Clear Statements is a recurring series by Abbe R. Gluck on civil litigation and the modern regulatory and statutory state. Depending on who you ask, the real “bad old days” at […] The post When rules ...

The interpretation of statutes is so often decisive in cases of national importance, which touch all our lives. Specifically, I want to talk with you about how courts are relinquishing the power to ...

“The motion for a new trial shall be made promptly after the jury is discharged, or in the discretion of the court not later than 10 days thereafter.” Rule 59(b), SCRCP (emphasis added). Knowing the ...

In his Insurance Law column, Jonathan Dachs restates the "general, well-settled and widely known" rules for interpreting insurance policy provisions and uses case law to show how the courts are often ...

Pereira v. Sessions is not the immigration case that everyone will be watching this month, but it is definitely worth a glance. At first blush, this case looks like a hyper-technical and relatively ...

ONE of the most familiar facts concerning our political system is the division of powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the government. Hardly less familiar is the ...

Small businesses work with contracts every day. A company can have written contracts in place with its landlord, its vendors and its customers. Some of those contracts might contain vague provisions ...

A federal appeals court in Denver is considering a controversial question: Does a “bump stock” — a firearm add-on that allows bullets to be fired in rapid succession — turn an ordinary rifle into an ...

A long awaited decision in a challenge to the Trump Administration's "bump stock" ban tees up some interesting questions for the High Court's review. Today a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals ...

The New York Court of Appeals announced that friend-of-the-court briefs on cases about legislative intent and statutes may no longer present lawmakers' views expressed outside of the publicly ...