By C. Ryan Barber | May 15, 2018
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, issued purchase orders authorizing nearly $800,000 in legal fees for the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and nearly $300,000 for Munger, Tolles & Olson.
By Marcia Coyle | May 14, 2018
Justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Jr. have found common ground in recent dissents, but it's still too early to determine how strong an alliance the justices will have this term, if any, in some of the term's most controversial pending cases.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ken Strutin | May 14, 2018
In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin writes: Now that lawyers have been upgraded by technology, the right to counsel needs upgrading as well.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | May 14, 2018
China, Russia and Iran have used all available technical means to block and punish the circulation of objectionable content, with considerable success. European governments with firsthand experience of fascism seem to be comfortable controlling online expression that they deem socially dangerous. For the United States, with its robust tradition of unfettered speech, it is a much tougher issue.
By MP McQueen | May 11, 2018
The NRA's complaint is seeking damages for what the organization alleges are violations of members' free speech, equal protection and due process under state and federal laws following DFS-imposed consent orders and fines earlier this month against a Chubb subsidiary and insurance broker Lockton Affinity that sold NRA-branded “Carry Guard” gun owner liability policies in New York.
By Scott Graham | May 11, 2018
Heninger Garrison Davis serves up a challenge to AIA proceedings that Justice Clarence Thomas refused to rule out.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 11, 2018
Plaintiffs suing over a 2014 data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management—which may have compromised information for 21.5 million persons—have asked a federal appeals court to revive their cases, citing a significant decision last year finding standing to sue over a cyberattack.
By Marcia Coyle | May 11, 2018
A "spoofing" challenge under Dodd-Frank. GM fights a damages-only retrial. Guns are back. These are some of the cases and issues we're watching for any action at the Supreme Court from its latest conference.
By Jonathan Ringel | May 11, 2018
Candidates Ken Hodges and Ken Shigley answer questions about their appellate experience and their approaches to stare decisis, diversity, technology and more.
By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida | May 10, 2018
While expressing concern about its ruling, a panel of the Third District Court of Appeal overturned a lower-court decision that suppressed evidence obtained in a 2015 traffic stop of motorist Marcelo Pena. A search of the car led to the discovery of a bag that contained alprazolam pills and a drug charge against Pena, the ruling said.
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