by | Jan 3, 2025 | Law.com, legal matters
Former pro football players are bidding to compel discovery in a class action that accuses the NFL’s employee welfare benefit plans of refusing them disability benefits. Former pro football players are bidding to compel discovery in a class action that...
by | Jan 3, 2025 | Law.com, legal matters
“The fact that attorneys’ fees can quickly exceed the value of disputes is both a sad fact of litigation and also precisely the reason that attorneys’ fees for unreasonable and bad faith litigation are awarded,” said U.S. District Judge April...
by | Jan 3, 2025 | Law.com, legal matters
“Rule 26 of our Rules of Civil Procedure allow a party to seek documents in the possession of the adverse party; it does not generally require the adverse party to pay for any said documents to be translated into the English language,” the court said....
by | Jan 3, 2025 | Law.com, legal matters
The chief justice called out “public officials” for dangerous remarks about courts in his unusually targeted year-end report—and acknowledged a “strained relationship” between the Supreme Court and Congress. The chief justice called out...
by | Jan 3, 2025 | Law.com, legal matters
Acting Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan on Friday declined to dismiss the indictment or guilty verdict against President-elect Donald Trump. He indicated he did not intend to sentence Trump to any jail time, but instead impose a sentence of unconditional...
by | Jan 3, 2025 | Law.com, legal matters
The jury was told that a defense to the plaintiff’s claims may be proving that the trademarks are used only as a model number, not for source identification, and “lack secondary meaning.” The jury was told that a defense to the...
