New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Peter Lederman | June 1, 2018
OP-ED: Shelter can be a good thing under most circumstances. That is, however, unless driving home after consuming some adult beverage!
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | May 31, 2018
State prosecutors are hoping the U.S. Supreme Court hears the case of Michael Skakel. The Kennedy nephew was convicted of murder in 2002, but had his conviction vacated in May.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 31, 2018
Because his counsel met with him only 15 minutes before trial and didn't recognize the need for a Spanish-English translator, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has affirmed the overturning of the conviction of an alleged child rapist and granted him a new trial.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Cliff Rieders | May 31, 2018
In Jesner v. Arab Bank, 2018 U.S. LEXIS 2631 (April 24, 2018), Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the court on most of the issues, ruled that the Alien Tort Statute would not aid victims of terrorism in a case against a bank that allowed for laundered money for terrorist organizations.
By Tom McParland | May 30, 2018
The Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that an undercover detective's two-year monitoring of a suspect using a fake Facebook profile did not violate Fourth Amendment protections against illegal searches and seizures.
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Ross Todd | May 30, 2018
The number and percentage of cases argued at the federal appellate level is fading leaving firms to ask where their next generation of appellate lawyers can turn for courtroom experience.
By Michael Booth | May 30, 2018
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Wednesday held 2014 amendments to Megan's Law enhancing certain penalties for sex offenders who violate parole requirements unenforceable against four defendants based on the ex post facto clauses of both the state and federal constitutions.
By Marcia Coyle | May 30, 2018
Justice Samuel Alito Jr. shares with Justice Neil Gorsuch more than just a firm conservative bent. They both have a fondness for a certain Dickens character to make a point about how their colleagues interpret the law.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Lisa Cahill | May 30, 2018
The Second Department describes Louis Scarcella as “a police detective whose investigatory record is so troubling that the District Attorney has resolved to review every single one of his cases.”
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | May 30, 2018
Brinkley, who has been handling Meek Mill's criminal case for nearly a decade, has come under fire over the past six months after she sentenced Mill to jail time on a parole violation that neither prosecutors, nor Mill's parole officer, had requested.
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