Litigation

OSHA Inspections Down, Workplace Fatalities Up In 2016

January 3, 2017

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

December 29, 2016

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”

December 29, 2016

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

December 29, 2016

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

December 29, 2016

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

December 29, 2016

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

December 27, 2016

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

December 26, 2016

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

December 26, 2016

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

Wage Issue Before California Supreme Court

December 26, 2016

Decades ago the U.S. Supreme Court adopted a “de minimis rule” for lawsuits seeking compensation under the federal Fair Labor […]

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