Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Narendra (the Winklevosses) claim that Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for Facebook from them. They sued Facebook and Zuckerberg (Facebook) in Massachusetts. Facebook countersued them and their competing social...

Abrahim Baballah is an Israeli Arab. Baballah's parents were the only Jew and Muslim to marry in his hometown of Aka, Israel, a town of approximately 11,000 people on the Mediterranean coast. As a result of their mixed marriage, Baballah suffered...

Plaintiff Angelo Cefalu filed libel and invasion of privacy actions in Massachusetts superior court against defendant Globe Newspaper Company ("Globe") and a photographer employed by Globe. The action arose after Globe twice published a photograph...

By: Patrick J. Lamparello and Noa M. Baddish Proskauer Rose LLP This article explains the process of mediating employment disputes, describes the contexts in which it may arise, and articulates the advantages and disadvantages of this process. Mediation...

Petitioner Papish, who was a staff member of a newspaper called the "Free Press Underground," distributed on campus an issue of the newspaper containing: (1) a reproduction of a political cartoon depicting policemen raping the Statue of Liberty...

Defendant Atkins was convicted in a Virginia trial court on charges of abduction, armed robbery, and capital murder that arose out of a 1996 incident. At a second capital sentencing hearing, after an appellate court ruling that the first hearing had used...

Petitioner Scott Louis Panetti was convicted of capital murder in a Texas state court and sentenced to death despite his well-documented history of mental illness. After the Texas courts denied relief on direct appeal, Panetti filed a federal habeas petition...

By: Christopher Donovan , Heidi Jeffery , Nathaniel Lacktman , and Melesa Freerks , Foley & Lardner LLP THIS ARTICLE ASSESSES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE digital health industry and examines whether the market is ripe for notable private equity investment...

By: Jordan Yaret , Mikhel Schecter , and Bryant Mendel , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HISTORICALLY LOW interest rates boosted U.S. structured finance issuance to $510 billion in 2017, a 37% increase over...

The customer and two of her adult daughters were shopping in the store. It was the day after Thanksgiving and the store was crowded with Christmas shoppers. Another customer either intentionally or accidentally pushed the customer. She fell to her hands...