Eighth Circuit Affirms Arbitrator’s Interpretation of Intent in Interpreting Arbitration Agreement

The court applied an adverse inference against the company for failing to call two witnesses, and interpreted the parties’ ...
JD Supra

Interpreting Termination Clauses: a Recent Example From the Court of Appeal

In this Insight, first published in PLC, Shy Jackson considers the Court of Appeal's decision in Providence Building Services Ltd v Hexagon Housing Association Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 962 that a ...
Case Western Reserve University

Supreme Court follows reasoning of CWRU amicus brief in landmark decision interpreting the Hague Convention on Child Abduction

On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Golan v. Saada, a case about how to interpret the Hague Convention on Child Abduction in which the Frederick K. Cox International Law ...
The Heritage Foundation

Are Courts Properly Interpreting Supreme Court Precedent and Respecting Religious Employers’ Employment Decisions?

Supreme Court watchers learn a lot about the justices’ thinking on particular issues based on which cases they agree to accept. Court watchers can also learn a lot based on which cases the justices ...

Supreme Court case continues despite more than 200 interpreter errors

A Victorian Supreme Court trial is forging ahead with amended transcripts after an interpreter made more than 200 translation ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

Community Q&A: Dora E. Ornelas, certified court interpreter

In 1991, Dora Ornelas went to the Yakima County Courthouse looking for a part-time job during what she thought was going to be a brief time in Yakima. Since then, Ornelas has become a full-time ...
The Providence Journal

Kids as translators? Non-English speakers lack trained interpreters in RI's local courts

In recent years, interpretation in RI's District, Family and Superior courts has improved, but not in municipal and probate courts, where language interpretation is often informal and haphazard.
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Interpreters ensure everyone gets day in court in Northwest Arkansas

SPRINGDALE -- The Marshallese language has no words for guilty and not guilty. So, Terry Davis peppered her translations with the English words Wednesday in Springdale District Court. Davis serves as ...
The Durango Herald

Durango hires Spanish interpreter for municipal court proceedings

The city of Durango has a new municipal court interpreter to provide on-site translation services for Spanish-speaking residents who have court appointments. Now, the city must get the word out. Faye ...
The Daytona Beach News-Journal

Feds: Volusia County court administrator discriminated against former court interpreter

The U.S. Department of Justice has determined that the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court's longtime administrator Mark Weinberg discriminated against a former court interpreter when he fired her after ...
Slate

It’s Hard to Overstate the Danger of the Voting Case the Supreme Court Just Agreed to Hear

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear Moore v. Harper, an “independent state legislature” theory case from North Carolina. This case has the potential to fundamentally rework the relationship ...