Does an Affirmative Defense in an Answer have to state factual grounds? Maybe Iqbal & Twombly are two SCUS cases that essentially re...

There are at least half a dozen attorney fee decisions issued by courts every day. Somewhere, someone is writing a fee motion or memo in opp...

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Every Veterans Day we pause to thank those who served and to reflect on the meaning of this day by republishing a blog article written s...

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Arbitration sucks, we've said it before and we'll say it again. Arbitration sucks .  But whatever you think about it, in Ohio a b...

Now, there's nothing wrong with that. It's just a fact. And every man who has tried a case against a woman attorney knows it. Th...

  The CIA is famous for its secret legal briefs to justify electronic eavesdropping and following of all of the rest of us. Well, it turns ...

A federal Magistrate Judge in Pennsylvania imposed sanctions against a corporate defendant for failing to mediate in good faith. It's a ...

Scribes , the American Society of Legal Writers, often sends grammar, writing, drafting and other tips to its members and each one is a jewe...

Here's a link to an updated version of a presentation on Practicing Law Profitably that was given in 2009 at a national conference in Ph...

Penguin is the new sheriff of search results. Watch out for the itchy finger on the trigger, it could be aimed at your website. The ...