Litigation

California Supreme Court Revives The Concept Of Usury

Lending law in California sets no cap on interest rates on loans over $2500, and the theory that rates might […]

An investigation into the disappearance of about $4 billion from a huge Malaysian government investment fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad, is […]

Monthly comparisons of the number of defendants charged with white collar crime-related offenses are down 6.3 percent from the same […]

Hardly, but it appears to be on a downward trend, or possibly at “top of the bell curve” to be […]

Most federal courts reject a “selective-waiver doctrine,” which means that waiver to one is waiver to all. But a recent […]

Arkema North America, CEO Richard Rowe, and the manager of its Crosby, Tex plant were indicted by a Harris County, […]

The process has become mainstream and there are now dozens of major funders operating worldwide. For them the next frontier is the …

IBM, holder of more than 45,000 patents, pioneered the business of aggressively pursuing lawsuits against alleged infringers. Last year its […]

Lawyers for a Chicago-based restaurant chain called Aloha Poke Co. have sent cease-and-desist letters to several restaurants, including some in […]

Critics say that a law passed in 1991 ensnares legitimate businesses, while letting a plague of overseas scam phone calls, […]