Rubin Case Verdict to Indictment: Rubin’s Legal Freefall Rubin thought his civil loss was the end. Instead, it paved the way for his federal indictment. From damages to prison risk, his freefall has only accelerated.
Defamation Featured What Smaller Defamation Plaintiffs Can Learn from Dominion’s Big Cases Dominion’s billion-dollar lawsuits offer lessons that ordinary people and small businesses can use when facing false accusations. Here’s what smaller plaintiffs can take away.
Civil Litigation The Cost of Justice: What Rubin’s Accusers Gained — and Lost — in Court. Rubin’s accusers won $8.7M in civil court, but most of the money goes to lawyers. What they truly gained was validation — and what they lost was privacy.
Legal Analysis NDAs Were Never Going to Save Rubin Courts won’t enforce contracts that try to waive away abuse. In Rubin’s case, his NDAs backfired — becoming evidence of coercion, not consent.
Online Harassment Stopping the Harassment: How a North Carolina Musician Won a 50C No-Contact Order When anonymous online attacks cost a Wilmington musician her work, a New Hanover County judge stepped in with a 50C no-contact order. Here’s what her story teaches us about fighting harassment.
Civil Litigation Beating the Odds: How Plaintiffs Win Against Powerful Defendants Civil plaintiffs often face impossible odds when suing wealthy or powerful defendants. Yet cases from Rubin to Weinstein show that strategy, persistence, and evidence can tip the scales.
Civil Litigation Winning in Court, Losing Your Privacy Civil plaintiffs may win damages and validation, but at the cost of exposure. From Rubin’s accusers to workplace suits, the price of justice is often paid in privacy.
Evidence Recovered or Rewritten? Therapy, Memory, and the Courts’ Dilemma Courts face testimony that changes after therapy. Are these memories recovered, or rewritten? The law demands corroboration before trusting them.
Contract Law Contracts End Where Abuse Begins Contracts can allocate risk and define duties, but no contract can excuse violence, trafficking, or domestic abuse. Courts draw a bright line: freedom of contract stops where public policy begins.
child custody North Carolina Social Worker Hit With $1.4 Million Verdict Arising From Child Custody Case Social worker held accountable for making false allegations of abuse during child custody litigation in North Carolina.
Civil Litigation Contradictions and Credibility: Why the Jury Believed the Women Over Rubin Rubin’s lawyers hammered contradictions in the women’s stories. Jurors didn’t care. They believed the core accounts — and branded him a trafficker.
child custody North Carolina Lawyer Sanctioned For Discovery Violations In Her Own Child Custody Case The judge ordered attorney-parent to pay $2,000 of opposing party's costs and attorney's fees.
Civil Litigation The Trial Rubin Couldn’t Win Rubin had money, lawyers, and years to prepare. But the evidence was overwhelming — no strategy could have saved him from the jury’s verdict.
malicious prosecution When Your Malicious Prosecution Lawsuit Doesn't Need The 'Favorable Termination' Element The favorable termination requirement can be excused in some jurisdictions when the defendant in the underlying proceeding had no opportunity to defend himself.
attorney-client privilege A Stupid-Simple Way To Protect Your Attorney-Client Privilege It's simple: keep your communications between you and your attorney confidential.
Ex-Wife Disclosed My Income In Court Filings. Is That Legal? Violation of The North Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act could give you a basis to sue your ex-wife for damages, attorney's fees, and costs.
self-storage North Carolina Self-Storage Facility Has Some Regrets Self-storage company Go Store It regrets typographical choices in violation of NC statute.
cps Can I Sue Child Protective Services In North Carolina? When the lawsuit you file is based on acts committed by CPS, the entity you would actually be suing would be the County under which that CPS agency works.
California Court Orders Regus To Cease Debt Collection Attempts The court's judgment even included a punitive award penalty payable to plaintiff in the event of Regus's non-compliance with the court's order.
The Last Thing Considered By This Medical Debt Collector In New York Was The Actual Law The debt collector violated debt collection law by misrepresenting the amount this hospital patient was obligated to pay.
You Filed A Chargeback Dispute With Wells Fargo: Now What? Here's a quick, step-by-step overview of what Wells Fargo's typical process is once you file a chargeback dispute.
Regus Ordered To Pay Double Punitive Damages To Former Massachusetts Tenant A former Regus tenant in Massachusetts sued Regus in small claims court and won $3,278.27.
If A Seller Only Lied To Me About A 'Small' Part Of The Deal, Do I Still Have A Case Under Washington's Consumer Protection Act? A misrepresentation can be considered unfair and deceptive in Washington even when it's about only a small part of the deal.
Accountant Goes To Great Lengths To Avoid Paying Rent, Learns A Hard Lesson Instead Lesson learned: you typically cannot avoid paying business debts by simply shutting down the current business and then opening up a new business in its place.
[Solved!] Can A Company Bind Me To Contract Terms I Did Not Read Or Know About? Court: "the duty to read a contract before signing can be suspended where a party's negligence is induced by false representations as to its contents."