U.S. Supreme Court rules on age bias, asbestos litigation, Enron and DNA

• "the burden in an age bias case rests with the employee, not the employer ,"
• "a federal bankruptcy court does have the authority to block private lawsuits that seek damages for injury and death due to exposure to asbestos,"
• "a new round of criminal charges cannot be brought against a former executive at Enron Corp.’s broadband unit,"
• "convicted criminals do not have a constitutional right to access evidence used at trial so they can conduct new DNA testing."

(Stories courtesy of On the Docket)