By Tom McParland | December 4, 2020
The three-judge panel reasoned that a teacher's claims of retaliation did not go to matters of "public concern" that could qualify public employees for First Amendment protection.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | December 4, 2020
A three-judge Superior Court panel's ruling allowed the family of a teen killed in an accidental shooting to sue companies involved in the manufacture and sale of the gun.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | December 4, 2020
If Trump pardoned himself, the constitutionality of the act likely wouldn't be challenged unless the Biden Justice Department decided to prosecute the former president.
By Jim Saunders | December 4, 2020
Santa Rosa Beach attorney Daniel Uhlfelder has drawn national attention by making public appearances dressed as the Grim Reaper and criticizing the state's handling of the pandemic.
By Aleeza Furman | December 2, 2020
Crowley Fleck represented two Montana women who were wrongly detained after speaking Spanish, Riker Danzig represented a cannabis company as it challenged a denied application in New Jersey, and other work from midsize firms.
By Jane Wester | December 2, 2020
A traveler argued that federal law preempted New York's power to require that a health form be completed upon disembarking at JFK Airport in Queens even though his final destination was in New Jersey, in a case pitting state quarantine restrictions against U.S. border controls.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Christopher Dunn | December 2, 2020
In this edition of his Civil Rights and Civil Liberties column, Christopher Dunn discusses a defamation lawsuit brought by Jerry Falwell Jr. He writes that the First Amendment plays a key role in protecting speakers from lawsuits. Given this protection, such lawsuits typically serve little purpose beyond shining even more public light on conduct that is embarrassing or worse.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | December 2, 2020
Federal judges have repeatedly found Trump administration officials are simply not complying with court orders they've issued, but officials have rarely faced consequences for their defiance.
By Marcia Coyle | December 2, 2020
Two Yale law profs got shout-outs at yesterday's arguments on corporate liability under the ATS, and scroll down for... our report on the lack of laughter in the virus era at the court. Thanks, always, for reading, and stay safe.
By Angela Morris | December 1, 2020
"I don't understand your constitutional claim," said Justice Eva Guzman to a lawyer arguing for an ex-law student suing over his dismissal for a 1.98 GPA. "Why didn't he just go back, when he could have?"
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