Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Some of the line-drawing comes from a footnote in the legislative ...

Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., which the Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday, is about the types of remedies that plaintiffs may recover when they prove violations of certain federal ...

I am pleased to have the opportunity to bring the somewhat removed but, I hope, useful perspective of a dean to the important questions being addressed today. I would like to begin with several ...

In the past, courts were hesitant to grant emotional distress damages, but "as our understanding of emotional trauma has evolved", the reluctance has decreased, the opinion said. The Connecticut ...

Moral distress occurs when someone feels constrained from acting on their ethical beliefs due to institutional or other external pressures. Moral distress is a significant challenge that may confront ...

Sarah, a teacher in her forties, feels anxious and distraught when she sees endless images of dismembered children, found in the gravel after a rocket hit Gaza City. Those children were the same age ...