Litigation

Standing In Data Breach Cases

Many data breach and cybersecurity cases have faltered for failure to establish concrete harm necessary to support standing, in cases […]

OSHA Inspections Down, Workplace Fatalities Up In 2016

The number of workplace inspections by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration dropped to a 20-year low in fiscal 2016, […]

Hacking Merger Lawyers Earns Online Crooks Millions

Three Chinese citizens have been charged with making more than $4 million by hacking into two of the top merger-advising […]

Toothless Voluntary Regs Upheld For The Gulf “Dead Zone”

A federal judge in New Orleans has ruled that the EPA does not have to impose regulations that address farm […]

Appeals Court Revives Clinton Email Case

One of the legal challenges involving former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server has been […]

Sessions’ Complicated History With Race

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as U.S. Attorney General, has been dogged by accusations of […]

U.S. Tech Giants Alarmed By EU Internet Liability Proposal

The EU proposal would require internet companies to run content filtering software that would detect copyrighted material. According to a […]

Consumer Agency Rule Would End Class Action Waivers

A proposed rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would eliminate class action litigation waivers in most financial products and […]

Deutsche Bank Reaches $7.2B Mortgage Settlement

Deutsche Bank has reached a tentative deal to resolve a federal investigation into its sale of toxic mortgage securities. The […]

For Profit University Settles Claims It Misled Students

DeVry claimed that 90 percent of its graduates who actively sought employment landed jobs in their field within six months […]

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