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September 21, 2005 |

Muslim Firefighter Strives to Keep Both His Job and His Beard

There's no reason a firefighter's oxygen mask can't be safety tested on a bearded man, an expert witness testified Monday on the opening day of a trial in which a Muslim Philadelphia firefighter is fighting to keep his facial hair without losing his job. Curtis DeVeaux scored a pretrial victory in July, when a judge ruled that the firefighter should not have to shave his beard in order to stay on the job while the case is litigated.
5 minute read
November 26, 2007 |

Indictment reveals bitter fight over fees

Following the recent indictment of Sheriff Michael Carona in Orange County, Calif., a vicious fight has broken out over legal fees and allegations of legal malpractice between a former member of Carona's staff and personal injury lawyer Joseph Cavallo.
3 minute read
February 27, 2013 |

Judge Rejects Overtime Class Action

Southern District Judge Vincent Briccetti has dismissed a purported overtime class action against JPMorgan Chase, citing a mandatory arbitration and class-action waiver clause in a former employee's contract and rejecting the NLRB's holding that binding such agreements violate the National Labor Relations Act.
3 minute read
March 23, 2009 |

Former Detroit mayor's suit raises novel issues

Lawyers and legal experts say Detroit's former mayor is venturing into uncharted legal territory with his recent suit challenging the release of his text messages that led to his downfall. Will his strategem work?
3 minute read
February 18, 2009 |

Hearing Loss Litigation Makes Little Noise

Claims that consumers were not adequately warned of potential hearing loss caused by Bluetooth headsets have dissipated after federal judges dismissed similar cases against Apple over iPods and a preliminary settlement was approved without economic recoveries against Motorola.
4 minute read
October 14, 2002 |

Supreme Court must face up to 'Disparate Impact'

Roger CleggCuyahoga Falls v. Buckeye Community Hope Foundation, scheduled for Supreme Court argument this term, has received relatively little publicity so far. But one of the issues for which the court granted cert was extremely important: Whether the federal Fair Housing Act's ban on racial discrimination can be violated by someone who did not engage in racial discrimination.
8 minute read
January 10, 2012 |

Judge Voids Lawyer's Trademark Registration for 'We Not Me'

Illinois lawyer W. Brand Bobosky's branding efforts for "We not me" hit a major roadblock when an Oregon federal magistrate judge voided his trademark registration based on the finding that Bobosky did not intend to use the trademark as he represented he would in two applications.
5 minute read
February 25, 2003 |

Courtside Seats

4 minute read
August 22, 2005 |

In Brief

Merck hit with $253M verdict in Vioxx trial
3 minute read
October 24, 2005 |

More perils of amateur video

An unusually spirited promotional video embarrasses an Austin law firm- and other offbeat items.
3 minute read

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