5 Supreme Court Cases You should be Watching in 2014 -- According to JD Supra

Many don't, but should realize that there have been Supreme Court Decisions that have effected our lives and Actually, how the government does business. So, FYI, below are some one may want to watch in 2014.

Also, here are some Landmark Cases from the past>>  http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/landmarkvotes.html  

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5 Cases to be Watching in 2014--Suggested by JD Supra

There’s no denying that 2014 is shaping up to be another exciting year at the United State Supreme Court. To wit:
1. National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning
What’s at stake? For starters, the authority of the President of the United States to make recess appointments. And then there’s the legality of every decision made by the NLRB during 2012… Read:

• Former NLRB Board Member Offers Opinion On Noel Canning - Luis Avila and Dennis Devaney of Varnum 
• Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in the Noel Canning “Recess Appointments” Case - Harold Coxson of Ogletree Deakins 
• Supreme Court Will Resolve Questions About Obama Recess Appointments and CFPB Authority - Michael Mallow and Michael Thurman of Loeb & Loeb 

2. Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius
What’s at stake? Whether for-profit corporations have a constitutional right to free exercise of religion. Read:

• Religious Challenges By For-Profit, Secular Employers And The Affordable Care Act - Nefertari Rigsby of Akerman 
• The Supreme Court to Hear Hobby Lobby Case: What does it mean for Title VII? - Meghann Kantke of Gray Plant Mooty 
• U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Two Cases On the Affordable Care Act’s Contraceptive Mandate - King & Spalding 

3. Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et al.
What’s at stake? Whether computer-implemented inventions – in this case software code – can be patented. Read: 

• Fate of Software Patents in Hands of the Supreme Court – Chambliss 
• Abstract Idea or Real World Software Solution? - Robert Sachs of Fenwick & West 
• Fractured Federal Circuit Invites the Supreme Court To Once Again Weigh In On Patentable Subject Matter – What Computer Software Patent Applicants Should Do In The Interim - Downs Rachlin Martin 

4. Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.
What’s at stake? The ability of shareholders to join forces in class action lawsuits when suing companies for securities fraud. Read:

• Can Absence of Price Impact Defeat Class Certification? Supreme Court to Decide - Benesch Law 
• Class Certification Denied? Courts Denied Class Certification in Fewer Than 24 Securities Actions since 2002; Halliburton Petitioners Seek to Change that Trend - Michelle Reed of Akin Gump 
• U.S. Supreme Court to Reconsider “Fraud-on-the-Market” Presumption in Securities Fraud Class Actions - Stephen Warren of Holland & Knight 

5. Pom Wonderful v. Coca Cola
What’s at stake? The authority of the Food and Drug Administration: can POM sues business rival Coca-Cola for false advertising if marketing claims in dispute were approved by the FDA? Read:

• High Court Decision In Pom V. Coke Could End Food Wars - Natalie Naugle of Morrison & Foerster 
• Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in POM’s Attack on FDCA/Lanham Act Preemption - Camille Calman, Nancy Felsten, and Joanna Summerscales of Davis Wright Tremaine 
• FTC Ruling Not So Wonderful For POM or The First Amendment - Kristopher Anderson of Baker Donelson 

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Also read:

• US Supreme Court Cases to Watch in 2014 - Boris Bershteyn and Allon Kedem of Skadden Arps 

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