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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit looked to rulings from seven of its sister circuits over the past 30 years to appropriately define the word "employer" in a case of a New Jersey ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday on the legal definition of piracy, saying an armed attack on a U.S. vessel can be considered piracy even if no one ever boards or robs the ship.

In a recent case, the Fifth Circuit addressed the definition of “the return” for purposes of starting the statute of limitations. In a win for the taxpayer, the court held that the regulatorily ...

A federal appeals court handed Argentina a victory Wednesday in its quest to relieve itself of the pressures of debt owed to American hedge funds and others, saying a judge went too far by letting ...