New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Martin A. Schwartz | May 3, 2021
A police arrest or stop is clearly a "seizure" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. In his Section 1983 Litigation column, Martin Schwartz raises the question of what if the officer's use of force did not occur in the course of an arrest or stop? In these cases, a court has to decide the threshold question of whether the officer's use of force constituted a "seizure."
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Christine M. Sarteschi and Daniel Pollack | April 30, 2021
OP-ED: The trend has been for the Supreme Court to indicate that children, because of their lack of maturity, should be treated differently from adults. Last week, with the decision in 'Jones v. Mississippi,' that trend paused, or perhaps, stopped.
By Katheryn Tucker | April 29, 2021
"We are pleased that the full Sixth Circuit has recognized that Tennessee's law, requiring a 48-hour waiting period for abortions, is likely constitutional and can be enforced while the appeal proceeds," said Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III. A dissenting judge disagreed.
By Katheryn Tucker | April 28, 2021
The federal charges include: hate crimes, attempted kidnapping and using firearms during a crime of violence.
By Marcia Coyle | April 28, 2021
In questioning the school district's lawyer, Williams & Connolly partner Lisa Blatt, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said, "I'm told by my law clerks that among some young people, how much you curse is a badge of honor."
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Sol Wachtler | April 28, 2021
The law of defamation has morphed into a federal line of cases with shifting emphasis and vague precedence.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen | April 28, 2021
"A defense lawyer at trial even mentioning the Fifth Amendment in open court seems bizarre."
By David Horrigan, Relativity | April 28, 2021
Can public schools regulate speech that would materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school if student speech that occurs off campus—in this case, online?
By Marcia Coyle | April 28, 2021
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By Angela Morris | April 27, 2021
Houston attorney Rick Morris, partner in Rogers, Morris & Grover, will argue before the U.S. Supreme Court in a First Amendment spat between a community college and a former member of its board of trustees.
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