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It could also take away a major incentive for employers to follow the law. Companies often change the way they do business after costly and embarrassing lawsuits. Like other large employers in low-wage industries, Chipotle counts wage-and-hour lawsuits as one of its top legal risks, for now. … [Read more...] about The Supreme Court’s Arbitration Ruling Is Already Screwing Thousands Of Chipotle Workers

The decision was issued during a time of rising concern over surveillance practices of law enforcement and intelligence agencies and whether companies like wireless carriers care about customer privacy rights. The big four wireless carriers, Verizon Communications Inc, AT&T Inc, T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp, receive tens of thousands of these requests yearly from law enforcement. … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Rules Police Must Have A Warrant To Get Cellphone Location Data

“The concededly relevant inquiry into ‘Commerce’s intent’ could not possibly be conducted without the testimony of Secretary Ross himself,” Furman wrote in September. “Critically, that is not the case merely because Secretary Ross made the decision that Plaintiffs are challenging. ... Instead, it is the case because Secretary Ross was personally and directly involved in the decision, and the unusual process leading to it, to an unusual degree.” … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Blocks Deposition Of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross In Census Citizenship Question Suit

This decade has seen more extreme gerrymandering, particularly in battleground states such as Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Republicans won sweeping victories in the 2010 midterm elections, and they used their power to redraw election maps so as to maintain control of the House of Representatives. Ohio, for example, has 12 Republicans and four Democrats in the House. North Carolina has a 10 Republicans and three Democrats. A three-judge federal court struck down North Carolina’s map as unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court in January put that decision on hold. … [Read more...] about Supreme Court justices troubled by partisan gerrymandering, but unsure how to control it

It was also observed that under Article 63-A of the Constitution, the position of a party head of a political party has a central role in the performance of duties by the Members of the Parliament. For rendering such a role, a party head must necessarily possess the qualifications and be free of the disqualifications contemplated in Articles 62 & 63 of the Constitution. Therefore, it was held that the Election Act 2017 was subject to the constitutional provisions in Articles 62 and 63. Hence, a person who was disqualified from being a Member of Parliament under Articles 62 and 63 was debarred from holding the position of party head. … [Read more...] about India, Pak Supreme Courts In Sync On Disqualification Of Convicts From Heading Political Parties