Villegas-Rivas v. Odebrecht Constr., Inc. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division October 10, 2018, Decided; October 10, 2018, Filed, Entered CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:18-CV-1181 Opinion ORDER Before the Court is Defendants'...

On February 6, 1989, Eric Clausen ("Clausen") slipped, fell, and injured his back while working as a pile driver at a job site at a fuel terminal facility on the Piscataqua River, Portsmouth Harbor, Newington, New Hampshire. A Massachusetts...

Access this checklist for an overview of key data protection issues to consider in cloud computing contracts. Cloud computing involves accessing a provider’s software and infrastructure remotely, and often includes storing the customer’s data...

With the COVID-19 pandemic turning financial security into a top-of-mind priority, there is an increased interest in the secondary market for life insurance. Get up to speed on life settlements, viatical settlements, and stranger-owned and stranger-originated...

It is inevitable. You have been trying to restructure your client’s debt for the past few months, but it is starting to look like the client will need to file a Chapter 11 proceeding. You need to make sure that you follow all the rules to be retained...

Respondent Philip Agee was a citizen of the United States who was a former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency with undercover assignments involving highly confidential information in foreign countries. He announced a campaign to fight the Agency...

Contreras v. Los Angeles United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit February 6, 1980, Argued; November 28, 1980, Submitted ; April 9, 1981, Decided No. 78-2060 Opinion  [*1270]  Certain former and present city workers (appellants) appeal from...

Ray v. Kapiolani Med. Specialists Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai'i October 23, 2014, Decided; October 23, 2014, Electronically Filed NOS. CAAP-13-0001306, CAAP-13-0003437, and CAAP-13-0003840 Opinion SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER This appeal arises...

The Internal Revenue Code authorizes the use of federally tax-exempt local government bonds that finance business enterprises in designated urban "empowerment zones." The secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development...

Plaintiffs sought to be declared the owner of an area of land, on which several oil wells are located, lying below the high-water mark of a large body of water. Although the bare controversy was the ownership of the land, the decision had far-reaching...