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National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Federal Health Care Fraud Cases Cut In Half Since 2011 | Apple Pursues Trademark Suit in China

California takes action against the tobacco industry, Apple moves in Chinese court and health care fraud cases go soft: This is a round-up of legal industry news from ALM and other outlets.
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New York Law Journal

Justices Agree to Hear Copyright Case Over Cheerleading Uniforms

The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday to decide what appellate courts have described as one of the most vexing issues in copyright law: whether pictorial, sculptural or graphic designs are conceptually separate from otherwise functional articles—such as clothing or furniture—and therefore copyrightable.
3 minute read

Law.com

Imagining Merrick Garland's Confirmation Hearing

A confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is still highly hypothetical. Cornell Law School professor Michael Dorf stages one with his students—and Dorf himself playing the role of Garland. The result: a remarkably plausible preview of how Garland might answer pointed questions from U.S senators if and when an actual confirmation hearing takes place.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Silicon Valley Diversity | Minnesota Vikings Clash With Wells Fargo

A new tool is launched in Silicon Valley to measure and boost diversity in the tech industry. The Minnesota Vikings clash with Wells Fargo over signage and stadium branding. And the feds could bring more charges against ex-pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Thomas Breaks Silence, RBG's Name is Flubbed, and the Lights Go Out: SCOTUS Moments

The U.S. Supreme Court's final oral argument of the term on April 27 capped an October-to-April argument season filled with funny, awkward, contentious, historic and sometimes poignant moments. We highlight a few of these courtroom moments.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Aggressive Antitrust | Cheering Copyrights | Breyer Renews Criticism

The Obama administration's antitrust enforcers are aggressively pursuing new cases. Twitter's transparency suit survives, in part. Steptoe is consolidating operations in Los Angeles. And Justice Breyer renews his criticism of the death penalty. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
2 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Big Business Wants Justices to Step Into Sealed Document Fight

The business community is lining up behind a major automaker in a U.S. Supreme Court fight over the test for keeping sealed court documents sealed throughout litigation.
5 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Ability to Challenge Agencies in Court is 'Judicial Activism' Both Sides Can Support

COLUMN: Liberals and conservatives alike should agree that judicial oversight of federal agencies is necessary to help prevent agency overreaching.
5 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

POM Wonderful Loses Long Fight With FTC Over Deceptive Ads

The Federal Trade Commission has finally prevailed in a long-running dispute with POM Wonderful over allegedly misleading claims about the health benefits of the company's pomegranate products.
6 minute read

Law.com

Breyer Renews Attack, Alone, on Capital Punishment

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer resumed his critique of the death penalty in America on Monday, but without the help of any other justice. Breyer alone dissented from the court's denial of review in Boyer v. Davis, a California case in which inmate Richard Boyer claims his extended stay on death row—he was sentenced to death 32 years ago—violates the Eighth Amendment.
3 minute read

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