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Welcome back to the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. Today, we learn how Texas compensates people for time they never should have spent behind bars. Sign up to receive this column in your inbox on Thursday mornings. I learned a lot while researching a story I wrote yesterday on litigation funders that invest in civil rights lawsuits brought b...

Yesterday's post discussed the Court of Appeal's upholding of a non-solicitation agreement notwithstanding Section 16600 of the California Business & Professions Code. Blue Mt. Enters. v. Owen, 2022 Cal. App. LEXIS 73. The defendant also argued that his announcement of a competing business was not a solicitation. The trial court disagreed, noting, among other things that the defendant's a...

Can the Biden administration get away with not enforcing the Immigration and Nationality Act? I have written extensively about the Biden administration’s efforts to limit immigration enforcement against removable aliens, most recently DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ September memo titled “Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law”. Can DHS simply not enforce the Immigration a...

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. Today, we learn how Texas compensates people for time they never should have spent behind bars. Sign up to receive this column in your inbox on Thursday mornings. I learned a lot while researching a story I wrote yesterday on litigation funders that invest in civil rights lawsuits brought b...

Town Hall in Greenwich, Conn., photographed on Wednesday, March 26, 2019. Republican members of the Greenwich Board of Education recently blocked adoption of a Title IX policy for students citing a desire to retain flexibility to discriminate against transgender athletes and potentially prohibit trans athletes from participating on girls’ athletic teams. According to testimony from outside co...

A new law requires most mental health providers to give patients detailed upfront cost estimates, including a diagnosis. Therapist are concerned it could discourage patients from committing to a course of treatment. Groups representing a range of mental health therapists say a new law that protects people from surprise medical bills puts providers in an ethical bind and could discourage som...

A new state law aimed at streamlining the process of multi-family developments in Greater Boston could impact Waltham's ability to block multi-unit projects. The law, signed by Gov. Charlie Baker in January, is designed to create additional housing stock throughout the state by specifically targeting municipalities with access to public transportation. More:Average Waltham home sold for $705,...

Credit...Matt Chase Justice Stephen Breyer last week announced that he will retire at the end of this Supreme Court term. If the recent past is any guide, whoever is nominated to replace him will face a barrage of attacks from political opponents. Every Supreme Court nomination is now a battleground, featuring slander and even angry demonstrations, as when protesters of Justice Brett Kavanaug...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Poland breached European Union law when extending the life of its Turow lignite mine without assessing the environmental impact, an adviser to Europe's top court said on Thursday, siding with a challenge brought by the Czech government. The adviser's opinion came as leaders of the two EU neighbours were set to meet amid reports they could sign a deal to resolve the long-r...

EU flags flutter in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo BRUSSELS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Poland breached European Union law when extending the life of its Turow lignite mine without assessing the environmental impact, an adviser to Europe's top court said on Thursday, siding with a challenge brought by the Czech governm...