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Tenth Circuit Delivers a Second Chance to Pizza Driver’s Wage Lawsuit
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Between navigating rush-hour traffic to dealing with entitled customers, delivering pizzas can be a thankless job. But one thing you probably don’t expect is...
Appeals Court Pauses EPA Chief’s $20 Billion Clawback of Clean Energy Grants
By J.P. Finet, J.D. | Reviewed by Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Last updated on
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit restored a preliminary injunction barring the Environmental Protection Agency from carrying out its attempt...
Ninth Circuit Says Unread Work Emails Don’t Equal Consent to Arbitration
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
If your employer quietly slips a mandatory arbitration policy into your inbox and you never read it, can that really waive your right to sue? According to the...
Can You Say Whatever You Want on Your Car’s Custom License Plate?
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
If you’ve ever sprung for a vanity plate for your vehicle, you probably assume you can put whatever you want on it – as long as nobody else claimed your clever...
How Far Can a Library Enforce Peace and Quiet Before It Violates the First Amendment?
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
A library isn’t the first place you’d expect a protest showdown. But when a Kansas public library tried to keep signs, protests, and “free speech activities”...
Ninth Circuit Rules That Murder‑for‑Hire Is Not Necessarily a ‘Crime of Violence’
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
James Henrikson did what most people only threaten in anger and never carry out: he hired hit men when his business relationships went bad. Now, a Ninth...