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The plaintiffs in Elson v. Black brought a putative class action against the manufacturers of the …
This blog entry discusses just what is an IDEA FAPE anyway. It is a Sixth Circuit published decided on January…
Monetized Installment Sales Make the IRS’s “Dirty Dozen” List for the Second Straight Year
The IRS has for the second time in as many years included monetized installment sales on its annual …
Thanks to diversity jurisdiction, the Fifth Circuit reviews some fundamental state-law tort issues along with its loftier docket of …
“Wait, you were on a jury? I thought lawyers always get struck from the jury.” That’s a common misconception. Truth…
An exasperated Fifth Circuit granted mandamus relief to require FERC to explain significant delay in a nuclear-power rate …
This week, let’s look at a recent Consent Order between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and ed tech platform …
Barrack Obama signed the Achieving a Better Life Experience “(ABLE”) Act into on December 19, 2014. It requires each state…
Who Bears the Burden of a Newly Discovered Non-Participating Royalty Interest?
The question in Brooke-Willbanks v. Flatland Mineral Fund LP, et al was which party to a Texas mineral deed would…
Why the Distinction Between Deaf and deaf Matters: EEOC Guidance on Hearing Disabilities in the Workplace and the ADA
Sometimes you have a blog entry all ready to go in your mind. You are even rehearsing the outline of…
Tax Court in Brief | Belton v. Comm’r | “Seriously Delinquent Tax Debt” and IRS Requirement to Comply with Lien Procedure
Petitioners, Willard Belton and Martha-Alexander Belton (Petitioners or Beltons) seeks review pursuant to section 7345(e) …
So this is the fourth in my expected five-part series on fraudulent transfers. In previous blogs, I laid out the…
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