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National Law Journal

Congress Pushes NSA Reforms, Dechert Lawyer Objects

As the House Judiciary Committee's top-ranking members today called for major reforms to the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records, a former George W. Bush administration lawyer urged them to leave the program alone.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

In re: Koch

Court Explains Decision to Release Contemner Who Continues to Refuse Grand Jury Testimony
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In Finding NSA Search Constitutional, Clapper Gets What Klayman Missed

In American Civil Liberties Union v. Clapper, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found constitutional the ongoing program of the National Security Agency and FBI to obtain telephony metadata in bulk from telephone carriers and Internet service providers.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Civil Liberties Group Backs Supreme Court Protester

The American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation's Capital jumps into a First Amendment dispute in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, backing a protester who successfully challenged the federal law restricting certain expressive activity at the U.S. Supreme Court.
5 minute read

Law.com

Ex-North Dakota Attorney General Drops Case Against Georgetown Law

Nicholas Spaeth, the former attorney general of North Dakota, is dropping his appeal of a trial judge's order dismissing his age discrimination lawsuit against Georgetown University Law Center.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Ex-North Dakota Attorney General Drops Case Against Georgetown Law

Nicholas Spaeth, the former attorney general of North Dakota, is dropping his appeal of a trial judge's order dismissing his age discrimination lawsuit against Georgetown University Law Center.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Sentencing Bill Passes Key Test

The U.S. Senate is moving forward with a major overhaul of the federal criminal sentencing laws — potentially reducing or erasing some mandatory minimum terms — amid escalating costs of running federal prisons.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Judge Says His Ruling Was 'In Error' in Kidnapping Case

KBR Inc., formerly Kellogg Brown & Root Inc., and some of its subsidiaries won a recent victory in a high-profile case related to the Iraq war by convincing a federal judge to reverse himself and grant their motion for summary judgment.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Legal Team Throws Out the Usual Playbook

The experienced litigators at Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg knew just when to use unusual trial strategies last year to catch their courtroom opponents off guard.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

City, Plaintiffs Reach Accord in Stop-and-Frisk

In a complete turn-around from the dogged opposition by the former administration, Mayor Bill de Blasio said we "accept the facts and road map laid out" in Judge Shira Scheindlin's "landmark ruling" and vowed to follow through on reforming NYPD policies and to keep a court-appointed monitor on the job.
5 minute read

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