- Supreme Court reverses ruling against Slack Technologies over direct listing
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Big Tech company on June 1, issuing a unanimous ruling that limits the power of shareholders to sue over misleading statements made by companies when selling shares in a direct listing. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the court’s unanimous opinion (pdf) in Slack Technologies v. Pirani (court file 22-200). Slack is a unit of Salesforce [...]
- Supreme Court sides with whistleblowers in pharmacy fraud lawsuits
In a unanimous ruling on June 1, the Supreme Court revived whistleblower lawsuits against pharmacy operators SuperValu and Safeway for allegedly overcharging the government by filing false Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement claims for prescription drugs they sold. The case concerns the federal False Claims Act (FCA), which is a key tool for the government to crack down [...]
- Supreme Court deals blow to unions, rules company can sue for damage caused by strike
In an 8–1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 1 decided that a union’s deliberate destruction of company property as a pressure tactic in a labor dispute isn’t protected by federal law. Labor activists have said that endangering and destroying company property during a dispute is fair game that has long been protected by the law, but companies such as the petitioner in [...]
- Supreme Court overturns four deportation orders from US appeals courts
The Supreme Court resurrected four appeals from illegal immigrants trying to avoid deportation, sending their cases back to federal appeals courts after ruling weeks ago that lower courts don’t have to wait until a litigant’s administrative options are exhausted before issuing rulings. The Court released unsigned orders (pdf) on May 30 summarily reversing rulings of the [...]
