Related Practices & Jurisdictions A unanimous California Supreme Court decision in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services held that premium wages for rest and meal periods – known as “rest and meal break violations” – are considered “wages” under California law. Employees are now able to recover additional monies if employers fail to […]
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Once the most trusted branch of government, the Supreme Court has been hijacked by the Republican Party for its war on equality and civil liberties. Latinos, who make up nearly 19% of the U.S. population, are seen by many conservatives as a threat. Not surprisingly, the effect of the court’s […]
A Russian court has effectively shut down the country’s largest LGBTQ rights organization after a failed attempt by the government to liquidate the Russian LGBT Network and its parent organization, the Charitable Sphere Foundation, in February. A court in St. Petersburg issued the decision Thursday in support of Russia’s Justice […]
Ruling on a certified question of law from the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the Colorado Supreme Court held this week that an individual claims adjuster cannot be held personally liable for statutory bad faith claims. The plaintiff, Alexis Skillet, was involved in a car accident in July 2020. […]
Press Releases 04/13/2022 Governor Lamont Nominates Judge Joan Alexander to Supreme Court, Judge Hope Seeley to Appellate Court, and 11 Jurists to Superior Court (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is nominating Judge Joan K. Alexander of Cromwell to serve as an associate justice of […]
The Rajasthan High Court has recently issued notice on a public interest litigation filed by Utkarsh Classes seeking disclosure of detailed syllabus and issuance of source of reference from which the question has been asked and the answer of the same has been relied upon in various recruitment examinations conducted […]
Despite multiple court orders, their landlord, Douglas Ritter, refuses to restore water service to the apartment where Angel Garcia (above) and his family live. Ritter padlocked the entrance to the basement to prevent anyone from restoring water. He believes his rights to eviction are being denied. Jillian Forstadt/WSKG hide caption […]
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – The S.C. Department of Education and the S.C. Court Administration told the Newberry County School District it needs to stop presenting its truancy program as a “court.” South Carolina Court Administration Director Karama Herrington sent a letter about the issue to the S.C. Department of Education […]
Today, the White House and the Department of Justice announced 99 law schools have responded to the Attorney General’s Call to Action to the Legal Profession, issued on August 30, 2021, to address the housing and eviction crisis. The Attorney General’s Call to Action asked lawyers and law students to […]
Related Practices & Jurisdictions INTRODUCTION In a recent judgment1, the Delhi High Court (“Court”) held that: An Indian court can exercise jurisdiction over a defendant website located outside of India, only if it is shown that the website intentionally targets Indian customers. FACTS Tata Sons Private Limited (“Plaintiff”), under its […]
Imposing ‘draconian’ extra controls on solicitors’ fees would have ‘serious ramifications’ for the profession and be legally flawed, the Court of Appeal has heard. Opening the appeal on behalf of PI firm CAM Legal Services, Benjamin Williams QC said the personal market had been ‘reeling’ from recent reforms and sought […]
This Reference is hereby developed, in accordance with the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China, Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China, and Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Civil Cases involving Patent Disputes […]
In 2019, Joshua Jarrett of Nashville engaged in a small-scale virtual currency staking enterprise using a home computer. Jarrett owned a few hundred thousand tokens in Tezos, a proof-of-stake (POS) platform that allows randomly selected users to generate new tokens by validating blockchain transactions. In essence, this staking process lets validators […]
The Texas law has novel features. Usually, a lawsuit seeking to block a law because it is unconstitutional would name state officials as defendants. However, the Texas law, which makes no exceptions for pregnancies resulting from incest or rape, bars most state officials from enforcing it and instead deputizes private […]
The judgment of Mr Justice Henshaw of the High Court of England and Wales was handed down on 10 January 2022 in Barclays Bank plc v Shetty. The judge ruled that while the High Court will adjourn a hearing if it is in the interest of fairness, a party cannot […]