Jed I. Bergman and Cynthia M. Jordano summarize the key principles courts generally apply in deciding whether to permit Fifth Amendment adverse inferences in civil suits against corporate defendants.

A claim is "discovered" (and therefore the statutory limitation period ordinarily begins to run) when a plaintiff has actual or constructive knowledge of the material facts upon which a plausible ...

Jeff S. Korek, of Gersowitz Libo & Korek, examines the ramification if a civil defendant invokes the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. Can a plaintiff's attorney in the civil action use the ...