Litigation

Judge Alex Gets Reversed
Earlier posts here and here describe the facts in Preston v. Ferrer. "Judge" Alex [E. Ferrer] arbitrates petty civil disputes in a taped television series. He signed an agreement containing an arbitration clause with Artist Manager Arnold Preston, but didn't...

U.S. Supreme Court: Federal Arbitration Act preempts state law
In a case widely followed because one of the parties is television personality "Judge Alex" Ferrer, the U.S. Supreme Court today bolstered the federal policy favoring arbitration. The court held in Preston v...

Supreme Court Justices Rules Against Faux TV Judge: Judge Alex Loses Contractual Case 8-1
A week after he was criticized by his state supreme court on a matter of judicial ethics, faux TV judge Alex Ferrer (aka “Judge Alex”) lost handily before real jurists on the Supreme Court...

Supreme Court To Judge Alex: Arbitrate This
The Supreme Court has ruled 8-1 that the Federal Arbitration Act supersedes state law in cases in which parties argue to arbitrate disputes in a particular forum. The case involves tv's "Judge Alex" Ferrer and the attorney who represented him...

Did Judge Alex Misstate the Law
Over at BLT, Tony Mauro has a great report up on the argument in Preston v. Ferrer (the "Judge Alex" case), by far the less outwardly interesting of the two cases the Supreme Court heard today...

Florida Supreme Court Spanks Television Faux-Jurist Judge Alex
Former Circuit Judge Alex Ferrer is again in the news after a recent (and unpromising) appeal to the Supreme Court over a contract dispute. The Florida Supreme Court has heavily criticized the television faux jurist “Judge Alex” for his testimony in a case involving a man who once appeared before him...

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California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
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Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
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Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
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California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products
California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Bankrupt Money Manager
Former officers to pay $10.7 million settlement in fraud lawsuit.

Railroad Worker Leukemia
Union Pacific pays settlement to former manager exposed to carcinogenic chemicals.

Canceled Insurance
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