By Christopher Dunn | August 2, 2017
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties columnist Christopher Dunn writes: Amid the tumult engulfing the White House and Congress, one easily loses sight of ominous developments emanating from the third branch of government. But the judiciary has been busy, and civil rights and civil liberties are under assault on many fronts. One of those fronts is the separation of church and state.
By R. Robin McDonald | July 31, 2017
When homebuilder Richard S. Jacobs spotted an unflattering online review of his metro Atlanta home-building firm, he first tried to have it removed, according to Gwinnett County court papers.
By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert | July 31, 2017
White-Collar Crime columnists Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert look at a recent high-profile Fourth Amendment victory for the defense in 'U.S. v. Wey' in light of the Second Circuit's final opinion in 'U.S. v. Ganias,' as well as a recent decision in 'In re 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties,' which declined suppression despite agents' reliance on a search warrant having constitutional infirmities strikingly similar to those in 'Wey.'
By Kathleen Foody | July 31, 2017
After banning mandatory life without parole for juveniles 17 and younger convicted of homicide, the high court last year said the ruling applied retroactively to the more than 2,000 inmates already serving such sentences nationwide, and that all but the rare irredeemable juvenile offender should have a chance at parole.
By Jenna Greene | July 31, 2017
If Spiderman was a lawyer, he might be a lot like Kirkland and Ellis associate Rob Bernstein. No, not the part about webs. But because when Bernstein saw something wrong, he jumped in to fight it--and what happened to this Kansas City family was seriously messed up.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 28, 2017
The court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the appeal of an administrative adjudication where the appellant failed to comply with the court's scheduling order by not timely filing an appeal brief. The dismissal did not violate the appellant's constitutional right to due process.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 28, 2017
Public defender was entitled to qualified immunity for terminating a subordinate attorney for circulating rumors regarding that attorney's transfer to a lower-ranked unit, where the attorney's circulating of rumors was not protected by the First Amendment because he was speaking as an employee. Order of the district court reversed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 28, 2017
District Court properly dismissed appellant's Fourth Amendment and takings challenges to township ordinance relating to inspection of and public access to private cemeteries because appellant lacked article III standing where the search was in an open field that was not a protected area and appellant had no injury and did not exhaust her state law compensation remedies for her takings claim. Affirmed.
By Ross Todd | July 28, 2017
Munger, Tolles & Olson partner Donald Verrilli and Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe squared off in a bet-the-company battle pitting the professional networking site against data analytics startup hiQ Labs.
By Zack Needles | July 28, 2017
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that a warrantless blood draw from an unconscious DUI suspect is improper—but the justices had more difficulty reaching a consensus on exactly why that is.
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