Litigation

CFPB Foreshadows Regs In Preliminary Arbitration Clause Report

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has issued a preliminary report on the use of arbitration clauses in consumer contracts. Among […]

The World’s 50 Largest Litigation Practices

A survey from the The Lawyer finds that the world’s largest litigation practice, ranked by fee income, is DLA Piper. […]

Liquidation Ordered For High-Security Manhattan Wine Cellar

Wealthy clients whose high-security wine cellar was flooded in Hurricane Sandy will not be getting their pricey vintage back anytime […]

NY Town Holds Mock Trial Over ‘Night Before Christmas’ Mystery

The town of Troy, N.Y. will hold a mock trial this week to get to the bottom of a centuries-old […]

Court Orders Paparazzi Stay Away From Celebrity Teen

International teen star Harry Styles, part of pop group One Direction, won an order from a UK court banning paparazzi […]

State AGs Filing Copycat Class-Action Suits

Companies are being hit with a one-two punch as state attorneys general are increasingly filing parens patriae actions that duplicate […]

Judge Rakoff: Gov’t Choice To Sue Companies, Not Execs, “Disturbing”

With the statute of limitations on actions leading to the 2008 financial crisis running out, the legal doctrine of “willfull […]

Italian Court To Decide Third Knox Trial

The third trial in the case of a murdered British student studying abroad in Italy, in which American Amanda Knox […]

Men Accused Of Sexual Assault Filing Title IX Discrimination Cases

The way  colleges handle sexual assault claims – separate from state or local police – has long been criticized by […]

The Most Important Legal Stories Of 2013

A contributing editor at The Atlantic compiles his list of the year’s most important legal stories. It includes the Supreme […]

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