An appeals court has reversed a decision in a stranger-owned life insurance (STOLI) policy case after it found a lower court had failed to apply Minnesota common law in the dispute over a $5 million ...

In this edition of their Commercial Division Update, Thomas J. Hall and Judith A. Archer discuss recent cases that have provided additional insight into the application of the requirements for seeking ...

In yet another recent case involving the intersection of CERCLA and state law, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington held that CERCLA legislatively displaced federal ...

Habeas corpus relief denied by the New York Court of Appeals For centuries, the common law writ of habeas corpus has safeguarded the liberty rights of human beings by providing a means to secure ...

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved.... Toward the end of the Constitutional Convention, Hugh Williamson ...