By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 20, 2017
Release of Use of Force Reports Not Excepted from OPRA Disclosure Because Their Creation Was Required by Law
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 20, 2017
Employee's Absences Created Factual Dispute Over Whether She Was Actually Performing Her Job upon Termination
By Tony Mauro | July 19, 2017
Two lawyers are leaving the U.S. solicitor general's office for private practice, two have joined from private firms, and more departures and hires are likely before the fall term begins in October.
By Greg Land | July 19, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld an international arbitration award levying nearly $900,000 against an Israeli company accused of defaming its one-time Georgia business partner.
By Leon I. Behar | July 19, 2017
I was surprised to learn from the Law Journal's appellate practice column that the Appellate Division, First Department, reached completely different legal conclusions in two cases containing virtually identical factual and legal issues.
By Marcia Coyle | July 19, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, rejecting a Trump administration challenge, said grandparents, aunts, uncles and other family members with close U.S. relatives can travel here from six predominantly Muslim nations. But the court continued to bar refugees with sponsorship agreements with U.S. resettlement agencies.
By Jason Grant | July 18, 2017
A Manhattan appeals court on Tuesday decided that a former insurance company agent cannot be forced to arbitrate with her employer despite her contract's arbitration provision, an issue the U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide in in a matter of months, leaving some lawyers wondering why the First Department weighed in at all.
By Marcia Coyle | July 18, 2017
In the latest clash in the U.S. Supreme Court over the Trump administration's travel ban, Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal, a former acting U.S. solicitor general, took a dig at Jeffrey Wall, the current holder of that post, over the office's "traditional position" when it comes to taking cases to the justices.
By John Council | July 18, 2017
Sometimes, having a "long-planned European vacation" is reason enough to get a person excused from attending to certain duties. But not at the Fifth Circuit.
By Howard J. Bashman | July 18, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court's recently concluded 2016-2017 term will most likely be remembered as the term in which the court largely avoided the limelight as it awaited the arrival of a ninth justice, who joined the court only in time for its final two-week oral argument session. Although the court did decide some high-profile cases, there were far fewer than in recent terms. That could be about to change, however, now that the court has returned to full strength.
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