Steve Lash

December 11, 2024 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court confronts whether an affiliate's revenue can be part of a judge's calculation of the remedy for the corporation's infringement of a trademark.

By Steve Lash

4 minute read

December 10, 2024 | National Law Journal

Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler, representing the federal government, said the law gives agencies discretion in determining the level of their review of environmental impact.

By Steve Lash

5 minute read

December 09, 2024 | National Law Journal

"The government's theory knows no bounds," attorney Jeffrey Fisher said on behalf of the convicted company. "This case is not about dollars and cents."

By Steve Lash

5 minute read

December 07, 2024 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed the victims' lawsuit, saying U.S. courts lack personal jurisdiction to hear the claims against the Palestine Liberation Organization or the Palestinian Authority because the foreign actors' alleged conduct giving rise to liability occurred outside the United States.

By Steve Lash

3 minute read

December 06, 2024 | National Law Journal

"The program survives strict scrutiny because the Naval Academy has established a compelling national security interest in a diverse officer corps in the Navy and Marine Corps," U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett wrote.

By Steve Lash

3 minute read

December 04, 2024 | National Law Journal

In saying the statute discriminates based on sex, the high court's liberal justices said the law allows nontransgender children from being prescribed hormones that correspond to their gender assigned at birth.

By Steve Lash

5 minute read

December 03, 2024 | National Law Journal

Attorney Shay Dvoretzky, representing the survivors, said the commingling of illicit property and expenditure in the United States falls within an exception to the federal Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's general rule that foreign governments cannot be sued in U.S. courts.

By Steve Lash

5 minute read

December 02, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Common sense tells you that a flavor like 'Mother's Milk and Cookies' is going to be disproportionately attractive to children," Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Curtis Gannon told the justices.

By Steve Lash

4 minute read

November 14, 2024 | Law.com

Federal-court watchers say they would not be surprised to see the GOP-appointed judges opting to step down shortly after Trump is sworn in on Jan. 20.

By Steve Lash

7 minute read

November 07, 2024 | National Law Journal

As the Department of Justice slowly turns away from enforcement of pandemic-era fraud, as a round of legal changes are occurring or are imminent, and as new modalities and forms of finance continue to develop within the industry, the coming years promise to shift the terrain on the compliant marketing and delivery of health services.

By Joel Cohen and Zach Williams

8 minute read