According to Wikipedia, an implicit bias or implicit stereotype is “the unconscious attribution of particular qualities to a member of a certain social group.” Legislation is often written to allow for a substantial degree of judicial discretion — and in these areas of judicial discretion an outside observer might expect to find biases. We’re only human; none of us…
With success come lawsuits. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has seen his share and, as Charles v. Seinfeld illustrates, is getting pretty good at them. In 2011, plaintiff Christian Charles worked on the pilot episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. He would later go on to claim authorship of it, which was disputed by Jerry Seinfeld. According to Seinfeld,…
With the pandemic completely altering the way we live, there are likely to be many parties to contracts turning to the “force majeure” provision of their contracts — or else, if they have no such provision, turning to similar, common law defenses. Force majeure is typically a provision that says if, by some major force, a party…