The US Supreme Court has previously held that a plaintiff suffers an injury in fact when the plaintiff fails to obtain information...
Theodore H. Frank is director at the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute and the Center for Class Action Fairness. He's known as Ted...
Secrecy is fine at the discovery stage, before the material enters the judicial record. But those documents, usually a small subset of...
Current federal jurisprudence grants judges wide latitude in the exercise of contempt powers, which in turn can lead to dire consequences for...
Unbeknownst to many, federal courts have the power under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to set aside judgments entered years earlier...
The 3 branches of government certainly don't like citizens voicing their opinions and now the ABA President has decided to join the...
Only seven judges in the last decade have faced formal disciplinary action as a result of the nation's secretive misconduct review process....
In this 7th Circuit Appeal, a homeowner effectively wins a free and clear home. That is a great result for this homeowner...
Stare decisis cannot justify adherence to an approach that Supreme Court precedent forecloses. Accordingly, we overrule Amy Travel. The decision by the...
