Calling a junior high basketball coach's short-hair rule for boys a violation of the constitutional right of equal protection under the law, a divided federal appeals court Monday reversed a trial judge who had dismissed a case brought by the parents of a now 17-year-old former player.
May a city require adult bookstores but not other establishments to close between midnight and 10am every night and all day Sunday? Originally published on the IMLA Appellate Practice Blog - January 27, 2014....
Please welcome back to the blog Rachel Rodgers, the intellectual property and business lawyer for digital entrepreneurs. Rachel is here to talk about a subject a lot of young lawyers think about – starting a solo practice and whether to find a...
January 2014 witnessed massive changes in Mexico’s retail sector. Retailers like Grupo Comercial Chedraui SAB and Grupo Sanborns SAB retreated as same-store sales across the nation decreased. Chedraui, retreated 1%to 40.42 pesos (approx. US$3) while...
Attorneys often write exhaustive and exhausting sentences. Attorneys may not be the worst offenders, as Wikipedia cites Jonathan Coe’s 2001 novel The Rotters’ Club as containing a 13,955-word sentence. In Stanard v. Nygren, 658 F.3d 792 (7th Cir....
ESMA Q&A on Application of AIFMD - On February 17, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a questions and answers paper (Q&A) on the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (2011/61/EU) (AIFM...
Angry litigants and criminal defendants can pose serious or even lethal threats to lawyers and judges. So it isn't surprising that a group of retired police officers in St.
On February 12, 2014, the White House unveiled its final Cybersecurity Framework 1.0 along with a new U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “Critical Infrastructure Cyber Community (C3) Voluntary Program.” This capped off a yearlong initiative...
From today, Deferred Prosecution Agreements (“DPA”s) will be available in the UK to the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) and the Crown Prosecution Service (“CPS”) as a method for disposal of corporate criminal cases relating to fraud, corruption and...
IRS employment tax audits are rising and as such, it’s important for employers to understand what to look for in their employee benefit programs to avoid any adverse tax findings. This brief video outlines some of the most common tax problems that we...
