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25 Aug 2011, 2:30 pm
No matter what you think of Jamie Leigh Jones case (learn more here), forcing people into binding arbitration contracts denies their constitutional right to trial by jury, as guaranteed in the 7th Amendment. [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 6:51 am
Jamie Leigh Jones's lawsuit against KBR with its trumped-up sensational allegations cost the company $2 million in attorneys' fees (and almost certainly more in adverse publicity), so the request is not entirely unreasonable if indeed Jones received money for a movie deal based on her lawsuit: it would be inequitable for Jones to profit from a meritless lawsuit, given that Title VII permits prevailing parties to collect fees. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 5:45 am
The skirmishing has not yet subsided in the high-profile suit brought by Jamie Leigh Jones, the Houston woman who claimed that she was raped while working in Iraq for defense contractor KBR. [read post]
22 Aug 2011, 1:29 pm
Related Posts: Jamie Leigh Jones v. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 11:53 am
In Albuquerque, an 80+ year old woman named Stella Liebeck was awarded millions for spilling McDonald’s coffee while driving in her car. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 3:35 am
Take former Halliburton subsidiary KBR, which spent four years and no doubt an enormous amount of legal fees fighting tooth and nail to keep a jury from hearing Jamie Leigh Jones' claims that she was drugged and raped by a KBR coworker while working for the defense contractor in Iraq. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 3:32 am
Take former Halliburton subsidiary KBR, which spent four years and no doubt an enormous amount of legal fees fighting tooth and nail to keep a jury from hearing Jamie Leigh Jones’ claims that she was drugged and raped by a KBR coworker while working for the defense contractor in Iraq. [read post]
29 Jul 2011, 5:47 am
Don’t: “Lawyer Disbarred for Verbal Aggression to Pay $9.8M Fine for Hiding Cash Overseas” [Weiss, ABA Journal] Loser-pays might help: “Dropped malpractice lawsuits cost legal system time and money” [Liz Kowalczyk, Boston Globe] “Kim Kardashian and the Problem With ‘Celebrity Likeness’ Lawsuits” [Atlantic Wire] Kim Strassel on the Franken-spun Jamie Leigh Jones case [WSJ] Peggy Little interviews Prof. [read post]
24 Jul 2011, 5:08 pm
Despite the questionable credibility of Jamie Leigh Jones, the point that Hot Coffee makes about arbitration clauses is no less valid in light of her having lost her civil suit. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 9:14 am
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22 Jul 2011, 5:14 am
Must-read piece by Kimberly Strassel (W$J; free Google News link) on how Senator Al Franken, the litigation lobby, and the media hammered the bogus Jamie Leigh Jones story into an unfair attack on arbitration and its defenders, though existing arbitration law did nothing to preclude Jones's day in court. [read post]
20 Jul 2011, 7:00 am
The term is a mouthful but "Hot Coffee" powerfully explains this kind of arbitration through the story of Jamie Leigh Jones. [read post]
13 Jul 2011, 7:41 pm
In my recent post, I talked about Jamie Leigh Jones losing her trial. [read post]
13 Jul 2011, 8:19 am
Now Hinton's being investigated too, bringing the scandal to the Dow Jones offices on this side of the Atlantic. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 7:51 am
Jamie Leigh Jones, the Halliburton employee who accused seven of her co-workers of brutally raping her, lost her case when a jury ruled [...] [read post]
9 Jul 2011, 10:53 pm
Jury rejects Jamie Leigh Jones rape claim against Halliburton/KBR. [read post]
9 Jul 2011, 11:43 am
The jury found that: Charles Botz did not rape Jamie Leigh Jones on or around July 27, 2005 ; and KBR did not commit fraud against Jamie Leigh Jones by inducing her to enter into the employment contract. [read post]
9 Jul 2011, 8:05 am
Jamie Leigh Jones, who claimed she was raped in Iraq when she served as a private contractor lost her case. [read post]
9 Jul 2011, 4:30 am
The jury also rejected Jamie Leigh Jones’ claims that the former Halliburton subsidiary committed fraud by “inducing her to enter into an employment contract. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 5:06 pm
Reading between the lines of plaintiffs' attorney Todd Kelly, Jones is likely to appeal the evidentiary rulings preventing her from alleging a variety of conspiracy theories that had no supporting evidence. [read post]
