A landmark California labor law barring mandatory arbitration agreements remains in doubt as a federal judge on Friday extended a ban of the bill business groups claim would shatter longstanding hiring practices and flood the courts with employment disputes.
Read moreA new California law banning private prisons in the state interferes with federal supremacy by blocking the U.S. government from detaining undocumented immigrants in privately run facilities within the state’s borders, a private prison firm claims in a lawsuit filed Monday.
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Granting a last-second motion brought by a host of business groups, a federal judge on Monday halted a pro-worker California law set to take effect Wednesday that would bar new mandatory arbitration agreements.
Read moreThe National Electrical Manufacturers Association sued the California Energy Commission in federal court, claiming its energy conservation standards for five types of light bulbs are pre-empted by federal laws.
Read moreThe Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case over Voice Over Internet Protocol regulations, but two justices called for another case to test whether states can step in the absence of federal law.
Read moreA lawyer for Kansas faced an uphill battle Wednesday in defending identity-theft charges against undocumented workers who use other people’s Social Security numbers to gain employment.
Read moreThe BNSF Railway sued the cities of Edmond and Davis, Okla., and the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, claiming the state’s “Blocked Crossing Statute,” limiting the time a railroad can block a road crossing, is pre-empted by federal law.
Read moreUpholding a law that prohibits uranium mining in Virginia, the divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal law does not pre-empt the state ban.
Read moreJuries should not resolve questions about federal pre-emption in drug-labeling litigation, the mostly unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday, saying such issues must be resolved by judges.
Read moreArguing the measure steps on the federal government’s authority, an attorney for a group of companies that want to mine the largest uranium deposit in the United States urged the Supreme Court on Monday to toss out a Virginia law banning uranium mining.
Read moreA conservation group can’t force San Francisco and other cities to stop taking water from a glacial reservoir in Yosemite National Park that serves 2.6 million Bay Area residents, a state appeals court ruled Monday.
Read moreThe Supreme Court took up a case Monday where Virginia has barred mining companies from exploiting the country’s largest known uranium deposit.
Read moreAttorneys in a seven-year class action lawsuit between a group of California artists and Sotheby’s and Christie’s sparred before a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday over whether a state law requiring royalties from auction sales is pre-empted by federal copyright law.
Read moreThe maker of Raisin Bran and Frosted Mini-Wheats must answer a legal challenge in federal court in San Jose, California, saying Kellogg’s breakfast cereals are in fact unhealthy and contribute to obesity and disease because they are laced with extra sugar, in the wake of a 64-page ruling by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh who sits in a jurisdiction sometimes referred to by its own judges as “the food court.”
Read moreIn a ruling with implications for the future of high-speed rail in California, the state’s highest court ruled that while federal laws governing transportation trump state environmental laws for the most part, there are still areas where those state laws can prevail.
Read moreThe Third Circuit heard arguments Thursday that threaten to open the door on a massive antitrust action against foreign companies that ship American cars overseas.
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