Todd Ruger

February 03, 2014 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Senate is moving forward with a major overhaul of the federal criminal sentencing laws — potentially reducing or erasing some mandatory minimum terms — amid escalating costs of running federal prisons.

By Todd Ruger

5 minute read

February 03, 2014 | National Law Journal

The experienced litigators at Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg knew just when to use unusual trial strategies last year to catch their courtroom opponents off guard.

By Todd Ruger

3 minute read

January 30, 2014 | Law.com

The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved a sentencing reform bill that would cut in half the mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug offenses and get rid mandatory minimums for drug offenders without a criminal history.

By Todd Ruger

5 minute read

January 30, 2014 | National Law Journal

The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved a sentencing reform bill that would cut in half the mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug offenses and get rid mandatory minimums for drug offenders without a criminal history.

By Todd Ruger

5 minute read

January 29, 2014 | National Law Journal

Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. today appeared on Capitol Hill for an oversight hearing for the first time in nearly a year, giving Senators a wide range of topics—including voting rights and surveillance reform—to discuss with the country's top prosecutor.

By Todd Ruger

4 minute read

January 29, 2014 | National Law Journal

Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. today appeared on Capitol Hill for an oversight hearing for the first time in nearly a year, giving Senators a wide range of topics—including voting rights and surveillance reform—to discuss with the country's top prosecutor.

By Todd Ruger

4 minute read

January 28, 2014 | Law.com

President Barack Obama tonight urged Congress to take up patent reform and to restore the Voting Rights Act in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that he said "weakened" the anti-discrimination law.

By Todd Ruger

4 minute read

January 28, 2014 | Law.com

President Barack Obama tonight urged Congress to take up patent reform and to restore the Voting Rights Act in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that he said "weakened" the anti-discrimination law.

By Todd Ruger

4 minute read

January 28, 2014 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Department of Justice can make progress on one of its longtime challenges—stopping mismanagement and misuse of federal grant programs on things like drones—by making more information publicly available, the agency's inspector general told Congress today.

By Todd Ruger

2 minute read

January 28, 2014 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Department of Justice can make progress on one of its longtime challenges—stopping mismanagement and misuse of federal grant programs on things like drones—by making more information publicly available, the agency's inspector general told Congress today.

By Todd Ruger

2 minute read