By Peter A. Crusco | June 26, 2017
In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco discusses implications of the recent Second Circuit decision in 'Ulbricht', in which Internet routing data was obtained via pen register. The evidence provided a key link connecting defendant's online activity to a massive Bitcoin criminal enterprise scheme that thrived through a website called Silk Road. 'Ulbricht' is example of why courts proceed with care when considering changes, however slight, to the Fourth Amendment's concept of privacy expectations in communications and records in the digital age.
By Tony Mauro | June 26, 2017
Siding with a Missouri church in a closely watched First Amendment case, the court held churches can't be excluded from neutral government aid programs. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a dissent, wrote that the decision "profoundly changes" the relationship between church and state.
By Tony Mauro | June 26, 2017
Two years after embracing same-sex marriage, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to deal with a repercussion from its ruling by taking up the case of a Colorado baker who refused to make a custom wedding cake for a gay couple.
By Marcia Coyle | June 26, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court, declining to step back into the contentious arena of gun regulation, refused on Monday to review the constitutionality of California's restrictions on the concealed and open carry of guns. Justice Clarence Thomas, with Neil Gorsuch, had urged the court to take up the challenge.
By Jenna Greene | June 26, 2017
Why is lawyer rating site Avvo in a fight with an ex-cheerleader? And what's up with all the Justice-Kennedy-Might-Retire speculation? How did Simpson Thacher defeat class cert? All this and more...
By R. Robin McDonald | June 23, 2017
Like hundreds of other people ticketed for traffic infractions in DeKalb County, Bobby Schroeder showed up at court and paid his fine. But personnel with DeKalb County Recorders Court told the state Department of Driver Services that Schroeder failed to appear, never paid up, and his driver's license should be suspended.
By Law Journal Editorial Board | June 23, 2017
Shootings are the natural and probable result when pretty much any American who hasn't been imprisoned or institutionalized can lawfully buy a gun. It is the terrible collateral cost of an armed populace.
By Celia Ampel | June 23, 2017
This year's constitution revision process is a chance to shake things up, professors suggested at the Florida Bar Convention.
By JOHN COUNCIL | June 23, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a federal trial court's decision halting the implementation of one the harshest anti-gay…
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
The plaintiff taxi cab operators sufficiently alleged claims under the U.S. Constitution's equal protection and takings clauses where they claimed the Philadelphia Parking Authority engaged in disparate treatment by heavily regulating traditional taxis while failing to regulate transport network companies such as Uber and Lyft and asserted that taxi operators had a property right in their medallions. The court denied in part defendants' motion to dismiss.
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