Frequently, evaluators will offer expert opinions to the court to limit a parent's access to his or her children. The authors claim that many evaluators do not adequately consider the profound constitutional issues involved in such recommendations, and routinely offer opinions that have little support in the underlying data from which such recommendations and opinions are based.
Outside of the patent litigation world, most people have probably never heard of Marshall, TX. However, patent litigants often find themselves defending patent infringement suits in Marshall and other remote locations, even though the litigant has virtually no connection to that jurisdiction.
Many companies are staffing through non-traditional arrangements. Many of these contingent arrangements result in third parties. These arrangements generally allow the putative joint employer to minimize or even avoid functions such as recruiting, screening, hiring, paying workers, and complying with labor and employment laws. This avoidance, however, often comes with significant risks.
In 2015, the FCC issued its Open Internet Order, applying Section 222 of the federal Communications Act to broadband Internet access services (BIAS), and in doing so took jurisdiction over privacy and data security matters for Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
Creditors of a Chapter 11 debtor asserting "state law, constructive fraudulent [transfer] claims ' are preempted by Bankruptcy Code Section 546(e)," held the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on March 29, 2016.
The author learned a great many lessons from his late father. In this article, he mentions several things that have helped him considerably throughout his professional marketing career, and that he frequently passes along to others at various stages of their professional development.
The Supreme Court's recent decision in Bouaphakeo v. Tyson Foods was decidedly not the sweeping ruling many practitioners anticipated. Nevertheless, the decision provided useful guidance for class-action litigants regarding the proper use of representative evidence.
What happens to a tenant's right to retrieve or be compensated for trade fixtures when a landlord's property is taken by a government entity through eminent domain? A look at a recent case.
Regardless of how technology continues to help the legal industry reinvent itself from a mature industry to a young and thriving one, culture and people will remain a key driver of any firm's long-term success. As a strategic imperative, creating a constructive culture of success takes much more than words with no actions. .
In March, Arizona became the first state to undercut the FDA's new guidelines on use of the abortion-inducing drug Mifepristone.
