The comedian Louis CK’s production company sued to block a claim for $28,000 in health and benefit contributions tied to his work as editor of his FX Networks LLC series “Louie.”
Read More »Monsanto lawsuits over modified wheat consolidated in Kansas
Lawsuits were filed beginning in June after wheat modified to withstand Monsanto’s Roundup Ready weed killer was discovered growing on an Oregon farm eight years after nationwide field tests ended.
Tagged with: genetically modified Monsanto Co.
Read More »Ex-players oppose NFL properties’ image rights settlement terms
The players say the NFL made money from using their images in marketing without sharing it with them.
Read More »Commentary: Everything I learned about being a lawyer I learned in retail
It’s easy to become complacent – to become familiar and therefore not to be as critical.
Read More »Family of lawyer charged in bank heist mum
A 64-year-old eastern Missouri lawyer is charged with robbing a small-town bank at gunpoint and wounding a state trooper.
Read More »Michigan gay marriage ban challenge to face February trial
A challenge to Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban, brought by a lesbian couple seeking to adopt each other’s children, can only be decided after a trial, a federal judge ruled.
Tagged with: U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »Armstrong attorney named Brownback’s chief counsel
Brant Laue will take over as Brownback’s chief counsel on Nov. 4.
Read More »Labor laws can trip up lax employers
Businesses that fail to keep track of employee pay and work hours are easy targets for plaintiff lawyers.
Tagged with: Fair Labor Standards Act
Read More »Echoes of Baby Veronica: Legal ramifications of custody battle could be far-reaching, expert says
Though Baby Veronica is back in South Carolina with her adopted parents, the fallout from her custody battle could affect every Native American tribe in the United States.
Read More »Easier social media discovery: Skip the content
Courts are holding that litigants have an interest in keeping irrelevant information confidential and that reviewing such information in discovery (possibly several social media accounts spanning years) can be burdensome on both parties and courts.
Read More »Surveillance judge says court alters 24% of data requests
About a quarter of government requests to the secret U.S. surveillance court undergo “substantive changes” because of judicial action.
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