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

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 ...

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

An accused person doesn't have to prove anything at trial. The State's burden of proof is the heavy legal burden of “proof beyond a reasonable doubt.” The State also may not convict someone ...

At best, science can be said to have surmounted the lesser legal burden of proof of preponderance: surely not “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Yes, I expect many will howl that “We don’t have ...

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The law made it possible for a white person to claim any black person as a fugitive, and placed the burden of proof on the captive. Free blacks living in Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and other cities ...

Currently, UK law contains a presumption that computers ... available without access to the computer system, putting the burden of proof squarely on the shoulders of those least able to provide ...

Jan 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a higher threshhold for employers to prove that workers are exempt from overtime pay and other legal ... burden of proof in civil ...