Litigation

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Court rules against Judge Alex
TV Judges don't always win in real court... Court rules against Judge Alex AP - Wed Feb 20, 11:38 AM ET WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against the star of the syndicated TV show "Judge Alex," saying that an arbitrator must decide a fee dispute with an attorney who is claiming 12 percent of "Judge Alex's" earnings.

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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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Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
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Traditional and Roth 401Ks
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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

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

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.