Litigation

Court Blocks Contraception Requirement For Religious Non-Profits

A district court judge issued a permanent injunction preventing the government from applying the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care […]

Alabama’s Harsh Illegal Immigrant Laws Backfired

In lieu of national immigration reform, in 2011 Alabama passed its own strict, sweeping immigration laws, which proponents said would […]

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 […]

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