Christine Schiffner

August 16, 2022 | National Law Journal

Post-Dobbs, we need to be honest about the potential implications of forced birth. While prospective parents are generally advised to enter into a post-adoption contact agreements, it is often not legally enforceable when adoptive parents decide not to fulfill it.

By Lisa A. Tucker

5 minute read

August 15, 2022 | National Law Journal

"There are still those frontiers that we need to be pushing ahead more and helping lawyers not just get into the system but also stay and want to reach the highest levels of the profession. That is going to require more development," says Susman Godfrey managing partner Kalpana Srinivasan.

By Christine Schiffner

10 minute read

August 15, 2022 | National Law Journal

At the one-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover, passing the Afghan Adjustment Act is crucial for Afghans in the U.S.

By Steven Schulman

6 minute read

August 09, 2022 | National Law Journal

Religious liberty means that all religions are able to thrive in harmony. It does not mean that a majority of SCOTUS justices who share a religion should be able to demand that other religions subjugate their own beliefs to the majority's will.

By Lauren Stiller Rikleen

5 minute read

August 08, 2022 | National Law Journal

"We're at a crisis point in many ways in the country — in democracy and certainly with respect to the judiciary."

By Christine Schiffner

11 minute read

August 08, 2022 | National Law Journal

The vagueness problem under abortion bans did not start with "Dobbs," but it became much worse when the exceptions are the only way to enable a woman to have an abortion in many states.

By Alan Morrison

5 minute read

August 02, 2022 | National Law Journal

"Representing tribes has given me such a unique perspective into the problems tribal nations face in this country," says Robins Kaplan national tort group chair Tara Sutton.

By Christine Schiffner

9 minute read

August 01, 2022 | National Law Journal

Chuck Cooper and Ashley Keller will both represent the plaintiff in a case against Norfolk Southern Railway during the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term.

By Christine Schiffner

4 minute read

August 01, 2022 | National Law Journal

Dobbs painfully teaches that the Supreme Court is no longer a stalwart guarantor of a constitutional order that itself ensures women's freedom and equality in public and intimate life against the vicissitudes of politics.

By Marc Spindelman

9 minute read

July 27, 2022 | National Law Journal

The Spanish are known for their many witty aphorisms, passed down over centuries, which they call refranes. As it turns out, some of these refranes carry with them useful lessons for American appellate lawyers today.

By Judge Carlos T. Bea and Ben Feuer

10 minute read