by admin | Dec 9, 2014 | U.S. Supreme Court
A unanimous Supreme Court decision issued today declared that Amazon warehouse workers who are forced to stand in line for security checks upon leaving their worksite are no longer on the clock, and thus the time spent in line is not compensable. Amazon requires those...
by admin | Dec 1, 2014 | DOL, U.S. Supreme Court
The Department of Labor (DOL) is the subject of a Supreme Court review today in the case of Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association (Thomas Perez is DOL Secretary), with arguments focusing on whether a federal agency can issue “interpretations” of existing...
by admin | Oct 6, 2014 | same-sex marriage, U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today refused to consider whether states can ban gay marriages and in so doing upheld rulings by judges in five states that had struck down bans on gay marriages. As a result, Virginia, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Utah and Indiana will now be obliged to...
by admin | Sep 24, 2014 | U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court came into being 225 years ago today when President George Washington signed the Judiciary Act of 1789. The act gave the court six justices, and over the years the number has changed to where it stands today at nine justices. The act also established...
by admin | Sep 8, 2014 | U.S. Supreme Court
Just this past week, a federal court in Louisiana ruled that that state’s ban on same-sex marriages was constitutional, breaking a trend set by 20 other courts that had ruled state bans unconstitutional. Though that decision will now go before a circuit court...
by Girish Anand | Jun 30, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, U.S. Supreme Court
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that privately held companies can opt out of the contraceptive clause of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on religious grounds. The requirement in question mandates that certain company-provided health insurance...
