A jury took less than five hours Wednesday to come back with a verdict finding TD Bank conspired with scammer Scott Rothstein, awarding $67 million to an investment group. Texas-based Coquina Investments sued TD Bank, saying the bank aided and abetted Rothstein in his $1.2 billion fraud.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Constitution did not bar Congress from extending copyright protection to previously free foreign works, rejecting arguments by musicians, conductors, publishers and others who enjoyed free access before Congress acted in 1994.

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an Alabama death row inmate should not be penalized for missing a crucial appeal deadline when the error was caused by his pro bono lawyers from New York’s Sullivan & Cromwell. The 7-2 ruling in Maples v

The lawyer for a fired employee of the Maryland judiciary urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to find that states can be sued when they refuse to give their employees leave for serious illnesses under a key provision of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

The lawyer for a fired employee of the Maryland judiciary urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to find that states can be sued when they refuse to give their employees leave for serious illnesses under a key provision of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.