Whether the true import of the preparation of pleadings is learned in law school, at a law firm or in the sometimes-punishing crucible of civil litigation, practitioners inevitably discover that the ...

Whether a particular law provides for a private cause of action can have huge consequences for potential corporate defendants. Such a right opens the floodgates to plaintiffs, often represented on a ...

In DeVillier v. Texas, the Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling in an important Takings Clause case. Richard DeVillier and other property owners whose land was damaged by flooding caused by actions of ...

January 29, 2025 - Statutes of limitations are themselves bright-line rules, requiring a person to bring suit within a specified time after the cause of action accrues. Statutes of limitations have ...

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