Sir William Blackstone famously said that it is "better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer." The ...

Employers do not need to meet a heightened standard of proof to establish an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the U.S. Supreme ...

Applying the heightened “clear-and-convincing-evidence” standard of proof, the District Court concluded that EMD failed to meet its burden and ordered EMD to pay unpaid overtime wages and ...

Her expertise is in personal finance and investing, and real estate. Burden of proof is a legal standard that determines if a legal claim is valid or invalid based on the evidence produced.