US Justices wrestle with how false a “False Claim” must be
By Marcia Coyle, Supreme Court Brief The federal False Claims Act is the government’s chief fraud-fighting tool, and a lucrative one at that. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled with how false a claim for payment must be in order…
14 Memorable NLJ Supreme Court Stories of 2014
By Marcia Coyle and Tony Mauro, Legal Times Here’s a look back at 14 of The National Law Journal’s most popular Supreme Court stories of 2014. Ginsburg on Rulings, Race The turmoil in Ferguson, Mo., and the controversial stop-and-frisk policy…
Supreme Court rejects BP’s appeal of oil spill settlement
By Marcia Coyle, Supreme Court Brief The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday eliminated what could have been a major roadblock in the multibillion-dollar settlement reached in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill four years ago. In BP Production & Development v….
[US] Justices return to consider Facebook threats, pregnancy discrimination
By Tony Mauro, Supreme Court Brief The U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench December 1 to begin hearing arguments in 12 cases and to hand down some decisions, finally. The court has issued four unsigned per curiam opinions since…
