There are few things a lawyer can say in court more offensive than “your verbal orders” do not matter. Yet, that is essentially what a DOJ lawyer, Abhishek Kambli, told Judge Boasberg in court. On Saturday, two or more planes left the U.S. with alleged Venezuelan refugees. The planes left about 5:30 p.m. just as
The Department of Justice, the pre-eminent law firm in the country, has sued Stephanie Winston Wolkoff for breach of a confidentiality agreement. Winston Wolkoff signed the Non-Disclosure Agreement when she worked for a time at the White House. Later, this year, she published a “tell-all” book about Melania Trump. Ms. Winston Wolkoff is a former
The U.S. Commerce department advanced a reason for the citizenship question in the 2020 census. Department head, Wilbur Ross tried to claim the question was included to help enforce the Voting RightsAct. But, the lower court, in an opinion which was affirmed on appeal by the U.S. Supreme Court, found the reason to be “contrived.”
Once again, I nominate Pres. Trump for the award as the worst client in America. His administration has pursued a weak, almost frivolous appeal regarding the citizenship question on the 2020 census. Finally, just last week, the U.S. Supreme Court said the reason advanced by the Administration for the citizenship question was “contrived.” That is
Defense lawyers are welcoming the decision in Martin v. Spring Break Productions, LLC, No. 30671 (5th Cir. 6/24/12). The decision, says Mike Maslanka and Russ Cawyer, allows an individual claimant to settle his/her FLSA claim. Until this decision was issued, the most common belief that an individual employee could settle a wage claim only