By Cheryl Miller and Marcia Coyle | June 7, 2017
A federal appellate panel on Wednesday blocked the states of Nebraska and Oklahoma from challenging Colorado's marijuana legalization law, saying their claims should be directed to the U.S. Supreme Court—a venue that has already refused to hear their fight.
By therecorder | The Recorder | June 5, 2017
U.S. Sup. Ct.; 16-1023 The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a district court order and remanded. The court held that the district court’s inadequate…
By Tony Mauro | June 5, 2017
Seven years after he wrote a book about impeachment, then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist presided over one: the trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999, which resulted in acquittal. What follow are observations from Rehnquist about impeachment.
By Benjamin Dynkin, Barry Dynkin and Daniel Garrie | June 5, 2017
Benjamin Dynkin, Barry Dynkin and Daniel Garrie write: Whether an action amounts to an Act of War under the international law of cyber warfare is a complex, intricate, legal question with serious political and military implications. It is not a vague, abstruse general term that can be filled with any meaning that might be politically expedient.
By C. Ryan Barber | June 1, 2017
A year after competing for coveted approvals to fly to Cuba's capital, major U.S. airlines are again squaring off to secure flights to Havana as the Trump administration weighs rolling back the Obama-era opening with the island nation. Still, despite the political uncertainty and business risks, U.S. carriers are not standing silent. Here's a snapshot at how airline in-house legal departments and outside counsel are putting pressure on regulators to act now.
By Cheryl Miller | June 1, 2017
California's Assembly on Thursday ended its contract with Covington & Burling for guidance on fighting Trump administration policies—even as the state Senate pledged to continue working with the firm.
By Cheryl Miller | June 1, 2017
The Orange County judge had claimed on Facebook that a prosecutor was sleeping with a defense attorney whose cases she was overseeing.
By Katelyn Polantz | May 31, 2017
Ex-Jones Day lawyers in the Trump White House received a blanket waiver clearing them of ethical conflicts, according to new disclosures. At least 11 other individuals in the White House, plus nearly all employees on the president's executive staff, are now allowed to take up some matters they may have worked on in prior jobs.
By Marcia Coyle | May 31, 2017
If the congressional committees investigating alleged Russian meddling of the 2016 presidential campaign eventually want to hear from President Donald Trump himself, don't count on a subpoena working its magic.
By Andrew Denney | May 26, 2017
Brooklyn attorney John O'Hara, the first person charged with illegal voting since Susan B. Anthony, has over the past several years been reinstated to the bar and had his name cleared. Now he is setting his sights on a new challenge: He wants to lead a slate of insurgent candidates to run this year in the Democratic primary for open seats on the bench in Brooklyn Civil Court.
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