On Jan. 15, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, which clarified that employers need only prove ...

Employers facing lawsuits or government investigations under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) must demonstrate ...

Standards of burden of proof are used in both civil and criminal trials and cases involving insurance claims or lawsuits involving financial malfeasance. The burden of proof requirement is ...

Justice Berdon implored his colleagues not to place a confession on the same level as any other evidential ruling during the ...

In Nigeria, the court is congested with civil cases filed under criminal acts. The Nigeria legal system addresses the wrongdoings that people commit with two different types of cases: civil and ...

The Supreme Court while deciding on a Special Leave Petition filed under the Civil Appeal ... proper decision while dealing the issue of "burden of proof", the court decided to provide some ...

I raised the issue at second reading asking, “What is the government’s position when it comes to the reversal of the burden of proof in computer evidence?... It should certainly be the case ...

In civil cases, those background legal principles ... They likely think the Due Process Clause requires the higher burden of proof. Alternatively, a "common-law rule" for a "heightened standard ...