Litigation

Nacchio and Prison
Joe Nacchio lost his appeal, with the en banc court ruling against him by a 5-4 vote...

Qwest's Joe Nacchio Still Trying for Appeal Bond
Former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio is trying hard to avoid reporting to federal prison on March 23...

Stay Of Insurance Declaratory Judgment Action Is Like An Injunction And Invokes Interlocutory Appellate Jurisdiction
WW Westwood Center sued Canel & Associates for legal malpractice. Canel tendered the defense of the lawsuit to it malpractice insurer, TIG Insurance Company...

Chancery Enjoins Arbitration and Denies Both Interlocutory Appeal and Stay Pending Appeal
In TowerHill Wealth Management, LLC v. The Bander Family Partnership, L.P., (Del...

Pending Disqualification Motion Renders Custody Appeal Premature
Neringa and Jeffrey were disputing a court order that modified custody of their child...

Pending Contempt Petition Renders Other Substantive Rulings Non-Final And Not Appealable
In a post-dissolution of marriage case, does a pending contempt petition render other substantive rulings non-final and non-appealable? Does the court have to rule on the contempt petition before the appellate court can exercise its jurisdiction over all of the rulings? The blog entry directly above explains what happened in IRMO Gutman...

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Bail and Bail Bonds
How you get out of jail

Law & Order Depicts Police Procedures and Criminal Justice
Accuracy of Criminal Justice Depiction on Television

Can collection agency call me for my mother debt that she never had?
Get an Attorney - quickly. Do not talk to the collection people. Do not tell the...

The company I worked for forced me to quit instead of dealing with someone harassing me, what can I do?
Look up CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE...................this looks like what happened t...

How do you recover money from a stop payment placed on a personal check given to you?
you can always take them to small claims court and sure them for 3 times the amo...

I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...

Can my employer threaten me with termination if I don't seek a transfer to another department?
In many jurisdictions, employees are "at will". This means that their employmen...

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

$7.8 Million Settlement in Academy of Court Reporting Class Action
$7.8 Million Settlement in Academy of Court Reporting Class Action