The tools of statutory construction are powerful. In interpreting statutory language, words are generally given their common and ordinary meaning. The cardinal rule is to ascertain and effectuate the ...

As the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell today, much of the political debate centered around whether the judicial body's five conservative jurists would deliver a fatal blow to the ...

In a split decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held an insurer's notice of cancellation of an insured's life insurance policy complied with a North Carolina statutory ...