Litigation

Engagement Ring Exception To “Heartbalm” Law

Though the so-called “heartbalm” law prevents one party from suing another for breaking off a wedding engagement, the Virginia Supreme […]

A Putative Blow To Franchisors, From The 3rd Circuit

A three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled there is sufficient evidence to allow a franchisee […]

SCOTUS To Hear Bad Legal Advice Case

The U.S. Supreme Court this week agreed to hear a case in which a South Korean immigrant was told by […]

Protecting Data Analytics From Litigation

Corporations have been encouraged by consultants and various success stories to keep finding more ways to monetize “Big Data,” by […]

Midwestern City Tops “Judicial Hellhole” List

In the annual ranking of “judicial hellholes” compiled by the American Tort Reform Association, the City of St. Louis Circuit […]

Arrests In $1B Hedge Fund Ponzi Scheme

The founder and chief of New York hedge fund Platinum Partners was arrested this week and charged with running a […]

Women Now Outnumber Men In Law School

For the first time, women outnumber men in ABA-accredited law programs, according to data from the Standard 509 Information Report. […]

Roberts Shoots Down Last-Ditch Effort To Force Senate Action On Garland

Chief Justice John Roberts rejected without comment a New Mexico lawyer’s emergency appeal to force the Senate to consider the […]

Big Retailers Hit With Deceptive Pricing Lawsuits

The unofficial term is “false reference pricing,” and it involves variations on the theme of advertising a price said to […]

Big Studios Shut Down Movie-Filtering Service

Major Hollywood studios have succeeded in shutting down, temporarily at least, a Utah-based service that allows users to stream “cleaned-up” […]

Daily Updates

Sign up for our free daily newsletter for the latest news and business legal developments.

Scroll to Top