There are many conversations worth having as a result of any tragedy. The Atlanta massage parlor murders should cause several.   One is the view of Asian women in our culture; another is the view of Asian-Americans of both genders.  These issues have gotten...

Attorney David Nacht is representing Mr. Ward in connection with his assault by East Cleveland police.   David Nacht says his client has a permanent scar and was "assaulted by officers."   The video and full Fox 8 News article, "Investigation underway after video...

When suspects show disrespect or force police to chase them, some police officers are more inclined to use violence regardless of the actual need to do so.  I have never believed that was most police officers.  But it happens sufficiently often that it has led to a...

In recent years, conservatives have championed the gig economy to make it cheaper and easier to hire people to do work without paying benefits.  Liberals, who have fought for rights that go with employee status, such as the right not to be subject to discrimination,...

At NachtLaw, we regularly represent students from all public and private schools, colleges, and universities when they need tough education lawyers to stand up for their rights. Our most recent success story is a student who was dismissed from a nursing process for...

In January 2021, firm principal David Nacht won a victory for a real estate entrepreneur who left his former employer to consult for an innovative start-up real estate agency. The entrepreneur was hit with a thirteen-count lawsuit alleging everything from breach of a...

In the late 1960s-1970s, China empowered young people to accuse elders of thought crimes and hidden capitalist agendas.  Professors and other intellectuals were made to face public shame and removed from their positions.  Sometimes they were sent to re-education...

As readers of this blog know, I have called attention to the dangerous and widespread practice of allowing police to lie to suspects.  Obviously, sometimes this tactic works. But one cannot prove that this tactic works by looking to a confession as proof of guilt....

Most non-Black Americans will be surprised to learn that a quarter of all African-American employees report experiencing racial discrimination during the past year. Many white people find themselves frustrated with the attention paid to racial difference and...

Why should police officers be allowed to lie to citizens?  They should not— but it is a standard practice and, amazingly, legal.  Routinely, interrogators obtain confessions by lying to defendants. “We already have your fingerprints—just tell us what happened” when...