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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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Trump Fires Democratic FTC Commissioners, Setting Up a Direct Challenge to Humphrey’s Executor

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On March 18, President Trump fired the two Democratic commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The removals of Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter are the latest in a series of executive actions that will...more

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Fifth Circuit's Seaman Status Realignment Brings New Considerations for Offshore Oil & Gas and Wind Industry Operators

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Since the enactment of the Jones Act, courts have wrestled to define "seaman" and who is entitled to remedies under the Jones Act. The Jones Act grants a "seaman" a negligence cause of action against his employer and only a...more

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High Court Declines to Resolve Circuit Split on Whether Prior Salary is “A Factor Other Than Sex” that Can Justify a Pay Disparity...

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On July 2, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Rizo v. Yovino. The federal Equal Pay Act (EPA) requires “equal pay for equal work regardless of sex,” subject to four exceptions. ...more

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What Is Past Is Prologue: The Ninth Circuit Again Rules That Prior Salary Cannot Justify Pay Differences

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Ninth Circuit, in an en banc decision following remand from the Supreme Court, held that employers cannot justify pay disparities under the federal Equal Pay Act by showing that those disparities are...more

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Ninth Circuit Issues A Second En Banc Decision Regarding Prior Salary Considerations In Rizo v. Yovino Re-Do

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In yet another development in the closely watched case of Rizo v. Yovino, the en banc Ninth Circuit ruled that employers may not defeat a plaintiff’s prima facie case under the Equal Pay Act (EPA) by arguing prior pay is a...more

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Web Exclusive: February 2019: The Top 15 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Supreme Court Vacates and Remands Ninth Circuit Opinion that Prior Pay Is Not a Defense to Equal Pay Act Claim

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The US Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion on February 25 vacating and remanding the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s en banc opinion in Rizo v. Yovino, in which the Ninth Circuit held that prior pay cannot...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Vacates and Remands Ninth Circuit's Decision in Equal Pay Case

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On February 25, 2019, the United States Supreme Court vacated and remanded the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Rizo v. Yovino, in which it held an employer cannot justify a wage differential between men and women by relying on...more

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The Use of Salary History Still Up in the Air in the Ninth Circuit

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On technical grounds, the Supreme Court vacated the Ninth Circuit’s decision on the use of prior salary to explain pay differences under federal law....more

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Supreme Court Vacates Ninth Circuit Ruling on Equal Pay Act Due to Judge's Death Prior to Decision Filing

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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in Rizo v. Yovino regarding the use of salary history information to determine wages, finding that, because Judge Stephen Reinhardt was deceased and...more

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The Supreme Court - February 25, 2019

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Today, the Supreme Court issued one decision: Yovino v. Rizo, No. 18-272: Eleven days after Judge Stephen Reinhardt passed away, the Ninth Circuit filed an en banc decision listing Judge Reinhardt as the author of the...more

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Salary History Is Not Quite History in the Ninth Circuit, According to Supreme Court

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On February 25, 2019, in a much awaited decision, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a per curiam ruling in Yovino v. Rizo, No. 18-272, 586 U.S. ___ (2019). Rather than address the substantive issue of whether an...more

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Significant Pay Equity Case - Landmark 9th Circuit Ruling Scrapped Because Of Deceased Judge

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The Supreme Court took the unusual step today of vacating a 2018 federal appeals court decision because one of the judges counted in the majority was deceased by the time the decision was published, reversing a landmark pay...more

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2017 Supreme Court and Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit, With Some Significant Cases from 2016

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Arbitration - Waymo v. Uber Technologies, 870 F.3d 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2017) - Waymo sued Uber and others for trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement. Uber contends that Waymo should be compelled to...more

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