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National Law Journal

Former House Counsel Douglas Letter on Jan. 6, Congress' Subpoena Powers and His Future at Brady Campaign

"My daughter told me she was frightened to send her kids to preschool," Douglas Letter said of what inspired him to join the gun violence prevention. "I had to do something."
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Chief Justice Roberts Highlights Judicial Security in Annual Report, Says Judges 'Should Not Live in Fear'

"Judicial opinions speak for themselves," Roberts noted — while not everyone may agree with a particular court decision, discord can never escalate to using violence against judges.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Will Again Be Focus of IP World in 2023

Despite having lost two of its strongest voices on IP in the last two years, the high court is wading into some 'meat and potatoes' IP issues such as pharma patents and copyright fair use.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

US Courts Divided: 11th Circuit Creates Circuit Split on Transgender Bathroom Access

The 150-page opinion stands in contrast to the U.S. Second, Fourth, Seventh, and Ninth circuits, which all found transgender students can access restrooms in line with their gender identity.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

'They've Done Every Trick in the Book': Providers File Class Action Against Health Insurers

"Our strategy is to send a message to other insurance companies that they have an obligation to pay under those statutes," said Steven Adler, a partner at Mandelbaum Barrett.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Appeals Court to Weigh Judicial Immunity in Challenge to Name-Change Law

In dismissing the lawsuit earlier this year, U.S. District Judge John Kness highlighted the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year in a challenge to Texas' six-week abortion ban.
3 minute read

The Recorder

A Law 'Supernova' Has Landed—But He Won't Be Part of the Durie Tangri Merger as Expected

The Stanford law professor says Durie Tangri's merger partner, Morrison & Foerster, is a great law firm. But it would bring too many conflicts of interest for an academic who does much of his work in the public square.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Urges SCOTUS Not to Apply 1st Amendment Protections to 'Racist Hate Speech'

"If the Supreme Court decides to reassess its precedents in this area, I urge them to not blink the fact of grievous harm that hate speech causes its targets," Judge Gould wrote in a concurrence.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Ex-Judge Must Undergo Psychiatric Exam: Was Courthouse a Hostile Work Environment?

U.S. District Judge Julien X. Neals said the magistrate judge correctly concluded that Gross-Quatrone's allegations rise to the level of "unusually severe" and the court should not "hamstring" the defendants by limiting their case to mere cross-examination of fact witnesses.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Federal Judge Refused to Block Gun Ban on DC Metro

"Plaintiffs' counsel was unable to identify any case in which an individual licensed to carry a handgun has ever been prosecuted simply for carrying a concealed handgun on a Metrorail train or a Metrobus," wrote Judge Moss, finding the plaintiff commuters lacked standing to ask for the gun ban to be rolled back. 
5 minute read

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