Litigation

Make Your Opponent Pay Your Attorney Fees

In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court in the Octane Fitness case made it easier for courts to make […]

POTUS Asks SCOTUS To Save Immigration Plan

The Obama administration will ask the Supreme Court to uphold the president’s plan to shield up to 5 million immigrants […]

Accountants Circle The Wagons, Sue IRS Over Turf Issue

In 2013, the IRS decided it was a good idea “to encourage non-credentialed tax return preparers to participate in continuing […]

Lawyer Sentenced To 20 Days

After Michigan attorney Tim Barkovic finishes defending a man in a criminal trial, he will serve 20 days in prison […]

Four Charged In JPMorgan Hack

Three people have been charged in last year’s massive computer breach against JPMorgan Chase, and another was charged with scheming […]

Pressure Mounts For Probe Of Exxon Over Climate Change

The New York attorney general might be only the first to start asking what Exxon knew about climate change, when […]

Criminal Background Checks a Dilemma for Employers

No federal law prohibits using criminal conviction information in the hire decision, although that may change if the EEOC has […]

‘Serial’ Murder Case Reopened

The murder case examined in popular long-form podcast, ‘Serial,’ has been reopened, with a Maryland judge allowing new evidence to […]

Judge Love Triangle Creates Conflict

The romantic affair between two Illinois judges threatened not only their marriages, but the impartiality of cases argued by the […]

Al Jazerra GC “Appears To Be Unlicensed”

The general counsel of Al Jazerra America, which is currently embroiled in some major litigation, passed the New York State […]

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