EMPLOYMENT
A state law imposing sanctions on employers who hire undocumented workers and mandating the use of the federal E-Verify database is not preempted by federal immigration law. See “State E-Verify mandate...
View ArticleFEDERAL PREEMPTION
A state law that regulates what slaughterhouses must do with pigs that cannot walk is preempted by the Federal Meat Inspection Act. See “State animal law is preempted” U.S. Supreme Court. National Meat...
View ArticleRuling may save suits against generic drug makers
Since last year, when generic drug makers won a victory on the issue of federal preemption before the U.S. Supreme Court, lower courts have been dismissing cases against generic drug makers left and...
View ArticleFederal law trumps portions of Ariz. immigration statute
Provisions of an Arizona state law governing registration, employment and state criminalization of illegal aliens are preempted by the federal government’s broad regulatory power over immigration and...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Woman blinded by colored contacts faces FDA preemption
Apparently, there is no end to what you can buy at a dollar store. One South Carolina woman found to her ever-lasting regret that dollar store shoppers can actually buy prescription colored contact...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Judge clears way for Ariz. immigration checks
A federal judge on Tuesday lifted the injunction on enforcement of the controversial Arizona law directing police to check the immigration status of criminal suspects they detain. The order by District...
View ArticleDoes federal law preempt state life insurance action?
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a state law allowing a cause of action to recover a life insurance payment after its distribution is preempted by federal law. One Virginia state law...
View ArticleJustices look for line to draw in drug preemption case
WASHINGTON – Deciding where the preemptive effect of federal rules governing drug manufacturing ends and states’ ability to impose liability on drug makers begins has never been an easy task — not even...
View ArticleStates lose bid to control $1.6 billion in unredeemed U.S. savings bonds
Several cash-strapped states will not get their hands on $1.6 billion worth of federal government savings bonds, some dating as far as back as 1941, that have not been claimed by their owners. Today,...
View ArticleJustices: Generic drug design-defect claims preempted
WASHINGTON — In a victory to generic pharmaceutical companies, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that state design-defect laws that impose a duty on generic drug makers to either change their labeling...
View ArticleEMPLOYMENT
A state law imposing sanctions on employers who hire undocumented workers and mandating the use of the federal E-Verify database is not preempted by federal immigration law. See “State E-Verify mandate...
View ArticleFEDERAL PREEMPTION
A state law that regulates what slaughterhouses must do with pigs that cannot walk is preempted by the Federal Meat Inspection Act. See “State animal law is preempted” U.S. Supreme Court. National Meat...
View ArticleRuling may save suits against generic drug makers
Since last year, when generic drug makers won a victory on the issue of federal preemption before the U.S. Supreme Court, lower courts have been dismissing cases against generic drug makers left and...
View ArticleFederal law trumps portions of Ariz. immigration statute
Provisions of an Arizona state law governing registration, employment and state criminalization of illegal aliens are preempted by the federal government’s broad regulatory power over immigration and...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Woman blinded by colored contacts faces FDA preemption
Apparently, there is no end to what you can buy at a dollar store. One South Carolina woman found to her ever-lasting regret that dollar store shoppers can actually buy prescription colored contact...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Judge clears way for Ariz. immigration checks
A federal judge on Tuesday lifted the injunction on enforcement of the controversial Arizona law directing police to check the immigration status of criminal suspects they detain. The order by District...
View ArticleDoes federal law preempt state life insurance action?
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a state law allowing a cause of action to recover a life insurance payment after its distribution is preempted by federal law. One Virginia state law...
View ArticleJustices look for line to draw in drug preemption case
WASHINGTON – Deciding where the preemptive effect of federal rules governing drug manufacturing ends and states’ ability to impose liability on drug makers begins has never been an easy task — not even...
View ArticleStates lose bid to control $1.6 billion in unredeemed U.S. savings bonds
Several cash-strapped states will not get their hands on $1.6 billion worth of federal government savings bonds, some dating as far as back as 1941, that have not been claimed by their owners. Today,...
View ArticleJustices: Generic drug design-defect claims preempted
WASHINGTON — In a victory to generic pharmaceutical companies, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that state design-defect laws that impose a duty on generic drug makers to either change their labeling...
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