During a presidential transition, and the longer transition to new leadership of the FTC, commissioner statements serve as a useful indicator of how the agency might change enforcement patterns in a new administration. READ NOW: Market Trends 2020:...

Yan v. Rewalk Robotics Ltd. United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit August 25, 2020, Decided No. 19-1614 Opinion  [*27]  KAYATTA, Circuit Judge . On behalf of proposed classes of investors, Wang Yan alleged that ReWalk Robotics, Ltd. ("ReWalk"...

Plaintiff neighbor sued defendant landowner for a declaration under R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-7-1 that the neighbor owned, by adverse possession, a certain parcel titled in the landowner. The trial court ruled in favor of the neighbor, and the landowner...

Petitioner police chief alleged, under 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983, that respondent city, its manager, council, discharged him in violation of his due process rights. The appellate court reaffirmed its original determination that the city violated the chief's...

The ERISA Plaintiffs sued Cardinal Health, Inc. ("Cardinal Health") on behalf of the Cardinal Health Profit Sharing, Retirement and Savings Plan ("Cardinal Plan") and the Syncor International Corporation Employees' Savings and...

Numerous suits were filed as a result of injuries and deaths related to tire failures, and for diminished resale value of the vehicles of Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. Pretrial proceedings were consolidated in the district court. Counsel representing many...

Plaintiff Granite Properties Limited Partnership, being the dominant estate owner, brought a suit in the circuit court of Madison County, Illinois, seeking to permanently enjoin the defendant servient estate owners, Larry and Ann Manns, from interfering...

The victim, a 10-year-old boy, was molested and sodomized by a middle-aged man. After the assault, the boy was taken to a hospital where a physician used a swab from a "sexual assault kit" to collect semen samples from the boy's rectum....

The defendant and two others were charged with bank robbery. The two co-defendants pleaded guilty, and one agreed to testify against defendant. The defendant countered with a witness to impeach the testimony of the co-defendant. The co-defendant was then...

A jury convicted defendant of the first degree murder of David Montemayor and of conspiracy to commit his murder as well as participation in a criminal street gang.