The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA) preempts state laws related to a price, route, or service of any motor carrier . . . with respect to the transportation of property. 49 U. S. C. 14501(c)(1). This provision borrows from the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978...   MORE>>

The National Labor Relations Board declared in a rule that employers subject to its jurisdiction would be guilty of an unfair labor practice if they did not post on their properties and on their websites a Notification of Employee Rights under the National Labor Relations Act. 76 Fed. Reg. 54,...   MORE>>

The Steel Institute of New York appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (McMahon, J.), which granted the City of New York s cross-motion for summary judgment and dismissed the complaint, alleging that the City s regulation of cranes and othe...   MORE>>

This appeal involves questions of statutory retroactivity, which the court analyzes under the twopart test in Landgraf v. USI Film Products, 511 U.S. 244, 280 (1994). Agreeing with the Interior Board of Indian Appeals, the district court ruled that Quantum Entertainment Limited s 1996 Management A...   MORE>>

MD Mall Associates, L.L.C. ( MD Mall ), appeals from the summary judgment entered against it by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on MD Mall s claims that CSX Transportation, Inc. ( CSX ), a railroad, is liable for storm water flooding MD Mall s pr...   MORE>>

Pursuant to the provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq., Sprint Communications Company of Virginia, Inc., and Sprint Communications Company L.P. (collectively "Sprint" or the "Sprint Defendants") entered into interconnection agreements with nineteen incumbent loc...   MORE>>

These cases arise out of the energy crisis of 2000 2002. Plaintiffs (retail buyers of natural gas) allege that Defendants (natural gas traders) manipulated the price of natural gas by reporting false information to price indices published by trade publications and engaging in wash sales. Plaintiff...   MORE>>

The issue before us is whether 400.145 of the Florida Statutes which provides for the release of medical records of deceased residents of nursing homes to certain specified individuals is preempted by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), 42 U.S.C. ...   MORE>>

We must decide whether federal securities law preempts the enforcement of California s forced-patronage statute against brokerage houses that forbid their employees from opening outside trading accounts. I A Federal law requires brokerage firms to take measures reasonably designed t...   MORE>>

The Liability Risk Retention Act (the LRRA ) broadly preempts any State law, rule, regulation, or order to the extent that such law, rule, regulation, or order would . . . make unlawful, or regulate, directly or indirectly, the operation of a risk retention group. 15 U.S.C. 3902(a)(1)....   MORE>>