The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether workers who are required to go through security screenings must be paid for the extra time it takes. The Supreme Court granted cert Monday, the Wall Street Journal (sub.
“Truthiness” and political satire are imperiled by an Ohio law that makes it a criminal offense to tell political lies, according to a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief filed by the Cato Institute and satirist P.J. O’Rourke.
A California couple who say they stumbled across $10 million in buried 19th-century gold coins while walking their dogs on their property last year didn't immediately reveal their stunning find because they wanted to resolve any potential legal issues.
Updated: An 18-year-old high school student in New Jersey wasn't getting along with her parents. She says they abandoned her, threw her out of their home and refused to pay her tuition at Morris Catholic High School, where she is an honor student.
In this episode of the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report, I visit with Marie Patterson, VP of Marketing for Hiperos. We discuss the management of third parties by a commercial entity throughout the life cycle of the relationship....
The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill continues its progress through the legislature and we await Royal Assent. Throughout the process, amendments have been discussed in the House of Commons and, lately, in the House of Lords, the British...
There is much to be learned from 2013. Below are five legal topics that made headlines last year, and should provide valuable guidance for managing labor and employment law issues in 2014.... By: Fisher & Phillips LLP
Although property obtained by a debtor after filing for bankruptcy is usually safe from creditors, a recent case from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel allowed a Chapter 7 Trustee to sell real property obtained by the debtors...
A federal appeals court has denied a Mississippi prisoner's petition for a successive writ of habeas corpus. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a Jan.
In Medtroinc. Inc., v NuVasive, Inc., [IPR2014-00075], Paper 10 (February 28, 2014), Medtronic wanted to submit a corrected certificate for the translation of Exhibit 1002, but the NuVasive opposed arguing the that corrected certificate was...
