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National Law Journal

Supreme Court Takes Up Facebook's Appeal of Investors' User Data Scandal Suit

The question before the justices is whether public companies must disclose on Form 10-K to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission any risk that has occurred even if that event "presents no known risk of ongoing or future business harm."
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National Law Journal

EPA Venue Challenge, Trademark Rule Fight, Maritime Issue Are Leading Supreme Court Petitions From May

ERISA, regulations governing pharmacy benefit managers and a social media giant's fight against a federal warrant also come to the justices.
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National Law Journal

5th Circuit Strikes Down SEC's Private Fund Advisers Rule

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission exceeded its statutory authority, the appeals court says.
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New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: NYC Did Not Breach Administrative Code When Switching Retiree Medicare Supplement Plans

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors. 
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National Law Journal

Federal Judge Denies Amazon's Request to Dismiss FTC Lawsuit on Prime Subscriptions

"(V)iewing the Amended Complaint in the light most favorable to the FTC, the Court cannot dismiss the claim that Amazon's 'Iliad Flow' cancellation method was not a 'simple mechanism,'" wrote Judge John Chun of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
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National Law Journal

CFPB Averts Disaster at Supreme Court, But Challenges Remain

"Now, they don't have to worry about catching a (constitutional) challenge every time they put a rule out there," attorney Dennis Merkley said of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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National Law Journal

Supreme Court Says Filing Deadline for Federal Workers Not Hard and Fast

"The procedural requirements that Congress enacts to govern the litigation process are only occasionally as strict as they seem," Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court.
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National Law Journal

Challenge to Texas Law Regulating Online Porn Leads Noteworthy Supreme Court Petitions

"[I]f a state's regulation of minors' access to sexual content burdens adults' access to constitutionally protected expression, then the regulation must satisfy strict scrutiny," the Free Speech Coalition tells the justices.
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National Law Journal

Judges Hear 1st Challenge to Medicare Drug Price Program to Hit Federal Appeals Court

The challenge to the program seems to be a part of a larger legal strategy to create a circuit split, thus increasing chances of U.S. Supreme Court review, said Andrew Twinamatsiko, director of the Health Policy and the Law Initiative at the O'Neill Institute.
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National Law Journal

Justices Will Decide If Vets Are Getting the 'Benefit of the Doubt'

In their appeal, two veterans say the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has been disregarding a more-than-century-old rule giving veterans the "benefit of the doubt on any close issue relating to their eligibility for service-related benefits."
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