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18 hrs ago | Forbes.com

Manufacturers Hope SCOTUS Takes Up The Case Of The Smelly Washer

After Congress mandated new efficiency standards for washing machines in 2001 , manufacturers responded.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Timothy Bishop, Democrat

Fri May 24, 2013

The Washington Post

Ill. House OKs plan for concealed carry of guns; Gov. Quinn vows to 'stop it in its tracks'

Gun owners could carry concealed weapons in Illinois, the last state in the nation to prohibit it, under legislation that swept through the House Friday with the backing of the powerful Democratic speaker from Chicago, a longtime proponent of firearms restrictions.

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Related Topix: Guns, Illinois, Illinois Government, Pat Quinn, US Governors, US News

Christianity Today

Do Corporations Have Religious Rights? New Crux of Contraceptives...

At Christianity Today , we're constantly tracking important developments in the church and the world.

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Related Topix: Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, US News

Thu May 23, 2013

Politico

Appeals court skeptical of birth control mandate - Iowa will expand...

Judges on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals pushed back strongly on the Obama administration as it appeared in an appeals court for the first time to defend its birth control coverage mandate.

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Related Topix: US News, Healthcare Law, Law, Terry Branstad, US Governors, Immigration Reform, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican

Indiana Law Blog

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one 'Indiana' case today

In TOMMY L. MORRIS v. SALVATORE NUZZO , a 29-page opinion, Judge Zagel writes: The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana dismissed the claims of Tommy L. Morris, personal representative of the Estate of Thomas Lynn Morris against Salvatore Nuzzo .

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Related Topix: US News

CBS Local

Concealed Carry Bill Moves To House Floor, But Senate Objects

A concealed-carry gun deal brokered by House Speaker Michael Madigan cleared a House committee Thursday, but its prospects were unclear across the Capitol in the Senate because of the way it would curb existing local gun laws.

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Related Topix: Guns, US News

Detroit News

Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

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Related Topix: Retail, Hobby Lobby Stores, Healthcare Law, Law, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, Abortion

KEYC Television, Mankato, MN

Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press DENVER - In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.

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Related Topix: Retail, Hobby Lobby Stores, Healthcare Law, Law, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, US Supreme Court

Indiana Law Blog

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit hears oral argument in Ind company...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit hears oral argument in Ind company challenge to requirement to include birth control in their employee benefits The cases of Korte v. Sebelius , 12-3841 and Grote v. Sebelius , 13-1077, were argued before the 7th Circuit yesterday.

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Related Topix: US News, Manufacturing, Automakers, Grote Industries, Highland, IL, Law, Employment / Labor Law

Chicago Tribune

Birth control case a fight over First Amendment

Lawyers for two Roman Catholic-owned companies in Illinois and Indiana argued before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that a law forcing them to include birth control in their employees' benefits would violate their First Amendment rights.

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Related Topix: Illinois

Wed May 22, 2013

Politico

Contraception lawsuits hit next level - GOP retools high-risk pool...

After a barrage of lawsuits from businesses, Obamacare's birth control mandate is finally hitting the judicial big time.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, Immigration Reform, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

The Hill

Bringing facts to bear in discussing the patent system

At the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Science, Technology, and Law 25th meeting held on May 13 and 14, CSTL considered undertaking a study of the patent system with the Academies' Science, Technology, and Economic Policy Board .

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Related Topix: US News, Science / Technology, Inventions

Common Dreams

ACLU: Federal Appeals Court Hears First For-Profit Challenge to Contraception Rule

May 22 - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments today in two cases filed by for-profit companies, one a construction contractor and the other engaged in manufacturing vehicle safety systems, challenging the Obama administration's rule requiring employers to provide insurance coverage for contraception.

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Related Topix: ACLU, US News, Activism, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Liberal Political News

Tue May 21, 2013

AmmoLand

19 Days to Deadline, Good Carry Bill In the IL House VS. Bad Carry Bill, Senate

Sen. Kwame Raoul and his Chicago-style "no carry" carry law passed out of the Senate Executive Committee by a straight party vote of 10-4 last week and could come to the floor of the Senate for a vote this week.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Illinois, Illinois Government, US News

Mon May 20, 2013

Indiana Law Blog

Courts - 'SCOTUS Takes Case on Prayer at Town Board Meetings' [Updated]

Adam Liptak of the NY Times has a brief story here on the Court's decision this morning to hear the case.

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Related Topix: US Supreme Court, US News

Philly.com

Does using a church facility for graduation ceremony violate the Constitution?

The Supreme Court has yet to decide if it will consider widely watched cases about public schools using a church facility to host graduation ceremonies, and the use of prayers to open township board meetings.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Greece, NY

Thu May 16, 2013

WHBF-TV Rock Island

Senate committee to consider gun bill

Illinois concealed carry legislation that requires special permission to have a gun in Chicago is scheduled for a Senate committee vote.

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Related Topix: Guns, US News

Wed May 15, 2013

Post-Tribune

Philpot files appeal of federal conviction; says case...

Former Lake County Coroner Thomas Philpot continues to fight his criminal conviction and 18-month prison sentence, arguing that the government proved nothing more than that he was negligent when he illegally took more than $24,000 from a state fund from 2004 to 2009 when he served as the Lake County clerk.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, US News

Tue May 14, 2013

JD Supra

Another Business Owner Caught By Withdrawal Liability

I have blogged before [ May 16, 2012 , November 21, 2012 , April 23, 2012 , May 15, 2012 , September 5, 2012 ] about the liability that can be imposed on businesses whose union employees participate in a multiemployer pension plan if the business ceases to participate in that plan.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, US News

JD Supra

BMO Harris Bank to Pay $400,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Lawsuit

BMO Harris Bank will pay $400,000 to a group of 14 former employees under a consent decree entered on May 2, 2013, to resolve a disability discrimination case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission .

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Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law, US News