Mike Sacks

August 31, 2015 | National Law Journal

The justices rule against the Kentucky county clerk who stopped issuing marriage licenses in response to the high court's same-sex marriage decision. A federal judge in Washington tees up a new challenge to the Affordable Care Act. And the Ninth Circuit takes a look at the constitutionality of California's death penalty. But will the panel even get to the merits? This is a daily news roundup from ALM and other publications.

By Mike Sacks

4 minute read

August 31, 2015 | National Law Journal

The justices rule against the Kentucky county clerk who stopped issuing marriage licenses in response to the high court's same-sex marriage decision. A federal judge in Washington tees up a new challenge to the Affordable Care Act. And the Ninth Circuit takes a look at the constitutionality of California's death penalty. But will the panel even get to the merits? This is a daily news roundup from ALM and other publications.

By Mike Sacks

4 minute read

August 28, 2015 | National Law Journal

A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday overturned a preliminary injunction that would have barred the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued separate opinions with the bottom line that the plaintiff, Washington lawyer Larry Klayman, had not presented enough evidence to justify a court order against the NSA call-records program. The court remanded for further proceedings, saying the case was not moot by the adoption of the USA Freedom Act.

By Mike Sacks and Zoe Tillman

5 minute read

August 28, 2015 | National Law Journal

A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday overturned a preliminary injunction that would have barred the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued separate opinions with the bottom line that the plaintiff, Washington lawyer Larry Klayman, had not presented enough evidence to justify a court order against the NSA call-records program. The court remanded for further proceedings, saying the case was not moot by the adoption of the USA Freedom Act.

By Mike Sacks

5 minute read

August 26, 2015 | National Law Journal

A federal appeals court Wednesday said a Kentucky county clerk who has resisted the U.S. Supreme Court's gay-marriage ruling on religious grounds cannot continue to withhold marriage licenses altogether from same-sex and heterosexual couples.

By Mike Sacks

3 minute read

August 26, 2015 | National Law Journal

A federal appeals court Wednesday said a Kentucky county clerk who has resisted the U.S. Supreme Court's gay-marriage ruling on religious grounds cannot continue to withhold marriage licenses altogether from same-sex and heterosexual couples.

By Mike Sacks

3 minute read

August 25, 2015 | Law.com

A federal appeals court Tuesday sided with actor Michael Keaton in a breach of contract suit brought against him by the producers behind his box office flop "Merry Gentleman." The movie, released in 2009, was Keaton's directorial debut.

By Mike Sacks

3 minute read

August 25, 2015 | National Law Journal

A federal appeals court Tuesday sided with actor Michael Keaton in a breach of contract suit brought against him by the producers behind his box office flop "Merry Gentleman." The movie, released in 2009, was Keaton's directorial debut.

By Mike Sacks

3 minute read

August 25, 2015 | Law.com

David Kendall of Williams & Connolly told the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman in a terse letter on Monday that his law firm followed guidance from the State and Justice departments in handling thumb drives containing work-related emails sent to and from the personal server of Hillary Clinton during her service as secretary of State.

By Mike Sacks

3 minute read

August 25, 2015 | National Law Journal

Federal prosecutors file hundreds of pages of court records that challenge Sen. Robert Menendez's effort to stop the criminal case against him. The Sixth Circuit is poised to rule on whether clerks can, at least for now, stop issuing marriage licenses altogether. And Big Law, with its interest in China, closely eyes ongoing market volatility. This is a news roundup from ALM and other publications.

By Mike Sacks

3 minute read