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Pivotal Domestic Violence Case Heads for High Court
A rare and tragic family law challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court will draw the justices this month into the serious nationwide problem of domestic violence and the continuing difficulty of enforcement of one of the most important weapons against that violence: protection orders. In Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales, the high court will consider whether a civil rights remedy is available to domestic violence victims whose pleas to enforce protection orders go unheeded by local police.Supreme Court to Weigh in on Due Process and Domestic Violence
In a rare and tragic family law challenge this month, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a civil rights remedy is available to domestic violence victims whose pleas to enforce protection orders go unheeded by police departments. The case has at its core a claim of deprivation of a constitutionally protected property interest without due process. "Really what's at stake here is one's vision of the Constitution in general and of the due process clause specifically," says one scholar.Ineligible Pro Hac Vice Attorneys, In-House Counsel and Multijurisdictional Practitioners
Notice to the bar.How Much Will a Law Firm Pay to Make a Bankruptcy Trustee Go Away?
As those steering Dewey & LeBoeuf through bankruptcy prepare to pursue unfinished business claims against firms that took on former Dewey partners, a review of what became of similar claims in five other law bankruptcies shows many firms chose to settle, rather than contest, them.Last Wednesday a McDermott lawyer representing Broadcom cofounder Henry Samueli argued to the Ninth Circuit that a district court judge had improperly rejected his client's option backdating plea agreement with federal prosecutors.
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