If you are an investor buying a leased property, you are undoubtedly looking to the rental income as the return on your investment, in addition to the appreciation in the value of the property that is ...

This article explains that res judicata and collateral estoppel prevent re-litigating final, decided issues in family and civil cases. Res judicata bars claims that were fully and finally resolved, ...

Many years ago (now fourteen to be exact), I wrote about the twin defenses of laches and equitable estoppel, as well as why patent owners should worry if they procrastinate in filing a patent ...

A party seeking to assert the bar of collateral estoppel must establish that (1) the issue of fact or law sought to be litigated in the second action was fully and fairly litigated in the first action ...