Headlines • DOJ Sues Texas Under Alternative Voting Rights Provision • Massachusetts' First Federal Death Sentence Vacated • Government Reaches Settlement for Transgender Student • SAC Hedge Fund Accused of 'Systematic' Insider Trading • Here Come the Sun Wars: Trade Fights over Solar Panels • VOIR DIRE: Still Standing • Just How Business-Friendly is the Supreme Court, Anyhow? • The NLRB Matters Even in Nonunion Companies • Ropes & Gray to Conduct Internal Probe at GSK • $1.6 Billion Toyota Settlement Wins Final Approval The U.S. Department of Justice will take on Texas in the first major voting rights enforcement action since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted a key anti-discrimination provision last month, an aggressive move that faces high hurdles. Read More » Citing the perils of juror dishonesty, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has vacated the first federal death sentence handed down in Massachusetts and ordered a new penalty proceeding. Read More » A California school district has settled a discrimination complaint brought by the civil rights divisions of the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Department of Education on behalf of a transgender student. Read More » The hedge fund operated by embattled billionaire Steven A. Cohen was hit with white-collar criminal charges on Thursday that accused the fund of making hundreds of millions of dollars illegally, while a related government lawsuit said insider trading was pervasive and unprecedented at the firm. Read More » A global passion for solar power has generated an oversupply of solar panels. Hence, the domestic trade protection mechanism has been activated to thwart competition from abroad. Read More » It is not as cold in Elton John and Bernie Taupin's little corner of the world, thanks to a Seventh Circuit decision absolving them of infringement. Plus a classic case finds a film treatment and a place in law school classrooms in this week's column. Read More » The U.S. Supreme Court term just ended was good for business—but not, percentage-wise, as good as you might think. The annual Mayer Brown analysis of the high court's business docket shows that in the 25 cases last term that pitted a business against an individual or government agency, business prevailed in 16—a 64 per cent win rate. Read More » Failure to observe workers's rights can result in serious monetary or other consequences. Read More » The internal investigation follows Chinese government allegations that the British drugmaker's China operation engaged in widespread bribery to boost sales. Read More » A U.S. federal judge approved last Friday a $1.6 billion settlement between Toyota Motor Corp. and consumers of its vehicles who claimed economic losses because of the company's sudden acceleration recalls. Read More » | 
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