Labor & Employment Law

Frivolous Lawsuits
Frivolous lawsuits? Ever hear someone complain that there is too much money being spent on frivolous lawsuits? Are frivolous lawsuits driving up the cost of insurance? What about health care? The answer is a resounding “no...

Law - Lawsuits Test Associational Discrimination Under the ADA
"Lawsuits Test Disabilities Act: Two Cases Cite Little-Known Protections For People Who Aren't Disabled But Care For Those Who Are," was the headline of this article yesterday by Jane Zhang of the Wall Street Journal...

Blog Scan
Post-Heller Second Amendment Lawsuits: Lyle Denniston reports over at SCOTUSblog on the five Second Amendment lawsuits filed by the NRA last Friday, June 27, 2008. The lawsuits attack the constitutionality of gun control laws adopted in California and Illinois...

The Original Understanding and the Constitution in Civil Lawsuits:
Occasionally I see questions about whether the constitution should apply to civil lawsuits in which the government is not a party -- for instance, most libel lawsuits, child custody decisions, and...

Flood of Trayslol Lawsuits
From Reuters via Yahoo! News: "Bayer CEO says faces 78 Trasylol lawsuits in U.S."-- Germany's Bayer AG is facing 78 lawsuits in the United States linked to its Trasylol drug used to stem bleeding during open heart surgery, its chief...

Out-of-State Lawsuits Flood Minnesota Courts
A recent ABA article, "Lawsuits Travel Up North," by Mark Hansen points out that Minnesota has become a haven for products liability lawsuits arising in other jurisdictions. Minnesota has longer statutes of limitations for negligence (six years) and strict liability...