WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) --The Supreme Court heard an oral argument Tuesday about the burden of proof in a whistleblower retaliation case, and whether it falls on the employee or the employer. The ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has set oral argument for November 5, 2024, in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera. The issue before the court is what standard of proof employers must satisfy to demonstrate that a ...

Jurors heard two sharply contrasting portrayals of Stockton Unified School District Trustee AngelAnn Flores on Tuesday as closing arguments began in her felony trial. While the prosecution cast her as ...

Burden of proof defines who must prove a point in legal cases. It determines the level of evidence required to win a case. The state has the burden of proof in criminal cases. You may have heard about ...

The United States Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in a case arising under the whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), presenting the question of who must prove ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to resolve a split among the lower courts about the employers burden of proof to show that their workers are exempt from the protections of the Fair Labor ...

After losing a judgment to i4i over its use of XML in Word, the company wants to lower the bar for disproving a patent Microsoft stated its case on patent reform April 18 before eight U.S. Supreme ...

Once INEC is made to discharge the burden of proof, it means that INEC could align itself with the respondent who was declared as elected to prove or validate his due election or return, ...

Last week, I wrote a column taking the view that conservatives supporting Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court because they hope he will overturn Roe v. Wade should be willing to ...