• States Taking Lead on Regulating Data Privacy

    With so much of our world online, data privacy has become a major concern for American policymakers. But in the absence of comprehensive federal legislation addressing data privacy, states are leading the way—creating compliance headaches for businesses...
  • State v. Mendoza

    Undercover detectives were taken by an individual to a location to purchase drugs. An officer gave the individual a marked $ 20 bill. Defendant and a second man emerged from a dwelling. The individual gave defendant the $ 20 bill. Defendant handed the...
  • State v. Huff

    Defendant was convicted of three counts of conspiracy to commit election bribery in violation of WIS. STAT. §§ 12.11(1m)(a)1 (election bribery) and 939.31 (conspiracy). Defendant claimed that because the persons with whom he was found to have...
  • Flender Corp. v. Tippins Int'l, Inc.

    The parties each attempted to impose different terms in the contract. The purchaser's offer had an arbitration clause. However, the seller did not sign that offer, but shipped the goods and then sent an invoice with its own terms that did not include...
  • Fife v. Astenius

    Appellants, family members of injured passenger, heard the crash in which their daughter and sister was injured. None of the family members saw the accident, but the appellants immediately went out and found the injured passenger still inside the truck...
  • Bailey v. C.S.

    Appellee, a four-year-old, unexpectedly struck appellant, the babysitter, in the throat. Appellant sustained injuries. Appellant filed suit against the parents and appellee alleging appellee's actions were intentional and constituted a battery. Appellants...
  • Zurich Am. Ins. Co. v. ABM Indus.

    Appellant ABM Industries Incorporated provided extensive services at the World Trade Center complex (WTC). Appellant was insured against business interruption by appellee Zurich American Insurance Company. Appellee initiated the instant litigation by...
  • State v. Hansen

    In January 1988, defendant Michael Ross Hansen was convicted of a felony and was sentenced to 24 months in prison. Several months after his release, defendant began contacting attorneys in order to bring a civil action against the State, the Judge, his...
  • Bierman v. New York

    Petitioner Jean Bierman owned a small house at Rivington Street, New York City, where, assisted by social security payments, she made her home. One morning in February 1968, water poured into petitioner’s basement. That caused damaged to the boiler...
  • Campbell v. Bos. Sci. Corp.

    Defendant Boston Scientific Corporation manufactured a transvaginal mesh prescription medical device called the Obtryx Transobturator Mid-Urethral Sling System. The Obtryx was designed to be permanently implanted as a treatment for severe stress urinary...