Litigation

Ratings Agencies Skewered Again In SEC Report

January 11, 2016

According to a recent SEC report, major ratings agencies have not corrected the kinds of shortcomings in their business models that were instrumental in the 2008 financial crisis.

New Gun Rules May Collide With HIPAA

January 10, 2016

New gun sale rules announced by President Obama could be setting up a collision between officials and the confidentiality protections […]

Watch Out For FCRA “Adverse Action” Lawsuits

January 7, 2016

The last two years have seen a spate of class action lawsuits filed against employers under the Fair Credit Reporting […]

Self-Driving Cars A Legal Quagmire

January 7, 2016

With Apple, Google, Tesla, Toyota, and Uber announcing major investments in bringing self-driving vehicles to public roads, the future of […]

Monkey Can’t Copyright Selfies

January 7, 2016

A monkey who manipulated a photographer’s camera and captured images of itself does not own the intellectual property rights to […]

Cosby Case Will Test ‘Prior Bad Acts’ Interpretation

January 7, 2016

The aggravated indecent assault lawsuit that Andrea Constand has filed against Bill Cosby in Pennsylvania has weaknesses: there are no […]

EEOC Urges Sex Orientation Discrimination Be Made Illegal

January 7, 2016

The EEOC is urging the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to consider sexual orientation discrimination illegal under Title VII of […]

Cruz Revolutionized Solicitor General Role

January 7, 2016

During his five years as Texas’s Solicitor General, Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz argued eight cases before the U.S. Supreme […]

Top Defense Verdicts In 2015

January 6, 2016

A ranking of the year’s top ten defense verdicts, from Courtroom View Network. The list is heavy on product liability […]

CA Voters Will Weigh In On ‘Citizens United’

January 5, 2016

The California Supreme Court this week voted 6-to-1 that an advisory measure could be placed on the state ballot asking […]

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