The latest from National Law Journal
- Justices hand Wal-Mart big win in class action battle
- High court rejects climate change suit
- Study puts price tag on wrongful convictions: $214 million in Illinois
- L.A.'s Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff hit with $10 million malpractice verdict
| Justices hand Wal-Mart big win in class action battle | Top |
| The Supreme Court on Monday handed a sweeping victory to Wal-Mart, the nation's largest employer, in the company's decade-long effort to thwart a discrimination class action filed on behalf of more than 1 million female current and former workers. The ruling is likely to hobble other large employment class actions as well. | |
| High court rejects climate change suit | Top |
| A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an ambitious effort by a number of states and private land trusts to combat climate change through public nuisance lawsuits against major utilities. | |
| Study puts price tag on wrongful convictions: $214 million in Illinois | Top |
| Wrongful convictions don't just harm those who spend time in jail for crimes they didn't commit and their families. They also come at a hefty cost to the public, according to a new study. | |
| L.A.'s Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff hit with $10 million malpractice verdict | Top |
| A jury has issued a $10 million malpractice verdict against Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff Inc. and two of its senior attorneys over a 1997 business contract. | |
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