Despite the legal strong arms of the world, it isn’t always about the money. In fact, setting criminal law — which is a horse of an entirely different color — aside, many times civil actions aren’t ...

Vacating the district court’s order denying a defendant’s recovery of attorneys’ fees under the Copyright Act, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ...

California Supreme Court Opens Door to Declaratory Relief in Public-Records Disputes The unanimous justices said the potential for declaratory relief, which can trigger fee awards, can encourage ...

Mr S.O. Giwa argues that the principle of law that declaratory reliefs cannot be granted on admission is only applicable and relevant where either of the parties makes a factual admission in their ...

Show Me the Money: The Commercial Division’s Monetary Threshold for Cases Seeking Equitable or Declaratory Relief This article provides an overview of the Commercial Division’s jurisdictional ...

A fundraising activity was conducted by our barangay. However, a law enforcement agency raided the venue and apprehended two of our staff members for an alleged violation of the law. As an official ...

The Supreme Court of Canada found Friday that the government acted dishonestly when it reneged on an 1877 treaty with an Alberta indigenous community and allowed for declaratory relief. The case ...

Setting criminal law aside, civil actions often aren’t about money at all — or maybe only tangentially. Often, what a dispute centers on, and what the lawsuit is all about, is simply rights and ...