The District of Columbia can move forward with a $117 million lawsuit against Bank of America N.A. in connection with an embezzlement scheme carried out by a former city employee, the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled last week.
Harriette Walters, a former manager in the city's tax office, is serving more than 17 years in jail after pleading guilty to issuing $48 million in fraudulent property tax refunds. The District sued Bank of America in 2008, accusing it of failing to take steps to protect the city's...
The Indiana Supreme Court recently declared that the state’s judicial policy supports “robust confidentiality” in mediation. In doing so, the court vacated a Court of Appeals ruling that would have expanded the circumstances in which confidentiality could be broken to obtain evidence. The two rulings reflect a strong contrast in interpretations of ADR rules and judicial policy toward mediation.
As I discussed in an earlier post, the appellant wished to use evidence from his divorce...
