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Federal Courts In Teeth-Whitening Case, SCOTUS Extends Antitrust Immunity Exception

In Teeth-Whitening Case, SCOTUS Extends Antitrust Immunity Exception

By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Teeth whitening may not be "the practice of dentistry." Who knew? On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court declared, 6-3, that the determinations of a state...

Federal Courts SCOTUS: A Fish Is Not a 'Tangible Object' for Sarbanes Purposes

SCOTUS: A Fish Is Not a 'Tangible Object' for Sarbanes Purposes

By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Destroying a fish isn't a federal crime, the Supreme Court ruled today, in another victory for sanity when it comes to prosecutorial over-charging. By a...

Federal Courts SCOTUS Exercises Equitable Power in Kansas Water Rights Dispute

SCOTUS Exercises Equitable Power in Kansas Water Rights Dispute

By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In a fractured opinion authored by Justice Elena Kagan, the Supreme Court sided with Kansas in a battle over water rights in the Republican River Basin. Kagan,...

Federal Courts Details on SCOTUS' Sanction of Patent Attorney Howard Shipley

Details on SCOTUS' Sanction of Patent Attorney Howard Shipley

By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

What does it take to get disciplined by the Supreme Court Bar? How about letting your client write the briefs? Back in December, the Court issued an order to...

Federal Courts SCOTUS Oral Argument Preview: Week of February 23, 2015

SCOTUS Oral Argument Preview: Week of February 23, 2015

By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Supreme Court is ready to begin its February oral arguments -- well, in what's left of February, anyway. After two weeks of arguments in January dealing...

Federal Courts SCOTUS on Ala. Gay Marriage: A Signal of What's to Come?

SCOTUS on Ala. Gay Marriage: A Signal of What's to Come?

By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Same-sex nuptials have taken place in parts of Alabama, after the U.S. Supreme Court voted 7-2 not to stay enforcement of a federal judge's order that the...

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