Litigation

Is ‘Chutzpah’ A Legal Term?

The Hebrew and Yiddish term “chutzpah” didn’t appear in a judicial opinion until 1972, but is now a go-to term […]

The Supreme Court bolstered class actions this week when it ruled that members of a potential class may continue to […]

Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania’s attorney general, is fighting against the suspension of her law license in a bid to keep her […]

The Yates Memo, issued by DOJ in September of last year, requires federal prosecutors to focus their efforts on going […]

Lawyers Elizabeth and Bob Monyak have asked the Georgia Supreme Court to consider its case alleging that their dachshund, Lola, […]

In a case that could upend design patents in the U.S., Silicon Valley heavyweights like Google, Facebook, Dell, eBay, Hewlett […]

A woman whose husband was killed in a terrorist attack in Jordan last year has sued Twitter in federal court. […]

A recently passed North Carolina law made it easier for employers to go after people who get themselves hired with […]

Last week some Uber customers in California received notice they were party to a class action lawsuit that alleges Uber […]

An LA Times columnist looks at a recent Federal Trade Commission report about the implications of “big data” and finds it…