Former adult-film star Stormy Daniels has filed a lawsuit against President Trump over the nondisclosure agreement she signed to remain quiet on her alleged 2006 affair with him. The lawsuit says Trump never signed the agreement and claims the document is invalid. The firm’s David Coale provides perspective on the lawsuit to the national Business […]

President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former campaign official Rick Gates have been indicted on 12 counts related to tax fraud, money laundering  and the attempted interference in the 2016 presidential election by Russian interests. Manafort and Gates turned themselves into the FBI, pleading not guilty to the charges. All of this while […]

It will likely be weeks or even months before the energy industry can assess all the legal implications in the wake of the devastation brought by Hurricane Harvey. But attorneys interviewed by Law360, including the firm’s Michael K. Hurst, agree that determining safety, environmental and contractual liability for the damage could take years to unravel. […]

Three small churches damaged by Hurricane Harvey have sued FEMA in federal court over the agency’s policies that deny religious organizations the right to seek disaster relief funding to support community services. The lawsuit focuses its claims on a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that prohibited government discrimination against a Missouri church that had applied […]

A video game developer is reportedly preparing a takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to ban all use of the company’s products by the popular online game player known as Pewdiepie. The threat comes after the gamer used a racist slur during a weekend YouTube session, likely viewed by millions of his online […]