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USCIS Finishes Data Entry for Cap-Subject H-1B FY17 Applications | USCIS announced on May 2 that it has finished data entry for cap-subject H-1B petitions. It will begin returning those not chosen in the lottery. Some petitions are being transferred...

A federal district court judge in Texas has granted a developer’s motion for summary judgment against the United States, [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], and ordered the Government to reimburse...

Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code permits many different types of property to serve as collateral—both tangible and intangible. Sometimes law firms find themselves in need of funds to support their efforts on behalf of clients and may seek...

"This case originated on or about June 23, 2006 when Alena Gay Arat, a therapist from the Philippines, submitted an H-1B complaint against Greater Missouri. Arat made several allegations, including: Greater Missouri failed to pay her and other H...

"After careful review of the record during the course of these proceedings, as well as consideration of the conduct underlying the litigation, the Court finds that this is the exceptionable case where an award of bad faith fees is necessary to compensate...

It seems like forever ago that the then venerable North Carolina institution, Wachovia Bank, failed and was acquired by Wells Fargo. (This was actually seven years ago). But just last week came what might be the final closure in the battle by the lawyers...

The Business Court last week knocked down a fee request of Plaintiffs' class action counsel to $500,000, from the $660,000 requested, in an Order in Nakatsukasa v. Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , 2015 NCBC 68 [subscribers can access an enhanced version...

You are all familiar with the old adage that "one Superior Court Judge cannot overrule another Superior Court Judge." But apparently there is at least a little bend in that rule, as illustrated by Judge Bledsoe's opinion this past Thursday...

In this week's opinion in Ekren v. K&E Real Estate Investments , 2014 NCBC 56 , Judge Bledsoe outlined how a derivative action plaintiff can recover attorneys' fees [ an enhanced version of this opinion is available to lexis.com subscribers...

A Pennsylvania judge has denied a request to allow a convicted Ponzi schemer's lawyer to collect his legal fees from funds earmarked for victims. Defense lawyer George Heitczman had petitioned the court to permit payment of his approximately-$20,000...

A federal judge has issued an order denying an attempt by lawyers for certain victims of the $600 million ZeekRewards Ponzi scheme to place a "charging lien" against hundreds of thousands of dollars in interim distributions due to those victims...

by Lewis V. Popovski , Abhishek Bapna , and Vivian Cheng District Judge P. Kevin Castel denied defendants Acco Brands Corp.’s and Staples, Inc.’s motion for attorneys’ fees and costs under 35 U.S.C. § 285, and granted in part...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday held that an appellate court “should review all aspects” of a district court’s decision to award attorney fees under Section 285 of the Patent Act under an “abuse...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) The standard employed by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for awards of attorney fees in patent cases is “unduly rigid” and “impermissibly encumbers the statutory grant of discretion...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently weakened a criminal defendant's ability to challenge the Government's pretrial seizure of assets that a defendant has allocated for mounting a defense. In Kaley v. United States , [1] the Court eliminated a defendant's...