The clients on both sides of a civil lawsuit usually have at least one thing in common: they don't like being in a lawsuit. They want it over as soon as possible. And, yes, they would like to win too.

"It probably deserves a careful look, if for no other reason than we don't know what we don't know," said U.S. District Judge David Proctor, who sits in the Northern District of Alabama. The U.S.

Constitutionally, legislation must pass the House and Senate with identical language. Reconciling differences, no matter how minor, in bills from the two bodies must be made. Even though bicameral ...

In grade school, we are taught that a bill becomes a law after passage by both houses of Congress and once signed by the president. Straightforward, right? Not quite. If the House and Senate pass ...