The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is putting all of its employees on a one-day furlough due to a funding shortfall, but will money problems hamper the agency’s ability to carry out its mission? The EEOC has notified all 2,200 employees that they will be subject to an unpaid administrative furlough on Aug. 30, and…

Open-source software leader Red Hat has filed a complaint against a Canadian company it says has launched “an aggressive litigation campaign” against four industry giants for allegedly violating patents by using open-source technologies. The complaint, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California alleges VirtaMove…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has tossed out a trial court judgment ordering Russia to pay more than $175 million in accrued sanctions for alleged theft of religious property, ruling that the Russian Federation is immune from suit. Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan in Tuesday’s…

The practice of law is a demanding profession. Lawyers often are highly-motivated individuals, driven to serve clients and succeed in matters. They typically are engaged in adversarial relationships with other lawyers (whether in litigation or transactional matters), and measure their lives in tenths of an hour. In such a demanding,…

Chief Judge A. Gregory Poole of Georgia’s Cobb County Judicial Circuit declared a judicial emergency on the morning of Aug. 7 due several “serious issues” that have persisted since a software conversion in late June. A CMS conversion from the previous CRIS system to the CMS360 Icon electronic management system…

The U.S. Department of Justice’s victory this week in its antitrust case against search engine giant Google will likely have little impact on the government’s claims against other big tech companies, antitrust experts said. Douglas Ross, a University of Washington law professor, cited the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against…