The documentary film Crude, directed by award-winning filmmaker Joseph Berlinger, tells the story of a class action lawsuit brought by… Continue reading →
For decades, the collateral source rule has been a target of tort reform on both state and national levels.1 The… Continue reading →
Fashion designers in the United States, unlike those in many for- eign jurisdictions, enjoy only limited intellectual property protection for… Continue reading →
Since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Dothard v. Rawlinson in 1977, gender-based disparate impact litigation has been limited in… Continue reading →
In 2006, the Supreme Court started a revolution in environmental law. In Rapanos v. United States, while addressing jurisdiction over… Continue reading →
The Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutionality of a federal statute that authorizes the Department of Justice to civilly commit… Continue reading →
On a bus in West Philadelphia, a woman feeds her baby an artificial orange beverage from his bottle. The drink… Continue reading →
Beginning in the early 1980s, and continuing for nearly three decades, federal circuit courts unanimously found retail store managers exempt… Continue reading →