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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard does not preempt state product liability
In Williamson, Justice Breyer endeavors to harmonize his majority opinion with his majority opinion in Geier, which on very similar facts held the opposite – that a state tort claim was preempted by a design choice in FMVSS 208. Justice Breyer explains
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:46P
Supreme Court lets Cat's Paw 'claw' employers
In an opinion by Justice Scalia, the Court held that "if a supervisor performs an act motivated by antimilitary animus that is intended by the supervisor to cause an adverse employment action, and if that act is a proximate cause of the ultimate
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:46P
Supreme Court endorses "cat's paw" theory of employer liability for
The Justices, voting 7-1 (Justice Kagen, who had appeared on an amicus brief for the case while still Solicitor General, recused herself), endorsed the controversial "cat's paw" theory of liability, whereby the discriminatory animus of a
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:46P
North Vancouver man dies in Hwy. 3 crash
Two North Vancouver residents were involved in a horrific car accident Monday morning on Highway 3 just east of Princeton. Police say the crash occurred around 7:30 am after a Grand Am collided with a Hummer just
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:46P
Obama orders get on with Gitmo
After nearly two years of being on ice, if you will, some enemy combatants will experience American justice a few rungs below that a citizen of our country would receive in public court. The US Supreme Court ruled June 29, 2006 in Hamdan v.
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:46P
A surprising decision to prohibit profit distribution based on audited
In a completely different context, it also stipulates that a company's annual general meeting must be held at the latest within six months from the last day of the accounting period. According to the Supreme Court, the law implies that the audited
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:46P
A surprising decision to prohibit profit distribution based on audited
In a completely different context, it also stipulates that a company's annual general meeting must be held at the latest within six months from the last day of the accounting period. According to the Supreme Court, the law implies that the audited
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:46P
Insolvency legislation faces its first real test
The debtor may further propose that certain assets of the debtor (with the exemption of real estate) are exempted from the bankruptcy mass, whereas he is obliged to pay an appropriate monthly remuneration for the use of these assets.
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:46P
Insolvency legislation faces its first real test
The debtor may further propose that certain assets of the debtor (with the exemption of real estate) are exempted from the bankruptcy mass, whereas he is obliged to pay an appropriate monthly remuneration for the use of these assets.
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:46P
Man Pleads Guilty In Death Of Roller
Anthony C. Cesar, 28, admitted to causing the one-vehicle crash that killed Jennifer Moreland, a member of the Rocktown Rollers. The Harrisonburg squad is part of a league of all-women roller derby teams in the Mid-Atlantic area. On Aug.
Updated: 03/08/2011 12:46P
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