Litigation

Prisoner’s Petition Made It To Supreme Court

Prison inmate Antonio Hinojosa’s hand written challenge to a California law that cost him good-time credits was rejected by the […]

Lawyer’s Suicide Confession Can Stand, Though He Survived

In November 2014 a lawyer who had hit rock bottom – after duping dozens of people, including his parents, in […]

A Huge Loophole In U.S. Insider Trading Law

Columbia Law School professor John C. Coffee Jr. makes a case that U.S. insider trading laws are toothless and badly […]

Conspiracy Theories Around Lawsuits That Dog Gawker

It took Gawker Media founder Nick Denton some convincing, but he’s now among those curious if one financier is backing […]

Concussion Lawsuits To Hit Colleges

As many as 50 class action lawsuits are expected to be filed against several college football conferences and numerous colleges, […]

SCOTUS Decries Racial Bias In Jury Selection

The U.S. Supreme Court this week found that prosecutors in a decades-old Georgia murder trial purposefully worked to exclude jurors […]

Metadata Can Be A Treasure Trove In Litigation

The amount and detail of information contained in metadata (data about data embedded in files) is staggering, and it can […]

Goodbye Citizens United … But So What?

Campaign finance has always been a vexed question for the Supreme Court, and it will probably reverse its’ ruling in […]

Star Trek Fan Film Lawsuit “Going Away,” Says J.J. Abrams

The amateur filmmakers who raised funds to make their own Star Trek film, Axanar, got good news at a fan […]

“Persuader Rule” Challenged On Multiple Fronts

The controversial rule, much disfavored by management and by Republicans, was challenged in a House committee resolution and is facing court challenges in…

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