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Analysis: A Romney pick for top U.S. court? Frontrunners emerge

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WASHINGTON - Now that Mitt Romney is the presumptive Republican nominee for president, the names of people he might appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court are starting to roll off the tongues of conservative activists, lawyers and former Republican administration aides.

One in four Americans without health coverage: study

WASHINGTON - As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders the fate of healthcare reform in the current election year, a study released on Thursday shows that one in four working-age Americans went without insurance at some point in 2011, often as a result of unemployment and other job changes.

Health, U.S. 19 Apr 2012

Animal sacrifice case underpins Guantanamo legal challenge

MIAMI - A pending challenge to the jurisdiction of the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals relies in part on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the right of Santeria priests in Florida to sacrifice chickens during religious ceremonies.

18 Apr 2012

Supreme Court: torture law applies only to people

WASHINGTON - The Palestinian Authority and PLO cannot be sued under a 1991 U.S. victim protection law over the alleged torture of an American in a West Bank prison, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, holding that the law only applies to individuals.

18 Apr 2012

U.S. top court rules for generic drugmaker on patent

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of a generic drugmaker in a case over how companies can fight brand-name rivals in an effort to get their cheaper medicines to market.

17 Apr 2012

What does Caraco court win mean for generic drug companies?

- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan had fun with semantics in Tuesday's unanimous ruling in the Caraco Pharmaceutical versus Novo Nordisk case in which pharmaceutical companies faced off against generic drug makers.

17 Apr 2012

U.S. top court rules for generic drugmaker on patent

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of a generic drugmaker in a case over how companies can fight brand-name rivals in an effort to get their cheaper medicines to market.

17 Apr 2012

U.S. top court: lawyers hired by cities can seek immunity

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that private attorneys or others temporarily hired by local governments to conduct investigations can assert immunity from civil rights lawsuits alleging constitutional violations and seeking damages.

17 Apr 2012

U.S. cites Assurant unit over health premium hike

WASHINGTON - U.S. officials on Monday cited two health insurers for excessive premium increases, under consumer protection rules of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law that could soon be nullified by the Supreme Court.

16 Apr 2012

Supreme Court hears Glaxo overtime pay case

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday on whether pharmaceutical companies must pay sales representatives overtime, a dispute that threatens the industry with billions of dollars in potential liability.

U.S., Health 16 Apr 2012

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