In a major victory for the meat industry, a unanimous Supreme Court decided Monday that the federal law governing the operation of slaughterhouses pre-empts efforts by California and other states to require humane treatment of “downer” or nonambulatory pigs.

The International Trade Commission handed Apple a major victory on Monday, finding that Android phones made by HTC infringe one of Apple’s patents. The ITC commissioners ruled that all infringing HTC phones will be barred from being imported to the U.S

A sordid family legal drama set among California’s Napa Valley vineyards has ended, at least for now, with a judge handing a major victory to a single heiress while scolding a trusts and estate attorney for questionable professional conduct.

In a major victory for thousands of Floridians who are suing tobacco companies, the 1st DCA issued the first opinion upholding the use of jury findings from a disbanded class action against the industry since smokers were cleared to pursue individual lawsuits against the industry.

In a major victory for cell phone makers and service providers, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that consumers cannot sue over possible biological hazards allegedly caused by cell phone radio emissions because such suits would interfere with the Federal Communications Commission’s exclusive power to regulate the industry. Plaintiffs lawyers had argued that their claims should be permitted because they weren’t seeking any changes to radio frequency emission standards.