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In a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court Monday granted the video game industry some serious leeway, striking down California's ban on the sale of violent video games to minors. Here's more on what it means for the industry.
The Financial Landscape: It's All Business at the Supreme Court; EU Firms Up on Greece
10:15AM 6/24/2011
It's a good day to be a drugmaker after two pro-business Supreme Court rulings favored the industry. And it's an even better day for those who are counting on the EU bailing out Greece. But the folks at Google may want to search for "defense lawyers" -- they may be seeing subpoenas shortly.
The Financial Landscape: Court Wins for Wal-Mart, Power Companies
9:20AM 6/21/2011
Company News, Economy, People, Wal-Mart Stores, Green, Market News
The Supreme Court kept up its corporatist streak Monday, handing down two key decisions that were certain to please the Chamber of Commerce. The first helped Wal-Mart quash a massive class action sex discrimination suit; the second stopped states from suing power companies over greenhouse gas emissions.
The Declaration of Independence says "that all men are created equal." Anyone who's ever dealt with a failed product or the world's most annoying customer service knows that not all corporations are created equal. But according to yesterday's Supreme Court ruling, Citizens United v. Federal...
The Supreme Court opened the door for states to enforce fair-lending laws and other consumer protection measures when it struck down a rule that limited such powers to federal banking regulators Monday.The court decided that rules issued by federal banking regulators back in 1864 under the National...
For some people, the world is divided racially or economically, along gender lines or by political borders. For me, the big divider, at least in the United States, has always been generational. I was born in 1971, smack in the middle of what would later be called Generation X. I was part of dropoff...
Your tax dollars are now going to be spent on gun cases
11:30AM 6/27/2008
The Supreme Court's decision today to overturn 69 years of case law on gun issues was not really a surprise, given its down the middle voting record. They went for something kind of middle of the road, weaselly really: they claim that the individual has a right to bear arms, but that it's somehow...
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