For plaintiffs: Stuart Grant and Megan McIntyre of Grant & Eisenhoffer. For Citi defendants: Brad Karp, Richard Rosen, Susanna Buergel and Karen King for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. (Reporting by Nick Zieminski) REUTERS / Lucas Jackson.more »
While unlikely to threaten their ice cream places, customers and business experts saw the potential bankruptcy as an indication of the economy's state. "You'd think a place like this would be OK with its moderate prices," Furrer said. ...more »
But McKenna, he charged, has trampled the state's interests in siding with "right-wing" politicians from more conservative states like South Carolina. Inslee cited a new filing by the 26 states challenging the health-care law, which asks the US Supreme ...more »
The Obama administration's request last week that the justices resolve whether the health care law is constitutional makes it more likely than not that they will deliver their verdict by June 2012, just as Obama and his Republican opponent charge ...more »
In order for caregivers to cope, legal reform and changes to government and health-care systems will be crucial. A 2010 report from the Canadian Centre for Elder Law, Care/Work: Law Reform to Support Family Caregivers to Balance Paid Work and Unpaid ...more »
"It's better to educate parents on the patterns of sex offenders to gain access to children. It's more likely someone they know and trust." Laws restricting where sex offenders may live were prompted by "heinous crimes" such as the attack on Megan ...more »
The FDA has come under fire from the device industry for being too slow and unpredictable in its review process. The agency has responded by announcing it would streamline a number of processes and provide better training for staff reviewers. ...more »