To prove the existence of a contract under Florida law, a plaintiff must plead: (1) offer; (2) acceptance; (3) consideration; and (4) sufficient specification of the essential terms. A breach of contract is a legal cause of action where the contract...

Effective November 1, City of Seattle employers are prohibited from asking criminal history questions on initial job applications under a new Ban the Box ordinance. Since 2009, the city has had a policy of not asking such questions on employment...

It's not clear that anyone thought to ban passengers from bringing live alligators, via the Chicago transit system, to the city's O'Hare International Airport, as a woman apparently did early this month.

This year has been a "long slog" for most major law firms, with revenues and profits rising modestly, if at all, law firm consultant Bruce MacEwen tells Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia. Two aspects of BigLaw make it difficult for law firms to change that, he says.