Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
Two doctrines frequently arise in Pennsylvania jurisprudence when addressing disputes between the parties to a contract: the parol evidence rule and the gist of the action doctrine. While each serves ...
A Seattle police lieutenant, who is named in a July lawsuit filed by four female officers alleging gender discrimination and sexual harassment, filed his own tort claim against the city last week, ...
Fraudulent class action and mass tort claims are rampant, while digital payments are fast becoming more common for claim disbursement, according to the "2024 Digital Payments in Class Actions and Mass ...
Trucks queuing at a container terminal gate. (photo courtesy of the Port of Los Angeles) SAINT PAUL, Minn. (CN) — Minnesota joined the slight majority of states that recognize tort claims for ...
In this 5-2 decision from the Ohio Supreme Court, the majority held that the tort conflict of law rules found in Section 145 of 1 Restatement of the Law 2d, Conflict of Laws, apply to an insurance bad ...
Traditionally, toxic tort related claims are brought under product liability actions for negligence, breach of warranty, and strict liability. [1] Asbestos has historically been the center of toxic ...
A social media video of the professor at a pro-Palestine demonstration led to discipline. Her lawyers say the content of the clip was sarcastic, taken out of context and part of a private conversation ...
The Federal Tort Claims Act, the law the president invoked to try to obtain hundreds of millions of dollars, is ordinarily a legal labyrinth that few can navigate. George Retes, Jr., an Army veteran, ...
The Northern District of California's San Francisco federal courthouse located at Phillip Burton Federal Building & United States Courthouse in San Francisco, Calif. (Natalie Hanson / Courthouse News) ...
Even if you’re not a lawyer, you may be aware that traditionally the U.S. military establishment enjoys a lot of immunity for casualties that happen to those who wear the nation’s uniform. For example ...
Environmental law did not begin with enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in 1969. Nor did it begin when Massachusetts adopted the first state wetland protection statute in 1963 ...