Motions to compel arbitration almost always succeed. One that did not was addressed in Parrott v. International Bank of Commerce, 778 F.Supp.3d 888 (W.D. Tex. 2025). In Parrott, the plaintiffs filed a class action regarding the employees’ profit-sharing plan. The proposed class sought to attack the investment strategy of IBC. Mr. Parrott left
It is fair to say that before trial and during jury selection, a trial lawyer should use all the tools at his/her disposal. Many of us will check LinkedIn to take a look at a potential juror’s profile. But, do not do that in the Northern District of California. Judge William H. Orrick has a
Former Department of Justice officials are “stunned” at what they are seeing today. Pres. Trump openly urged AG Pam Bondi to indict two of his political opponents. The US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia resigned under pressure to cook up some basis for indicting James Coney. Other Federal prosecutors in Maryland, Georgia and
Alex Jones is faced with losing his Infowars website again. It was sold once in bankruptcy court. But, another judge later found that sale was not in the best interest of Alex Jones’ creditors and did not follow correct procedure. Since that ruling, a state district court judge has ordered that a state-appointed receiver will
On various social media platforms, we can express various emotions with emojis. Sad face means sad. Frowning means anger, dislike, etc. But, some emojis are less clear. What does a fire emoji mean? What does a winking face mean? Those emojis have slowly been creeping into caselaw. In 2004, an emoji was part of a
The American Bar Association has filed suit against the Federal government over Pres. Trump’s Executive Orders targeting big law firms. The suit accuses Pres.Ttrump of coercing law firms into forgoing certain types of legal work, and to abandon some clients, causes and policy positions. The suit was filed against the President and over two dozen
Judge Richard J. Leon, of the D.C. District Court granted a permanent injunction agsinst Pres. Trump’s Executive Order which targeted the big law firm, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. I previously wrote about that Executive Order here. Judge Leon used twenty-six exclamation points in his order. The EO, said the Judge, had a
It is just totally weird that the Trump administration is targeting major law firms. I wrote about that odd new practice here. Pres. Trump has now targeted a handful of law firms. Two of those firms, Perkins Coie and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, have filed lawsuits seeking protection from these strange Executive
Among co-Pres. Trump’s many firings, he also fired the Chairperson of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Cathy Harris. Ms. Harris sued and was granted a permanent injunction. The Judge wrote a lengthy opinion, finding that The President cannot fire members of the MSPB board without cause. The members of the board enjoy a prescribed term
Millions of Federal workers have received an email with the subject “Fork in the Road.” That is the same subject heading for a similar email sent to all Twitter employees after Elon Musk first purchased Twitter. This new version of “Fork in the Road” offers Federal workers an opportunity to work from home for eight