Litigation

Ethics Complaint Filed Against Contempt-Happy Judge

June 2, 2016

A Las Vegas judge who ordered a deputy public defender handcuffed in court has been slapped with an ethics complaint […]

Trump U A “Fraudulent Scheme,” Say Former Employees

June 2, 2016

Trump University, the for-profit school founded by presumptive Republican nominee for President Donald Trump, “was a fraudulent scheme,” one former […]

Federal Circuit Decision Disappoints Troll Opponents

June 1, 2016

Anyone who was hoping that so-called patent trolls would lose their option to forum shop after the Court of Appeals for […]

Outdated But Profitable PACER System Finances Court Updates

June 1, 2016

PACER, the federal court’s system for making public documents accessible is unconstitutional according to some critics, because it costs money […]

Making Digital Agreements Enforceable

June 1, 2016

The convenience of digital legal agreements comes at a price, and care must be taken in both website design and […]

Bezos Slams Thiel For Funding Gawker Suits

June 1, 2016

When Peter Thiel admitted last week to bankrolling lawsuits against Gawker Media, he said it was retribution for that company’s […]

Punishment-Doling Judge Overstepped Bounds, Says DOJ

June 1, 2016

The Justice Department is immediately appealing a federal judge’s order that its lawyers attend ethics courses, saying U.S. District Judge […]

High Court, Absent Scalia, Revives Class Actions

June 1, 2016

Lawyers for companies hoping to kill class actions for good were optimistic when the Supreme Court’s term began last October, […]

Plaintiff Lawyers Spar Over Uber Settlement

June 1, 2016

A war of words and battle over clients has erupted, between a Harvard law educated Boston labor lawyer and a […]

Virtual Reality Brings Jurors To Crime Scenes

May 31, 2016

The European Commission has awarded Staffordshire University researchers a $200,000 grant to develop ways to present crime scene evidence to […]

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