A Philadelphia judge has ruled that a kindergartner should not have been expelled from a charter school because he allegedly touched his teacher’s legs after she complained that they hurt.
A federal appellate court has ordered an Army specialist and her attorney to show cause why they should not be sanctioned for bringing a frivolous suit accusing Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and a former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks.
It’s common for parties to voluntarily exchange search terms to increase transparency, ensure documents are not excluded, and limit discovery costs. What should not become common is the forced disclosure of search terms by courts. Not only are search terms not within the bounds of discovery, but are windows into how counsel are considering and evaluating their case.Visit Law Technology News
An Appellate Division panel orders a trial judge to explain in detail why frequent-filer Robert Triffin should not be required to pay counsel fees for frivolous bad check claims.
Boies, Schiller & Flexner has suffered a setback in a $5 million fee dispute arising out of founder David Boies’ alleged neglect of a client’s lawsuit now that a judge in Nevada has ceded jurisdiction to New York courts to decide who should arbitrate the fight. Before being told of the Nevada ruling, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Bernard Fried questioned at a Tuesday hearing why he should not give Nevada jurisdiction, since Boies Schiller had filed there four days before G.K