Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 303: Listen and Learn -- Injunctions and Restraining Orders (Civ Pro)
Injunctive relief plays a critical role in resolving disputes when immediate action is needed to prevent harm that money alone cannot fix. Whether an employer seeks to protect confidential business information or a party...more
How Domestic Violence Affects Child Custody Decisions in New Jersey -Domestic violence in New Jersey impacts more than just spouses. It affects the safety, stability, and emotional well-being of entire families — especially...more
When ending a relationship, whether it’s through divorce, separation or breaking up, it may be appealing to completely cut off communication. However, if you share a child, you will need to be in each other’s lives for at...more
I try to be upbeat in my blog posts; usually offering the reader information in a pleasant and unassuming way, maybe offering something from a different perspective. This post, however, is different from that. The deaths of...more
In a "highly unusual matrimonial matter," the British Columbia Supreme Court awarded $4,000 per month in interim spousal support payable by a 77-year-old "sugar daddy" to a 23-year-old "sugar baby" in Bekar v. Mordo, 2025...more
Sometimes people are too smart by half and unfortunately attempt to use the domestic violence system as a sword. In 2009, I wrote on this blog a post entitled The Abuse and Misuse of the Domestic Violence Statute that still...more
Imagine that you are the trustee of your father’s trust and also hold his power of attorney. He is in his mid-80s, physically frail and depressed. He has been diagnosed with a neurocognitive disorder and two doctors have...more
Judge Jesse M. Furman (S.D.N.Y.) recently denied Plaintiff Chengdu Tops Technology Co., Ltd.’s (“Chengdu”) motion seeking a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) against “a slew of merchant Defendants” to enjoin “the...more
R Corp. v. P’ships & Unincorporated Ass’ns Identified in Schedule A, Case No. 1:25-cv-06337 (N.D. Ill. June 9, 2025) - The Northern District of Illinois (“NDIL”) has been a hotbed for “Schedule A” litigation—a legal tactic...more
As a landlord in New Jersey, you’re likely familiar with standard lease agreements, notice periods, and tenant obligations. But what happens when a tenant wants to break a lease early not due to non-payment or a job...more
North Carolina’s Senate Bill (SB) 484, sponsored by Senators Timothy Moffitt, Warren Daniel, and Danny Britt, would amend the Workplace Violence Prevention Act by allowing employers to seek restraining orders against “mass...more
Salomée Bohbot is an associate in our Paris office and has been involved in pro bono projects relating to domestic abuse since 2020. In this short interview, she discusses her impactful work...more
On March 27, 2025, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) prohibiting the Department of Labor (DOL) from...more
On February 27, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) successfully obtained a temporary restraining order against Blackrock Services, Inc. and its associated entities and individuals. The court order aims to halt the defendants’...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our "Listen and Learn" series, we're discussing the concept of injunctive relief (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 65). We introduce three types of...more
On March 4, 2025, a federal judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction to an executive order restricting access to gender-affirming care for individuals under the age of nineteen (the Executive Order)....more
Consider the following scenarios: A customer repeatedly enters your company’s workplace, berates your employees, uses profanity, and then leaves. (Let’s call her “Cruella.”) Or perhaps a customer consistently comes in and...more
If NIH succeeds in imposing an across-the-board indirect cost rate of 15%, rough estimates indicate the University of Michigan could lose $119 million a year. Emory University could be down $75 million. For the University of...more
On Jan. 31, 2025, a federal district court in Rhode Island entered a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) prohibiting all federal agencies from pausing, canceling or terminating any awards or obligations as directed by an...more
The UAE government recently abrogated Federal Decree-Law No. 10/2019 and replaced it with Federal Decree-Law No. 13/2024 On the Protection from Domestic Violence (“Law”). The new Law is being hailed for its stricter...more
In California, the definition of “domestic violence” extends far beyond the traditional notions of physical and emotional harm. The definition of what constitutes “abuse” and “domestic violence” is no longer limited to acts...more
Very often, victims or purported victims of domestic violence hear about the concept of the cycle of domestic violence. Also, it is not uncommon for victims of domestic violence not to report acts of domestic violence once or...more
Sadly, it is not uncommon for parties to be “frequent flyers” in domestic violence court. Sometimes, the same party files and dismisses one or more times. Sometimes, parties settle with “civil restraints” or an Order in the...more
The new Massachusetts Parentage Act goes into effect in less than a month, on January 1, 2025. While much of the conversation has appropriately been around the changes it brings to laws for LGBTQ+ families, the bill also...more
California employers will soon be able to more easily obtain temporary restraining orders (TROs) to protect employees from harassment before conduct has escalated to acts of violence or credible threats of violence under a...more