By Jenna Greene | May 4, 2017
The same day that Justice Department lawyers won a criminal conviction against Desiree Fairooz for laughing during the confirmation hearing of Attorney General Jeff Session, they also announced that they didn't have enough evidence to bring charges against the Louisiana police officers involved in the shooting death of Alton Sterling. Is this how it's going to be, Mr. Attorney General?
By Brian Baxter | May 4, 2017
In a move that could dwarf the massive municipal bankruptcy of Detroit, Puerto Rico indicated Wednesday that it would begin a bankruptcy-type process to restructure $70 billion in debt. Proskauer Rose, Quinn Emanuel, Kirkland & Ellis, Dentons and Cleary Gottlieb have been involved in the island's mounting debt crisis in recent years.
By Michael Booth | May 4, 2017
At a budget hearing Thursday, the administrative head of New Jersey's court system touted the state's nascent bail-reform system as a success, but urged changes in how it is funded.
By Michael Booth | May 3, 2017
Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation, spurred by a federal civil rights lawsuit, that will require insurance carriers contracting with the state to cover fertility treatments to women in same-sex relationships, and those in other nontraditional relationships.
By Max Mitchell | May 3, 2017
Representatives from the First Judicial District appeared before the Philadelphia City Council on Wednesday to outline the district's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal, and the council members in attendance focused their questions on security, criminal justice reform efforts and payment issues with the court-appointed counsel fee unit.
By Katelyn Polantz | May 3, 2017
Steptoe & Johnson LLP announced this week that Brian Egan, the top lawyer at the U.S. State Department during the last year of the Obama administration, has joined the firm as a partner.
By Cogan Schneier | May 3, 2017
That's according to an ethics disclosure form Steven Engel filed in March, which, along with an ethics pledge, outlines Engel's possible conflicts of interest if confirmed as assistant attorney general at the Office of Legal Counsel.
By Scott Flaherty | May 3, 2017
Partner Robert Crowe agreed to pay a little less then $95,000 to resolve allegations that he played a role in a political corruption scheme aimed at helping State Street Bank and Trust Co. secure public pension contracts in Ohio.
By Jenna Greene | May 3, 2017
“No one has a 'right' to a security clearance,” the U.S. Supreme Court held 30 years ago in a rare case addressing the issue. Unless, apparently, your name is Jared Kushner.
By Michael Booth | May 2, 2017
The estates of a man and his mother who were killed when a tree fell on their car while they were traveling on the Garden State Parkway cannot sue the highway's operator, a state appeals court has ruled.
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