In a landmark holding released May 3, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) precludes <i>Bivens</i>-type actions against U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) personnel for constitutional violations arising out of the performance of their official duties.

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Declining to overrule a 19-year-old precedent, the New York Court of Appeals narrowly held that a same-sex partner who has not adopted her partner's biological child cannot assert visitation rights under New York law.

A New York court has the power to decide whether a civil union entered into outside the state should be dissolved, an Albany appeals panel ruled on March 18.

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Although a wife concealed the true paternity of a child born of an adulterous relationship and permitted her husband to incur the costs of raising that child, New York's high court found no "egregious conduct.

Domestic Partnership ("DP") and Civil Union ("CU") Acts have opened the door to various benefits for same-sex couples in New Jersey. Along with the benefits come issues and unanswered financial questions that family law practitioners and financial advisers must consider should the relationship end.

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The federal government prohibits "any person" from intercepting oral, wire or electronic communications. Federal Wiretapping Act, 18 U.S.C. ' 2511(1). Though "any person" sounds universal enough, the definition of "any person" is complicated by exceptions created by federal circuit courts.

The use of nationwide class actions as a vehicle for the aggregated resolution of multiple similar claims remains a controversial topic. Here's why.