#frivolous-lawsuits

#frivolous-lawsuits

Defendants present no credible evidence that the government intended to deceive or acted with reckless disregard. Therefore, they have failed to satisfy the first step in the analysis to make a substantial preliminary showing that the affidavit underlying the search warrant contained intentionally or recklessly false statements or misleading omissions.

John Durnell, after using Roundup in his neighborhood, developed blood cancer, leading a Missouri jury to find in 2023 that his illness was caused by the herbicide, awarding him $1.25 million in damages.

These officers bravely spoke out not just for their own rights, but for the safety of the public and their fellow officers. In return, they were subjected to egregious retaliation simply because they reported misconduct and unsafe working conditions.

City Council Speaker Julie Menin will have the honor of speaking to the graduating class of 2026 and their families at the New York Law School's 134th commencement ceremony next month.

SPLC's filings claim that the DOJ got the law wrong on key parts of its financial crime claims, and that the FBI didn't ask SPLC for information.

The Republican county judge's persistent efforts to block Virginia's redistricting have been met with repeated rejections from the state supreme court, raising concerns about judicial overreach.

CFTC failing already a solid bet. Government says tariff refund system 40 percent to 80 percent complete which is quite the spread. Almost a they're just making stuff up kind of estimate.

The legal profession rewards endurance, precision and control. It also quietly normalizes stress, isolation and overextension. For patent practitioners and other IP lawyers, the pressures are uniquely acute: compressed prosecution deadlines, high-stakes litigation exposure, often unrealistic client-driven budget constraints, regulatory whiplash at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and increasingly complex technologies layered with global filing and prosecution strategy.

Effective discovery requires more than compliance - it requires strategy. Litigators can balance expansive discovery rights and privacy concerns without slowing cases down through practical, results-focused approaches that consider proportionality, electronically stored information management, and the specific discovery rules applicable to their jurisdiction.

They don't drive it. They don't manage it. They don't control it. They let it control them. And then one day, they look up and realize discovery closed last week, the client is asking why nobody has taken the key depo, the adjuster wants a status report "by the end of the day," and the partner is asking the question that makes your stomach drop: "Where are we on this file?"