Once upon a time, the family pet was simply considered property. And, even as attitudes towards an animal’s role in a household changed, it was easy for a judge in…
Feb 29, 2012 12:17 AM CST
Illustration by Brian Stauffer
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that consumers who received the Aspire Visa credit card are bound by a mandatory arbitration provision in their applications.
Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the…
Jan 10, 2012 4:29 PM CST
Illustration by Brad Yeo
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A third-year Emory University law student who was arrested in Egypt earlier this year and accused of spying for Israel has been freed and the case against him has been…
Oct 27, 2011 6:33 PM CDT
A new corporate arbitration program hosted by what many consider the nation’s top business court violates the U.S. Constitution by holding “secret” judicial proceedings, contends a lawsuit that was filed…
Oct 25, 2011 10:55 PM CDT
A former partner at Irell & Manella who once headed its entertainment practice will have to take her bias claims to arbitration, a California judge has ruled.
Juliette Youngblood had…
Oct 25, 2011 3:14 PM CDT
Updated: Earlier this year, cotton was $2.15 a pound on the wholesale market. Now it’s down 54 percent from that high, to less than $1 a pound for December delivery.
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Oct 25, 2011 12:01 AM CDT
A Dutch entrepreneur with a cutting-edge divorce mediation concept says he is ready to launch it in the United States.
Divorce Hotel—which is currently only available in…
Oct 20, 2011 9:00 PM CDT
Glenn Hendrix has been in Pakistan training lawyers in ADR. A shoeless Hendrix is pictured here in May outside of Mazar-e-Quaid, the tomb of Pakistan’s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. All visitors to the grounds are required to remove their shoes. Photo courtesy of Glenn Hendrix.
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A nuisance provision contained in many condominium association governing documents can be a tempting basis for litigation.
But it backfired for one Florida condominium association that tried to utilize it…
Sep 30, 2011 12:56 PM CDT
The growing financial crisis facing state court systems has coincided with the economic doldrums that have existed in the United States since at least 2008. But at least one expert…
Sep 23, 2011 10:46 PM CDT
It looks like the joke could be on Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc., concerning an unusual Internet advertising campaign the automaker developed with Saatchi & Saatchi North America Inc. to…
Sep 12, 2011 11:19 PM CDT
Victorious a few months ago before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that held customers were required by their phone contracts to arbitrate claims rather than sue, AT&T is…
Aug 17, 2011 7:03 PM CDT