Criminal complaints filed in federal court in New Jersey, Florida, Connecticut and Illinois detail an operation that stole and then sold an eclectic litany of products: trailer-loads of pharmaceuticals exchanged for cash in the parking lot of a Toys “R” Us in North Bergen, hair care products taken in San Antonio and unloaded to a buyer in Newark, boxes of respiratory medicine loaded onto a flatbed tow truck at a Home Depot parking lot in Hollywood, Fla. [read post]

ATTORNEY-CLIENT ARBITRATIONA LA CARTE  While the Supreme Court may have given a present to the legal profession by holding that such one-sided arbitration agreements are neither unconscionable nor against public policy -- which will no doubt be appreciated by Texas lawyers -- the ruling may also have opened up a can of worms, and may yet spur more appellate litigation over arbitration in the attorney-client context (and claim-splitting). [read post]

Trump’s false claims of voter fraud spurred Republican lawmakers to act over objections from Democrats. [read post]

Many state and local officials host social media sites and use them to converse with followers on matters related to their governmental responsibilities, among other things.[1]  Not surprisingly, many choose to block from their sites certain members of the public they find disagreeable.[2] Being disagreeable, or at least in disagreement with such actions, blocked followers sometimes sue alleging that their exclusion violates the First Amendment.[3]  One of the most notable examples was a… [read post]