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Federal Court Dismisses Domino’s Website Accessibility Lawsuit Citing Regulatory Uncertainty

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Federal court critiques DOJ’s lack of clear web accessibility rules while dismissing lawsuit, urging regulatory clarity to benefit both businesses and disabled users.

Pennsylvania Court Ruling Could Close School Funding Gap

by Gregory Sirico

Best Lawyers highlights the current legislative battle to close the Pennsylvania school funding gap.

Restrictive Covenants in Michigan: A Cent, a Peppercorn, or Continued At-Will Employment

by Martin C. Brook

The Michigan Supreme Court, in a 2002 case, has commented that a “cent or a pepper corn, in legal estimation, would constitute a valuable consideration.” Essentially, this means that courts refrain from evaluating the quality of the deal, i.e., whether it was good or bad for one party.

Managing Expert Evidence: Court Appointed Referees in Complex Proceedings

by Joseph Barbaro

An examination of how Victorian courts are increasingly using expert referees in technical disputes to assist with the management of evidence and proceedings.

We Have an Arbitration Agreement, So What Are We Doing in Court?

by Patricia H. Thompson

Arbitration is meant to avoid litigation, not cause it. But vague or flawed contract language can lead parties straight to court—and years of delay.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco

by Clifford J. Zatz and Josh Thomas Foust

The decision “may make it impossible to bring certain mass actions at all."

Justice Gorsuch’s Strange Detour in Alien Tort Statute Case

by Motley Rice

Justice Neil Gorsuch wasn’t a member of the U.S. Supreme Court back in 2004, when the justices ruled in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain (124 S.Ct. 2739) that in certain limited circumstances, foreign nationals can use a 1789 law, the Alien Tort Statute, to sue in U.S. courts for violations of the law of nations.

Pilot Project Aims to Expedite Discovery in Federal Court

by Robert A. Clifford

Discovery has become more expansive in litigation, despite the fact that the vast majority of civil cases settle before trial.

Destiny Fulfilled

by Sara Collin

Was Angela Reddock-Wright destined to become a lawyer? It sure seems that way. Yet her path was circuitous. This accomplished employment attorney, turned mediator, arbitrator and ADR specialist nonpareil discusses her career, the role of attorneys in society, the new world of post-pandemic work and why new Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson represents the future.

Attorney Michael Cohen's U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit Oral Argument

by Michael J. Cohen

Tampa Appeals Court ‘Sends Clear Message,” Ensuring School Tax Referendum Stays on Ballot

by Gregory Sirico

Hillsborough County's tax referendum is back on the 2024 ballot, promising $177 million for schools and empowering residents to decide the future of education.

Ontario Court of Appeal Addresses Interplay of SERP Entitlements and Grow-in Benefits

by Caroline Helbronner and Sean Maxwell

The case serves as a reminder of the importance of carefully drafting the benefit provisions in supplemental plan texts where members of the underlying registered plan are subject to pension legislation that provides for grow-in benefits on termination of employment.

3 Factors a Florida Homeowner Should Consider Before Taking an Insurance Company to Court

by Best Lawyers

Insurance cases in Florida can be complex. Issues related to insurance regulations have created an especially combative environment.

Religious Symbols in the Workplace: Recent Decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union

by Pascale Lagesse

Is it discrimination for a workplace to ban employees from display political, philosophical, and religious symbols in the work environment?

Decisions, Decisions

by Boris Bershteyn

Leading cases on the Supreme Court’s 2018 business docket.

The Common Online Habit That Could Sink Your Custody Case

by Michele Jochner

Posting on social media? It could backfire in court.