By Michael Booth | March 15, 2018
A federal lawsuit filed by a man who spent three years in prison after a polygraph examiner was allowed to opine on the man's guilt in testimony before a jury is going forward.
By Katheryn Tucker | March 15, 2018
The law at the center of the decision permits those authorized to carry a weapon to do so “in every location in this state” not otherwise excluded by law—with an important exception for private property owners or those in legal control of property through a lease.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | March 15, 2018
A three-judge panel of the court upheld a ruling by the grand jury supervising judge denying a motion by Pittsburgh-based television station WPXI seeking to intervene and access a search warrant and related documents.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jerry H. Goldfeder | March 15, 2018
Government and Election Law columnist Jerry H. Goldfeder addresses the question of whether voters should retain the choice of voting for a candidate with a checkered past, or even a “carpetbagger.”
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Diane Goldstein Temkin and Barry R. Temkin | March 15, 2018
The Rules of Professional Conduct allocate primary decision-making about fundamental strategic issues to the client. While superseding the client's decision-making with that of the lawyer is permissible for routine tactical matters, that is not the case for fundamental decisions such as whether or not to plead guilty, whether to settle a civil case, whether to go to trial, whether to assert an insanity defense, or whether to concede guilt at trial in the hope of averting greater punishment.
By John Council | March 15, 2018
Last summer, Fernando Bustos convinced the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that his professor client has a viable federal free speech case against…
By Amanda Bronstad | March 14, 2018
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has found the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' management of the Missouri River caused regular flooding, a liability finding that sets the stage for a trial over what plaintiffs' counsel estimated as $300 million in damages.
By Jason Grant | March 14, 2018
Over a five-year period, across eight upstate counties examined, more than 90,000 New Yorkers were held for a day or longer, and more than 45,000 were incarcerated for a week or longer, as they tried to come up with the money for their bail, according to the organization's report.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | March 13, 2018
A federal judge has ruled that Philadelphia can proceed with its lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has threatened to withhold federal grant money over its sanctuary city policies.
By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida | March 13, 2018
A proposed constitutional amendment that would impose eight-year term limits on members of county school boards would pass comfortably if it goes on the November ballot, according to a new poll.
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