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July 24, 2013
One of the moment’s political hot potatoes involves the disclosure that the NSA had received warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (nicknamed the FISA Court) […]
July 21, 2013
Witnesses saw the defendant take between 10 and 15 refrigerators, 15 and 20 microwave ovens, and 15 to 25 sets of pots and pans to private […]
July 19, 2013
Between plaintiffs who think their case is worth more than the law contemplates, and defendants who believe exactly the opposite, the measure of damages is often […]
July 16, 2013
There is a fad these days in favor of arbitration. I call it a fad because it appears everywhere, even where it should not. I certainly […]
July 14, 2013
It is common-sense and the rule of law (yes, for once, the two match) that the owner of a vehicle who gives another permission to use […]
July 11, 2013
Employers may be forgiven for scratching their head when trying to figure out whether they may be liable for an employee’s alleged unlawful discrimination. The state […]
July 8, 2013
The Supreme Court’s decisions on same-sex marriage have generated a deluge of commentary by many people on both sides of the issue. Long after the rhetoric […]
July 7, 2013
Adding to the collection of frivolous lawsuits we occasionally bring you…. … A student sitting in the school’s hallway stood up and bumped her head on […]
July 4, 2013
Happy Fourth of July from the Roth Law Firm! This is the most patriotic and uncontroversial Holiday and not the stuff of litigation. This is not […]
June 30, 2013
A recent blog talked about the notion of corporate personhood and what rights corporations as such do or do not have, compared to an individual. That […]
June 28, 2013
The National Labor Relations Act is typically thought to apply only to relationships between unions and corporations. (It also imposes a duty on unions to deal […]
June 26, 2013
Three years ago, the Supreme Court considered the case of José Padilla. Mr. Padilla was born in Honduras in 1950, immigrated to the United States at […]
June 23, 2013
Making an apology and writing an essay on the life of Andrew Jackson is cruel and unusual punishment. Really. Or so high school students required to […]
June 21, 2013
That administrative agencies have a pervasive presence in our lives is undeniable. That is a reason why our firm offers to represent businesses and professionals facing […]
June 18, 2013
Last Monday’s opinions from the Supreme Court did not make much headlines because no case was decided that includes the names Fisher, Windsor or Perry, the […]
June 18, 2013
I recently posted a blog that explained the limits that have arisen against asserting or receiving punitive damages. Those limits remain controversial on both sides of […]
June 16, 2013
America’s funniest videos and its various spinoffs are proof that animals can be funny. That remains true even in law. Or maybe their owners’ stubbornness is […]
June 12, 2013
When a group of people gather to form or work for a corporate entity, the group itself (ie the corporation) does not have the same constitutional […]
June 9, 2013
According to the old nursery rhyme, there was an old lady who lived in a shoe with so many children she did not know what to […]
June 6, 2013
I am not immune to commenting on those Supreme Court cases that garner more than their fair share of attention from the mainstream media. Nor, I […]
June 2, 2013
Jurors are supposed to return their verdict based on the evidence heard in court and nothing else. They weigh what each witness said and the evidence […]
May 31, 2013
Every attorney who represents plaintiffs, whether they do so occasionally or as a matter of course, and whether they have in their office an individual or […]
May 28, 2013
Many Supreme Court cases matter greatly. Some matter to most of us (what students can or cannot say in school under the First Amendment, the right […]
May 26, 2013
Attorneys have it in their head to try and probe every answer with follow-up questions. The result can sometimes lead to ridicule. These examples are from […]
May 23, 2013
Do not worry, this post is not as ghoulish as its title might imply. But it does involve caskets. To be precise, it involves a group […]
May 21, 2013
Times are tough for class actions. In the span of a couple of weeks in April, three decisions came down from the Federal and Florida Supreme […]
May 19, 2013
Lawyer lawyer in the hall, Who is the richest of them all? I have case, a case I say, Represent me, you will make my day. […]
May 15, 2013
Under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), employees of some companies are entitled to unpaid leave following the birth of a child, or for […]
May 12, 2013
Color televisions were still a novelty in 1965. They were expensive, too. One bought in Maryland cost over $7,000 in today’s dollars, after adjusting for inflation. […]
May 10, 2013
The rise of blogging and 24/7 commentators, whose commentary is often much more political, controversial, or personal than those on this blog, has coincided with a […]