Supreme Court: Protections Against Debt Collectors Don’t Apply To Banks That...
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits debt collectors from a number of annoying and aggressive practices, like calling late at night to hassle folks about their debt or publicly outing...
View ArticleSupreme Court: It’s Unconstitutional To Reject Potentially Offensive Trademarks
The Supreme Court has struck down a longstanding clause in federal law that prohibits the Patent and Trademark Office from registering trademarks that “disparage… persons, living or dead, institutions,...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rejects ‘Dancing Baby’ YouTube Copyright Case
After 10 years, the legal battle over a silly 29-second YouTube video of a baby dancing to a Prince song has hit a dead end, with the Supreme Court announcing this morning that it will not hear...
View ArticleSCOTUS To Hear Case Of Bakery That Refused To Make Wedding Cake For Gay Couple
The owner of a Colorado bakery who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple back in 2012 will have his day in the highest court in the land, after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to...
View Article2 Years After Being Sentenced, Egg Execs Behind Massive Salmonella Outbreak...
In April 2015, a federal judge sentenced the father and son former executives of the inaccurately named Quality Egg — the company behind a salmonella outbreak that sickened around 60,000 people — to...
View ArticleAfter SCOTUS Ruling, Some Rush To Trademark Racially Charged Terms, Symbols
The same day that the Supreme Court ruled that it’s unconstitutional for the Patent and Trademark Office to ban racially charged or offensive trademarks, some people jumped at the chance to get...
View ArticleWhy You Should Care About This Lawsuit Against A Data Company You’ve Probably...
The legal system has long taken a “no harm, no foul” approach to certain legal disputes: If you haven’t actually been injured by the other party’s actions, you’ll have a hard time convincing the court...
View ArticleWhy You Should Care About South Dakota’s Controversial Online Sales Tax Law
There aren’t even a million people living in South Dakota, but the state’s efforts to collect sales tax from online retailers could eventually have an impact on the hundreds of millions of Americans in...
View ArticleSupreme Court Allows For Rare Win In Customers’ Lawsuit Against Samsung
The Supreme Court has a long history of ruling against consumers when it involves a company’s attempt to strip its customers of their right to a day in court, but this week the nation’s highest court...
View ArticleSupreme Court Will Decide If American Express Can Stop Stores From...
If you have multiple credit cards in your wallet, you probably decide which one to use based on factors like each card’s interest rate, current balance, and rewards programs. Merchants want to make...
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