Judiciary


Constructive Discharge

Related Terms: Employee Termination ...  Read story

Nepotism On Trial

By John F. Persinos |  Jul 1, 1984

A case now before the Supreme Court of the United States is challenging the notion that business owners can favor members of their own families in hiring ...  Read story

Church Vs. State: This Time A Business Battle

By Virginia Inman |  Dec 1, 1984

Donald Thorton refused to work on Sunday, and now the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether his small act will affect businesses throughout the country.<...  Read story

Caveat Emptor?;

By William Souder |  Jun 1, 1985

WILL FEDERAL SECURITIES laws protect you from one of the worst business nightmares -- a fraudulent deal -- when you buy a company? For more than 50 ...  Read story

Bush Nominates Former Corporate Lawyer to Supreme Court

By Max Chafkin |  Jul 21, 2005

July 21, 2005 --President Bush nominated John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, potentially making Roberts the first justice with...  Read story

NAM Endorses Roberts, as Nomination Hearing Continues

By Kevin Ohannessian |  Sep 14, 2005

Sept. 14, 2005 --The first business group to do so announced its endorsement of Judge John Roberts, who has been nominated for Chief Justi...  Read story

Nomination Hearing for John Roberts Begins

By Kevin Ohannessian |  Sep 12, 2005

Sept. 12, 2005 --The Senate hearing to confirm the nomination of John Roberts for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court began Monday. ...  Read story

Rehnquist's Law

By JAY FINEGAN |  Oct 1, 1986

Politically, the new chief justice is conservative and Republican all right. But legally, he's not so much pro-business as he is pro-government.  Read story

High Court Expands Wagner Act Coverage

Apr 1, 1982

Nonmanagement employees -- including secretaries -- who have access to confidential material are eligible to join unions and receive the full protection o...  Read story

The Name Of The Game

By Donna Sammons |  Sep 1, 1983

The year was 1971, and Ralph Anspach, a San Francisco State University economics professor, was sitting in his Berkeley home, playing Monopoly with his se...  Read story

Bush Nominates Alito to Supreme Court

By Kevin Ohannessian |  Oct 31, 2005

Oct. 31, 2005 --Just four days after Harriet Miers withdrew her name from consideration, President Bush today nominated Circuit Court judg...  Read story

Bankruptcies on the Rise

By Angus Loten |  Nov 27, 2007

Cases filed in the third quarter were up more than 40 percent over the same period last year.  Read story

The Internet Guide to Bankruptcy Law

By Putnam Melanie |  Mar 1, 1999

Even in a booming economy, not every venture turns its promoters into Internet instantaires. There' s still a down side to capitalism. And smart bankruptc...  Read story

Why Businesses Should Have Judge Dread

By Allen P. Roberts Jr. |  Jun 1, 2005

Shouldn't a judicial nominee's thoughts on business law be scrutinized?  Read story

Tax Battle Moves to Supreme Court

By Angus Loten |  Mar 1, 2006

Ohio business owners argue that large corporations should not receive state tax incentives.  Read story

Neither A Borrower Nor A Lender Be

Oct 1, 1984

One Christmas not too many years ago, G. Wendell Smith received from his wife a small, framed caricature of a sour-faced golfer. Printed beneath the drawi...  Read story

Casino Case Hits Legal Jackpot

By Bobbie Gossage |  Aug 1, 2003

A brawling casino worker helps to set a legal precedent that hurts employers.  Read story

Survey: America Trusts Small Businesses

Mar 7, 2007

March 7, 2007 -- Americans have more trust in small business than they do in the Supreme Court, the White House, or any other public inst...  Read story

Small Firm Wins A Round In Patent Case

May 1, 1982

In 1976, when LAM Inc., of Wakefield, Mass., submitted a bid to supply its patented lighting fixtures to five Florida schools, managers of the closely hel...  Read story

The Supreme Court Backs Cut-rate Distributors

By Leslie M. Schultz |  Aug 1, 1984

Discounters, take heart. The U.S. Supreme Court is on your side. This spring, the Court affirmed a $10.5-million judgment in favor of Spray-Rite Service...  Read story

$50 Million "Pants Suit" Dismissed

Jun 25, 2007

Small-business groups are hailing the decision of a Washington D.C. superior court judge to dismiss a $50 million lawsuit against a local family-owned dry...  Read story

Winemakers Toast High Court Ruling

By John Anderson |  Jul 1, 2005

The U.S. Supreme Court opened the door on May 16 for the direct sale of wine across the nation.  Read story

Feuding Families

By Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. |  Jan 1, 1985

A bitter court battle has pitted the employees of Oakland Scavenger against the "family" that owns it.  Read story

Courting Bankruptcy

By Curtis Hartman |  Oct 1, 1984

When the president of Bildisco filed for Chapter 11, he didn't know he would be rewriting the bankruptcy laws.  Read story

Who Gets to Say When the Price is Right?

By Sarah Goldstein |  Mar 1, 2007

The Supreme Court weighs the conflicting rights of manufacturers and retailers.  Read story

Update

By Sarah Goldstein |  Sep 1, 2007

Price Law Overturned March 2007 Score one for manufacturers. In March, we wrote about an impending Supreme Court case tha...  Read story

Supreme Court Mulls Definition of 'Small Business'

By Angus Loten |  Jan 20, 2006

Jan. 20, 2006 --A workplace sexual-harassment case now facing the Supreme Court, which pits a New Orleans waitress against her former boss...  Read story

Is Your Patent Safe?

By Kelly Faircloth |  Feb 18, 2009

Supreme Court asked to hear a case that would determine whether business methods in any industry are patentable.  Read story

One Lesson . . . Or Another

By Scotson Webbe |  Oct 1, 1985

I read "Long Courtship" (Insider, August) with a mixture of dismay and disbelief. In light of the fact that it deals with a 23-year lawsuit that culminat...  Read story

Firing An Employee Sometimes Backfires

Feb 1, 1982

Courts in at least 14 states have limited employers' rights to fire their employees. Some observers see this as additional evidence of the judiciary's gr...  Read story

Best Friends In D.C.: Legal Minds

By Clay Risen |  Feb 1, 2006

Lawyers and judges who make the bar friendly.  Read story

Court Puts Curb On Polygraph Test Use

May 1, 1982

Reinforcing the measures already taken by more than 20 state legislatures, a court decision has tightened restrictions on how employers can use polygraph ...  Read story

Small-Business Groups Hail Executive Order on Eminent Domain

By Angus Loten |  Jun 27, 2006

President Bush instructed federal agencies to limit the seizure of private homes and businesses.  Read story

Ousting Management;

By Joe Rosenbloom III |  Sep 1, 1986

WHEN THE DELAWARE SUPREME Court talks, business executives listen. Because so many companies are incorporated in Delaware, court decisions in that s...  Read story

Court Ruling Forces Companies to Evaluate Their Website Designs

By Angus Loten |  Oct 23, 2006

Sites without an audio component for the blind could be in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Read story

Letters of Recommendation

By Barbara Kate Repa |  Oct 21, 1999

A California court recently turned the tables and sent out a warning signal to employers inclined to leave out an important element from letters of recomm...  Read story

Supreme Court Reexamines Patent Laws

By Alexandra Cheney |  Jun 17, 2009

A reversal of the earlier decision that business methods are not patentable could likely change the face of business.  Read story

Hot Tip: ADA Scope Limited

By Christopher Caggiano |  Oct 1, 1999

Is the Americans with Disabilities Act driving you crazy? Take heart. Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have considerably narrowed the ADA's coverage, s...  Read story

House Committee Heading to Gulf Coast

Apr 6, 2007

April 6, 2007 -- The House Small Business Committee is heading to New Orleans to hold a hearing on federal contracts for small businesses...  Read story

Employers Face Racketeering Charges

By Patrick Cliff |  May 1, 2006

RICO isn't just for the Mob anymore. The racketeering statute known as RICO is being used against companies that are accused of conspiring with recruitin...  Read story

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