United States Supreme Court - December 2016 Opinion Summaries

Shaw v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Banking Law
In a case in which defendant used identifying numbers of a bank account belonging to bank customer in a scheme to transfer funds from that account to...

Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement case in which a jury found that various smartphones manufactured by Samsung infringed design patents owned by Apple that...

Salman v. US

White Collar Crime, Securities Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case involving the tipper and tippee liability provisions of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Securities and Exchange...

State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. US ex rel. Rigsby

Insurance Law, Injury & Tort Law, Constitutional Law
In a qui tam suit under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U. S. C. sections 3729-3730, filed under seal by former insurance claims adjuster-relators...