In a lengthy investigative report Sunday on Aeon Financial, a secretive company that buys liens on properties for often paltry sums and charges owners thousands in fees to prevent foreclosure, the Washington Post offered what it believes are “clues to Aeon’s ownership” in corporate and court reco

Star Ins. Co. v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co., No. 13-13807, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 130379 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 12, 2013). This case has made some headlines and includes accusations that ex parte communications took place. Of course, ex parte...

On December 3, 2013, the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) issued a decision, in the Matter of Island Holdings LLC, vacating supplemental prevailing wage determinations (PWDs) and increased wages imposed on an employer after approval...

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t consider a case on the validity of union-employer “neutrality agreements” after hearing oral arguments on Nov. 13. Salon had called Unite Here Local 355 v. Mulhall an “under-the-radar case that could deal a major blow to already embattled U.S.