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National Law Journal

In 5-5 Split, Seventh Circuit Won't Reconsider Voter Law

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit split evenly on whether to review Wisconsin's contested voter-identification law prior to the midterm election. The 5-5 ruling means the law will stand for now.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

What's Next For Eric Holder Jr.?

"In the months ahead, I will leave the Department of Justice, but I will never, I will never leave the work," Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said Thursday in announcing his resignation. "I will continue to serve and try to find ways to make our nation even more true to its founding ideals."
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Eric Holder to Announce Resignation, Officials Say

Eric Holder Jr., the country's first African American attorney general, is preparing soon to announce his resignation from the top post of the U.S. Department of Justice. Holder has served as attorney general since 2009.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney Arrested for Bringing Gun in Theater Files Lawsuit Against Cops

Immigration attorney Sung-Ho Hwang made national news when he was arrested in 2012 after he brought a licensed, concealed handgun into a New Haven movie theater.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Delayed Prisoner Suit

A lawsuit claiming a man received inadequate medical care while in federal prison should not have been dismissed for failure to prosecute, despite an nearly two-year delay in filing court papers, the Second Circuit held Wednesday.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Tate v. Rocketball, Ltd.

By | September 25, 2014
Team Granted Judgment in Gay Waiter's Bias Action Arising From Homophobic Comments
1 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Justice Stevens Turns Gumshoe in His Retirement

Retired Justice John Paul Stevens recently revealed that he did some historical sleuthing into one of the U.S. Supreme Court's most significant race cases shortly after he left the high court.
2 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

The Same-Sex Marriage Petitions

A list of cases, along with counsel of record and additional counsel.
2 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Advocates Waiting for Supreme Court Action on Marriage

From the perspective of Evan Wolfson, the lawyer-activist who founded the Freedom to Marry national campaign in 2003: "It is time. America is ready. The Supreme Court should act" on marriage equality for lesbians and gays. Will it? And when?
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Approves $10 Million Wrongful Conviction Deal

A federal judge has signed off on a $10 million settlement between Jabbar Collins and New York City, a pact that will award the wrongfully convicted man's attorney $1.525 million.
2 minute read

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