By John Council | April 24, 2017
A former Dallas Symphony Orchestra volunteer may have had reason for hurt feelings after D Magazine published an article implying he was a "party-crasher" who "blustered" his way into society photographs. But Jason Bloom recently convinced Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals that the man who allegedly duped his way into Dallas society could not sue the magazine because the rhetorical flourishes used in the article did not amount to defamation.
By Samantha Joseph | April 24, 2017
Investors who lost millions on a luxury project right before the housing market collapsed couldn't convince the courts to rule in their favor against the man who brought them into the deal.
By Jenna Greene | April 24, 2017
Is this the death of workplace civility? Open season against employers on Facebook? If you add “#Union” to a post, are you now free to say whatever horrible things you like? Calm down, not so fast. The Second Circuit offered a far more nuanced answer in upholding a controversial decision by the NLRB.
By C. Ryan Barber | April 21, 2017
A Washington federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's attempt to investigate an embattled accreditor of for-profit colleges, upholding a trial judge's ruling that faulted the Obama-era agency for straying outside its jurisdiction.
By Ross Todd | April 21, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has left in place a Berkeley city ordinance that forces retailers to inform prospective cellphone buyers that carrying their devices in certain ways can cause exposure to radio-frequency radiation that exceeds federal limits.
By Tom McParland | April 20, 2017
A Delaware federal judge has allowed Amgen Inc. to pursue enhanced damages in its patent infringement dispute with a rival drugmaker, the latest development to a case with billions of dollars on the line.
By Tom McParland | April 19, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Wednesday extinguished a prisoner lawsuit targeting over-detention in Delaware correctional facilities, citing a lack of evidence that state officials were deliberately indifferent to the "consistent problem" of delayed inmate releases.
By John Council | April 19, 2017
While a similar state law claim against him has been allowed to go forward, the Fifth Circuit has dismissed a federal malicious prosecution case filed against a former Beaumont state district judge who allegedly had a process server arrested for showing up at the courthouse to serve a lawsuit on him.
By Jason Grant | April 19, 2017
A lawsuit brought by the heirs of a Jewish entertainer and art collector executed in the Holocaust that aims to recover artwork allegedly stolen by Nazis can proceed, a Manhattan appeals court has ruled.
By Jason Grant | April 18, 2017
"Competent and diligent representation ... does not mean a lawyer should strive to 'win' a case at all costs, if that means harming adversaries and their clients unreasonably and unnecessarily in the process and undermining the authority and integrity of the court," Justice Dianne Renwick wrote for the unanimous First Department panel.
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