The Worst Courts for Businesses? Itâs a Matter of Opinion
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The arguments made in the American Tort Reform Associationâs report on the countryâs âjudicial hellholesâ donât always make sense.
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Business & money: Ill-judged comments saw deluge of customers reclaiming bank charges, says lawyer
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This round of corporate trials is focusing on bad behavior and loose ethics. Key prosecution witnesses are being grilled about their drug use, tax problems and sex lives in an attempt to undermine their credibility.
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Observers say civil courts often defer to Islamic courts on key issues.
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Rivaling Bush vs. Kerry for bitterness, doctors and trial lawyers are squaring off this fall in an unprecedented four-state struggle over limiting malpractice awards. The volatile issue is in voters' hands and each side is desperate to win, spending millions of dollars to make their cases and portray the other side as greedy.
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A scathing judgment from the UK&#39;s highest court condemning the UK government&#39;s indefinite detention of foreign terror suspects as a threat to the life of the nation, left anti-terrorist laws in the UK in tatters on Thursday.
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While it is risky to predict how the justices will decide, some expressed skepticism today about the case.
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It is unusual to see an intra-governmental dispute about a case before the Supreme Court, but it has become an annual event for the Federal Trade Commission and the antitrust division of the Justice Department.
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Lawyers who file frivolous lawsuits would be hit with financial penalties under legislation moving through Congress. Supporters say the bill would protect businesses from being threatened with lawsuits that have no merit.
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Overturn District Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals verdicts, please
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Three judges on a federal appeals court in California made it official last week: The traditional recorded music business is doomed.
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The civil justice system is in crisis, according to one of Britain's top county court judges.
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The project has prompted criticism from those who worry that lawyers could skew new rules in favor of their clients.
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Business & money: As increasing numbers of complainants seek redress in the courts, Tony Levene looks at how a successful action can be only the start.
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Furor over the legalization of out-of-state online alcohol purchases will soon reach the Supreme Court.
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There's not much middle ground in the legal community when it comes to opinions of local prosecutor Mike Nifong's most famous case.
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Our position is: Congress needs to add a federal judgeship in Indiana to make the workload more manageable. Marion County courts aren&#39;t the only ones facing budget constraints.