Appellate Law

The TTAB Means What It Says About Evidence, con't
TTABlog: Evidentiary Errors Lead to Dismissal of 2(d) Opposition for Failure to Prove Prioirty: Rule 2...

Case Law Development: Errors in Appointing GAL Subject to Harmless Error Analysis
The California Supreme Court resolved a split among the courts of appeals in holding that a juvenile court's error in the procedure used to appoint a guardian ad litem for a parent in a dependency proceeding is subject to harmless...

Hedgpeth v. Pulido:
Today the Supreme Court handed down a decision in Hedgpeth v. Pulido on the standard for reviewing errors in jury instructions: Should such errors be subject to harmless error review...

What's a Four Million Dollar Jury Verdict Look Like?
Earlier this week, I posted on a $4M verdict in federal court in a retaliation case, Tucker v...

And from the almost never heard from Second Circuit
In Humberto Pepin v. the United States, a pretrial capital case from the federal Eastern District of New York, the Government appeals to the Second Circuit certain evidentiary rulings...

CA1: directed verdict against one labor defendant can be resolved on harmless error grounds
Goulet v. New Penn Motor Exp., No. 06-2487. This is a pretty complex labor law case, in which it is alleged that the union dropped the ball in representing an employee...

Employment Contracts
General Contract Law Principles

What role does financial means determine which parent gains custody?
was(am) a single male that gained custody of my daughter when she was three. Thi...

Modeling photos obtained from photographer TFCD, what right does the photographer have to the use of them?
The question would be who owns the copy right. If there is no copy right there, ...

my boyfriend is a green card holder in the U.S.and is married here in the Philippines .. the marriage last for 2 years . his wife now gave birth from another man,he is planning to marry me here in the Philippines but the
if your b.f. is a greenc ard holder,he can file for a divorce and the Phil. law ...

Sold a home 9 months ago in good faith...repairs done before went on market and fixed also what buyer asked for. Now buyer is calling saying we a liable for a backup that has happened to him twice in the sewer pipe. We d
Depends on local laws. Usually the seller is liable for any undisclosed problems...

How do I handle paying my late mothers medical bills?
Finding State Case Law corresponding to such a circumstance is hard and takes ti...

$1.5 Million Asbestos Mesothelioma Verdict Against Fisher Controls International
$1.5 Million Asbestos Mesothelioma Verdict

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation
has been accused of not doing enough to keep addicted gamblers who have signed up for a "self-exclusion" program out of casinos.

FDA Warns of Potentially Fatal Errors with GDH-PQQ Glucose Monitoring Technology
Glucose Monitoring Technology FDA Warns of Potentially Fatal Errors

Medical Errors
Annual Cost to Insurers Nearly $1.5 Billion

Dobutamine Hydrochloride Injection
Labeling Errors Prompts Recall of 250 mg/20 ml Injections

$31 Million Verdict
Against Camden New Jersey