In the News Today – March 28, 2018

“Congress: Please protect us from frivolous lawsuits”: The founder of a local Idaho manufacturing business called on U.S. Congress to “help businesses like mine by making it less profitable for lawyers to file lawsuits based on fraudulent or questionable evidence.” He pointed specifically to the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act and the Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency Act, both of which passed the U.S. House of Representatives last year. (Idaho State Journal) 

Justices approve individual appeals in combined cases: Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a final decision in one of multiple consolidated cases can be immediately appealed while the other cases are still pending. (Law360)