Supreme Court News
U.S. Supreme Court to Decide if White, Straight Workers Face Higher Bar in Bias Lawsuits
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether it should be more difficult for workers from "majority backgrounds," such as white or heterosexual people, to prove workplace discrimination ...
Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Rule in Blow to Regulators
A divided U.S. Supreme Court threw out a decades-old legal doctrine that empowered federal regulators to interpret unclear laws, issuing a blockbuster ruling that will constrain environmental, ...
Supreme Court Backs NRA in Claim Against NY Insurance Regulator
The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a claim by the National Rifle Association (NRA) that a former New York regulator allegedly violated the organization's First Amendment rights by coercing insurers ...
The Supreme Court Just Complicated Employer Diversity Initiatives
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that a St. Louis police sergeant can sue over a job transfer she claims was discriminatory was championed by human rights groups as "an ...
The Supreme Court Handed Google and Twitter a New Line of Defense
The U.S. Supreme Court handed social media companies a new line of defense as they face an increasing number of lawsuits alleging their algorithms have harmed users — ...
Will U.S. Supreme Court EPA Ruling Rein in Federal Regulators?
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from power plants in a 6-3 ruling that some legal experts said would ...
Supreme Court Sides With Doctors Challenging Opioid Convictions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made it harder for prosecutors to win convictions of doctors accused of running "pill mills" and excessively prescribing opioids and other addictive drugs, by ...
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear COVID Business Interruption Case
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday that it will not hear an appeal of a decision that denied coverage for losses caused by COVID-19 shutdown orders, effectively closing the last door for such ...