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Clicking 'checkout' could cost more after Supreme Court case
Civil Rights 04/16/2018The Supreme Court is hearing a case this week that could affect how much customers pay for online purchases.At issue is a rule saying that businesses don't have to collect state sales taxes when those businesses ship to a state where they don't have ...
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Zuckerberg Flubs Details of Facebook Privacy Commitments
Legal Outlook 04/11/2018Over two days of questioning in Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg chief revealed that he didn’t know key details of a 2011 consent decree with the Federal Trade Commission that requires Facebook to protect user privacy.With congressional h...
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Ohio court to decide if ex-player can sue over concussions
Featured Articles 04/04/2018The Ohio Supreme Court will decide whether the widow of a former University of Notre Dame football player can sue the school and the NCAA over allegations her husband was disabled by concussions from his college career in the 1970s.Steve Schmitz was ...
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Drug companies want Supreme Court to take eye drop dispute
Law Reviews 04/02/2018Eye drop users everywhere have had it happen. Tilt your head back, drip a drop in your eye and part of that drop always seems to dribble down your cheek.But what most people see as an annoyance, some prescription drop users say is grounds for a lawsu...
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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Middle East attack victims
Civil Rights 04/02/2018The Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal from American victims of terrorist attacks in the Middle East more than a decade ago.The justices are not commenting Monday in ending a lawsuit against the PLO and Palestinian Authority in connection with atta...
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Trump administration backs PLO in victims' high court appeal
Featured Articles 04/01/2018Despite its bumpy relationship with the Palestinians, the Trump administration is siding with the Palestine Liberation Organization in urging the Supreme Court to reject an appeal from American victims of terrorist attacks in the Middle East more tha...
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Large Midwest energy project turns to ex-Missouri governor
Legal Outlook 03/29/2018Stymied by state regulators, a renewable energy company seeking to build one of the nation's longest power lines across a large swath of the Midwest has turned to a prominent politician in an attempt to revive its $2.3 billion project.Former Missouri...