Federal courts have the inherent authority to sanction bad-faith conduct by ordering a litigant to pay the other side’s legal fees.  The United States Supreme Court, however, recently reaffirmed a limitation of the courts’ inherent sanction powers to compensatory damages only, excluding any opportunity for punitive sanctions.  Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger, et […]

Who is it?  Which neighbor is “that neighbor” – the loud, unruly one who just seems to attract trouble?  Unfortunately, too many neighborhoods have “that neighbor,” hosting late night parties, parking their cars or RVs wherever they please, blasting their television or music, or maybe just being ornery and difficult to get along with.  Now, […]