Are midsize law firms the Rodney Dangerfield of the legal profession? For years, they may have had a legitimate gripe that they did not get enough respect from corporate clients or top-shelf talent. But now it is 2018, Rodney has passed on, and so too...

Respondent survivor sought workers' compensation death benefits from the college that employed her husband, an instructor who was killed in an automobile accident on his way home from campus. The workers' compensation appeals board concluded that...

Eminent domain is the power of government to take private property for public use. Laws governing eminent domain vary depending on the state and municipality. Read this practice note to learn about the eminent domain process for Miami, Florida. This practice...

Goldwater Bank, N.A. v. Elizarov United States District Court for the Central District of California December 12, 2022, Decided; December 12, 2022, Filed Case No. 5:21-cv-00616-JWH-SPx Opinion ORDER GRANTING UNISON'S MOTION TO DISMISS [ECF No. 153...

Esparraguera v. United States Dep't of the Army United States District Court for the District of Columbia December 14, 2022, Decided; December 14, 2022, Filed Civil Action No. 22-1109 (TJK) Opinion MEMORANDUM Plaintiff concedes that she filed this...

Citizens Ins. Co. of Am. v. Wynndalco Enters., LLC United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit February 14, 2023, Argued; June 15, 2023, Decided No. 22-2313 Opinion Rovner , Circuit Judge . This business insurance  [*2]  coverage dispute calls...

Twin Rivers Paper Co. LLC v. SEC United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit March 12, 2019, Argued; August 16, 2019, Decided No. 18-1213 Opinion  [**78]   [*611]  Katsas , Circuit Judge : In 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission...

Schneble v. Florida Supreme Court of the United States January 17-18, 1972, Argued ; March 21, 1972, Decided No. 68-5009 Opinion  [*427]   [***343]   [**1057]  MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner Schneble and his codefendant...

Fast Trak Inv. Co., LLC v. Sax United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit June 11, 2020, Filed No. 18-17270 Opinion  [*458]  CERTIFICATION ORDER TO THE NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALS ORDER This case asks us to determine whether a litigation funding...

A defendant charged with vehicular manslaughter entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. Defendant waived a jury trial, was found guilty, and during the sanity trial established beyond any doubt that she suffered from mental illness...