Articles by James Vicini

C-SPAN Seeks to Broadcast Supreme Court Healthcare Case

A U.S. cable TV network and a senior Republican senator asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to allow its first live broadcast when it hears arguments in the legal dispute over President Barack Obama’s sweeping healthcare overhaul law. In a letter …

Supreme Court to Hear Healthcare Law in March

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the fate of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, with an election-year ruling due by July on the U.S. healthcare system’s biggest overhaul in nearly 50 years. The decision had been widely expected since …

Supreme Court Rejects Internet Music Copyright Case

The Supreme Court let stand Monday a ruling that a traditional Internet download of sound recording does not constitute a public performance of the recorded musical work under federal copyright law. The justices refused to review a ruling by a …

Business Group, 26 States Take Healthcare Law Challenge to Supreme Court

Twenty-six states and a small business group appealed Wednesday to the Supreme Court seeking to strike down all of President Barack Obama’s signature 2010 healthcare law. The states and the National Federation of Independent Business said in separate appeals the …

Supreme Court to Hear Federal Healthcare Mandate

The Obama administration Monday cleared the way for the Supreme Court to decide in its 2011-12 term the president’s signature healthcare law that requires Americans to buy insurance or face a penalty. A Justice Department spokeswoman said it decided against …

U.S. Court Rules Against Obama Healthcare Mandate

President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law suffered a setback Friday when a U.S. appeals court ruled that it was unconstitutional to require all Americans to buy insurance or face a penalty. The U.S. Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit, based …

Big Business Wins Key Cases in Supreme Court Term

Giant retailer Wal-Mart Inc., telecommunications company AT&T Inc. and coal power companies came out the big winners in the Supreme Court’s just-ended term that rejected large lawsuits against them. The high court threw out the largest sex-discrimination lawsuit in U.S. …

Generic Drug Firms Shielded from State Suits: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that generic drug companies cannot be sued under state law over allegations that they failed to provide adequate label warnings about potential side effects. By a 5-4 vote, the justices gave a victory to Israel’s …

Supreme Court Denies Huge Sex Bias Class Action Against Wal-Mart

The Supreme Court rejected a mammoth class-action lawsuit charging sex discrimination at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Monday in a ruling that could affect major cases in other industries. The justices unanimously overturned a U.S. appeals court ruling that more than …

Supreme Court Defines Primary Liability in Mutual Fund Prospectus Case

Janus Capital Group Inc. and a subsidiary cannot be held liable in a lawsuit by shareholders over allegedly false statements in prospectuses for several Janus mutual funds, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. By a 5-4 vote in a narrow …