Mark Sherman

April 21, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to be searching for a middle ground Monday in the decade-long battle between Argentina and holders of its defaulted bonds.

By Mark Sherman

3 minute read

April 21, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Thirty years after failing to convince the Supreme Court of the threat posed by home video recordings, big media companies are back and now trying to rein in another technological innovation they say threatens their financial well-being.

By Mark Sherman

5 minute read

April 03, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court further loosened the reins on political giving Wednesday, ruling that big campaign donors can dole out money to as many candidates and political committees as they want as long as they abide by limits on contributions to each individual campaign.

By Mark Sherman | Associated Press

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April 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Supreme Court struck down limits Wednesday in federal law on the overall campaign contributions the biggest individual donors may make to candidates, political parties and political action committees.

By Mark Sherman

5 minute read

March 25, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court seemed divided Tuesday over whether employers' religious beliefs can free them from a part of the new health care law that requires that they provide coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge.

By Mark Sherman

4 minute read

March 24, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The Obama administration and its opponents are renewing the Supreme Court battle over President Barack Obama's health care law in a case that pits the religious rights of employers against the rights of women to the birth control of their choice.

By Mark Sherman

6 minute read

March 04, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to say that states can't rely on intelligence test scores alone in borderline cases to determine that a death row inmate is mentally able and thus eligible to be executed.

By Mark Sherman

5 minute read

March 03, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to say that states can't rely on intelligence test scores alone in borderline cases to determine that a death row inmate is mentally able and thus eligible to be executed.

By Mark Sherman

4 minute read

February 23, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The Obama administration is squaring off at the Supreme Court with industry groups and Republican-led states over a small but important program aimed at limiting power-plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming.

By Mark Sherman

4 minute read

January 28, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ruling that airlines have broad immunity from lawsuits under a post-9/11 security law, the Supreme Court on Monday threw out a $1.4 million defamation judgment awarded to a pilot who was reported by his employer as mentally unstable and potentially armed.

By Mark Sherman

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