Addressing an interrogation technique ruled improper by the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S.

A retired judge working as an arbitrator didn’t have to disclose that he’d once been disciplined for sexist behavior, the California Supreme Court has ruled, finding that a broad duty to disclose discipline would open the door for unhappy parties to undercut arbitration decisions. Such a rule “could subject arbitration awards to after-the-fact attacks by losing parties searching for potential disqualifying information only after an adverse decision has been made,” the majority said.

A 62-year-old Atlanta executive terminated in 2007 cannot sue his former employer under New York City or New York state age discrimination laws because his job and the decision to terminate him were only tangentially connected to New York, the state’s high court decided by a 4-3 margin on Thursday. Parade Publications is headquartered in New York City, but the majority of the court held that the executive was neither a resident of, nor employed in, the city or state of New York.

Plaintiffs challenging Proposition 8 may have found treasure in Monday’s Supreme Court ruling on a San Francisco law school’s discrimination policy. Lawyers for same-sex marriage proponents told the judge in the Prop 8 trial Tuesday that the majority in the high court ruling acknowledged that gays are a protected class.

The Supreme Court on Monday expanded the Second Amendment’s reach to the states, opening the door to challenges of local handgun laws across the country. In McDonald v