans has spent the better part of his professional career championing that point of view, first as a litigator and assistant corporate counsel for the city of Chicago, then as deputy commissioner and alderman, later as a judge and finally as chief judge of the Cook County Circuit Court.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia plans a speech at Ohio State University on the interpretation of the Constitution.
A pending Supreme Court case could ease flow of corporate money in campaigns. United States Supreme Court - Supreme Court - United States - Government - Judicial Branch
When Cook County's Chief Judge Timothy Evans is honored at the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday, it will be a landmark moment for the once-disgraced local Circuit Court. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports.
Somewhere between horse-training tricks and Amazon's 1-Click ordering lies the answer the Supreme Court is seeking. To wit, when is a good idea worth a patent?
Comments made by Justices during a Nov. 9 hearing on Bilski v. Kappos — a case that could end up impacting the patentability of genes — suggest that the US Supreme Court is struggling to define the circumstances under which processes not linked to a machine or to the transformation of physical matter are patentable.
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 19, 2009 - Based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 22,295,000 Americans with disabilities are of working age; however, only 36.9 percent were employed, compared to the 79.7 percent of the non-disabled.
Since becoming the first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court justice, Sonia Sotomayor has mamboed with movie stars, exchanged smooches with musicians at the White House and thrown out the first pitch for her beloved New York Yankees. A famous jazz composer even wrote a song about her: "Wise Latina Woman." Few Americans can name most of the justices, but Sotomayor has become a celebrity -- all without ...
The father-in-law of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is dead at 94.
NORMAN — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said federal judges should be paid more and wondered if the Supreme Court should represent more career diversity during his visit Tuesday to the University of Oklahoma College of Law.Roberts answered questions on those and other topics after speaking in a packed courtroom at OU’s Coats Hall for the college’s eighth annual Henry Series ...
A gay couple in Los Angeles was awarded compensation Tuesday for being denied spousal benefits by the federal government.
Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer will host a forum to discuss whether Ohio needs to change the way it selects judges.
By A. Jose Cortina, Ward and Smith, P.A. Editor's Note: A. Jose Cortina is a member of the Intellectual Property Group of Ward and Smith P.A. On Monday, Nov. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Bilski v. Kappos.
RICHMOND, Va. - The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to block the execution of a Maryland man who was convicted of gunning down a northern Virginia couple to win the love of a former stripper.
