On Jan. 15, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, which clarified that employers need only prove that an employee is exempt from the Fair Labor ...

A failed bank's trust gears up for a bench trial as the FDIC asks a federal judge to rule a partial summary judgment in its ...

After nearly a year of contentious debate, changes to the system for resolving sexual assault accusations against students were unanimously approved by the University Assembly Tuesday. Under the new ...

On June 5, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision, overruling the Sixth Circuit’s “background circumstances” rule in employment discrimination cases. The background circumstances rule ...

An Arizona medical malpractice reform bill, which was signed into law last summer and went into effect recently, makes it harder for patients to sue hospitals, emergency room physicians, on-call ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to resolve a split among the lower courts about the employers burden of proof to show that their workers are exempt from the protections of the Fair Labor ...

Burden of proof defines who must prove a point in legal cases. It determines the level of evidence required to win a case. The state has the burden of proof in criminal cases. You may have heard about ...

The personal injury firm details the legal standards families must meet to establish liability and seek justice for the ...