Antitrust refers to the regulation of the concentration of economic power, particularly in regard to monopolies and other anticompetitive practices. Antitrust laws exist as both federal statutes and state statutes. The three key federal...
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Whether any provision of the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 preempts states from creating an equitable remedy where a third party can recover the amount of the...
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Landlord-tenant law governs the rental of commercial and residential property. It is composed primarily of state statutes and common law. A number of states have based their statutory law on either the Uniform Residential Landlord And...
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Minimum wage laws establish a base level of pay that employers are required to pay certain covered employees. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. In addition to a federal minimum wage, some states also have their own minimum...
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In March 2010, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). See Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus, 525 Fed. App’x. 415, 416 (6th Cir. 2013). Susan B. Anthony List (“SBA List”) is a pro-life nonprofit organization that opposes the ACA, claiming...
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This matter arises out of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case initiated by Pacific Gas & Electric Company (“Pacific Gas”), Respondent. Before Respondent commenced its bankruptcy case, Travelers Casualty & Surety Company (“Travelers”), Petitioner,...
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Workers' compensation laws protect people who become injured or disabled while working at their jobs. The laws provide the injured workers with fixed monetary awards, in an attempt to eliminate the need for litigation. These laws also...