It used to be that if your nanny or maid was fired, all you had to worry about was them gossiping about your habits or stealing the silverware on the way out. Not so anymore - now you may get hit with a Federal or State wage and hour claim. That’s what happened to Robert […]
After 21 years in jail for a murder he didn’t commit, Jacques Rivera walked out a free man to the shouts of family and supporters. Rivera’s freedom was won by Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions. The Center has an incredible track record of success on cases like this - ones that DNA cannot help. […]
Often in Federal litigation and state commercial litigation, certain documents are marked “confidential” so that the parties know that while they have to be exchanged through the course of the case, they are not to be given to third parties or used outsider the litigation in any way. In some cases, an entire court file […]
Too many articles have been written about the harsh, unforgiving Federal sentencing system for me to chime in at this point. But a recent decision in the case US v. Harris by Judge Joanna Seybert shows how fragile the future of those accused of federal crimes can be due to the system. The defendant Elvin […]
OK, this blog post is not about whether Barbara Sheehan should have been convicted of murder for using two guns to shoot her husband 11 times. Her jury decided that she should be found not guilty and they did so today after being deadlocked for awhile. We can argue till we’re blue in the face […]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the Federal Agency entrusted to policing claims of discrimination in the workplace. Last week, the EEOC filed a Federal discrimination lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois against Source One Staffing, claiming the Source One repeatedly sent female workers to job assignments even though two prior temps had […]
Getty Images, the world’s largest licensor of digital images, got a taste of its own medicine last week, when Federal District Court Judge Glenn Suddaby, of the Northern District of New York, denied Getty’s motion to dismiss a claim of trademark infringement brought against the company by Car-Freshener, Inc., the company that brings you those […]
In a stunning reversal of a conviction of Washington University student Amanda Knox, an Italian Appeals court, comprised of a jury and two judges, voted to overturn her murder conviction and immediately release her. She should be back home in Seattle very soon. If you’re not familiar with the case, I wrote about it when […]
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