Judgments and Orders
THE TRUTH ABOUT FRIVOLOUS LITIGATION
Did you know that U.S. businesses file four times more lawsuits than private citizens and are sanctioned much more often for frivolous lawsuits? It’s true, American businesses file four times as many lawsuits as do individuals represented by trial attorneys, and they are penalized by judges much more often for pursuing frivolous litigation, according to [...]
EEOC REMEDIES AND “INTERIM RELIEF” DURING THE APPEALS PROCESS
Here is the Code of Federal Regulations section providing for “Interim Relief,” which means restoring a prevailing complainant in an employment discrimination case involving a federal employer to their former position – or paying them in lieu of work – while an appeal (usually to the Office of Federal Operations of the Equal Employment Opportunity [...]
EEO SANCTIONS: ADVERSE INFERENCE AND ORDERS TO PAY COSTS
While he practiced law, John Zodrow was able to get EEOC Administrative Judges to apply an “adverse inference” against an agency of the government on a number of occasions, which means that the AJ infers from the Agency’s conduct (or misconduct) that it is willfully obstructing or hiding information to which the opposing party is [...]
COGNOVIT NOTE AND JUDGMENTS
A “Cognovit Note” is an extraordinary document by which a debtor (one who owes money) enters a confession in court that allows a legal judgment against the debtor in the favor of his or her creditor (the person who is owed money). Generally speaking, a cognovit note is a confession of judgment given to a [...]
BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION – THE BASICS
While not intended to be legal advice, the general rule is that bankruptcy law provides for the development of a plan which allows a debtor, who is unable to pay his creditors, to resolve his debts through the division of his assets among his creditors. This supervised division also allows the interests of all creditors [...]
AMOUNT RECOVERABLE UNDER A JUDGMENT IN CALIFORNIA
This serves to summarize some of the requirements concerning judgements in California. John Zodrow sat for and passed the bar examination in California, and practiced law there. This discussion is not exhaustive and does not convey legal advise. It is a summary of many of the applicable statutes, and provides citations/references for further review. It [...]