Happy Carlock

July 09, 2015 | Law.com

Twenty years after the Unabomber's manifesto was first published in The Washington Post, a man who was briefly questioned then as a potential suspect in the domestic terrorism investigation is still fighting the U.S. Department of Justice for access to documents—about himself.

By Happy Carlock

4 minute read

July 09, 2015 | National Law Journal

Twenty years after the Unabomber's manifesto was first published in The Washington Post, a man who was briefly questioned then as a potential suspect in the domestic terrorism investigation is still fighting the U.S. Department of Justice for access to documents—about himself.

By Happy Carlock

4 minute read

July 08, 2015 | National Law Journal

President Obama's hope to nominate a Covington & Burling partner to the SEC is on hold amid pressure from activists and Senate Democrats. Harvard and UNC want admissions suits on hold pending SCOTUS resolution of Fisher v. University of Texas. DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson has been ordered to show up in a Texas courtroom. And a Louisiana prosecutor has become the country's most blunt defender of the death penalty. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.

By Happy Carlock

4 minute read

July 08, 2015 | National Law Journal

President Obama's hope to nominate a Covington & Burling partner to the SEC is on hold amid pressure from activists and Senate Democrats. Harvard and UNC want admissions suits on hold pending SCOTUS resolution of Fisher v. University of Texas. DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson has been ordered to show up in a Texas courtroom. And a Louisiana prosecutor has become the country's most blunt defender of the death penalty. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.

By Happy Carlock

4 minute read

July 01, 2015 | Law.com

The upper level of the legal profession in the United States remains predominantly white and male. Underrepresented Americans can't afford their so-called "equal justice under law." Law school costs are not going down. Deborah Rhode explores these and other problems in her new book, "The Trouble With Lawyers," published this month. Rhode, who teaches at Stanford Law School, talks with the NLJ about her observations on the legal profession.

By Happy Carlock

4 minute read

July 01, 2015 | National Law Journal

The upper level of the legal profession in the United States remains predominantly white and male. Underrepresented Americans can't afford their so-called "equal justice under law." Law school costs are not going down. Deborah Rhode explores these and other problems in her new book, "The Trouble With Lawyers," published this month. Rhode, who teaches at Stanford Law School, talks with the NLJ about her observations on the legal profession.

By Happy Carlock

4 minute read

July 01, 2015 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to union fees in California. The NSA's bulk collection of Americans' phone records is set to continue, if temporarily. And by-the-numbers looks at the just-ended high-court term. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.

By Happy Carlock

3 minute read

July 01, 2015 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to union fees in California. The NSA's bulk collection of Americans' phone records is set to continue, if temporarily. And by-the-numbers looks at the just-ended high-court term. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.

By Happy Carlock

3 minute read

June 29, 2015 | National Law Journal

Twenty death penalty opponents were on the U.S. Supreme Court plaza Monday awaiting the justices' ruling on the lawfulness of Oklahoma's lethal injection procedure. The demonstrators sat silently in chairs, holding banners that said "Stop State Killing" and "End executions now!"

By Happy Carlock

3 minute read

June 29, 2015 | National Law Journal

Twenty death penalty opponents were on the U.S. Supreme Court plaza Monday awaiting the justices' ruling on the lawfulness of Oklahoma's lethal injection procedure. The demonstrators sat silently in chairs, holding banners that said "Stop State Killing" and "End executions now!"

By Happy Carlock

3 minute read