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Pickup v. Brown

By | January 29, 2014
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Judge Says his Ruling Was 'In Error' in Kidnaping Case

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

The Legal Intelligencer

DeJesus v. Aramark Food Service, Inc., PICS Case No. 14-0084 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 14, 2014) Sánchez, J. (10 pages).

By | January 28, 2014
Prisoner • Inadequate Medical Treatment • Prison Food and Services • 42 U.S.C. §1983
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Another Strike at Gay Discrimination

By | January 24, 2014
The law seems to be moving inexorably to recognition that distinctions based on sexual orientation are inherently arbitrary and not deserving of legal recognition.
2 minute read

The Recorder

NSA Surveillance: A Tale of Two Courts and Failed Oversight

Los Angeles attorney Rabeh Soofi contrasts two recent federal court rulings on the National Security Agency's data collection, and she asserts that the most important interest in such cases should be enforcing established rules.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision to Toss Abusive Inmate's Lawsuit Upheld

An inmate who made abusive attacks, slurs and insults to a magistrate judge deserved to have his federal lawsuit dismissed as a sanction, the Second Circuit said Thursday.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Goins v. Finger Lakes Service Group Inc.

Contradictions Noted in Title VII Bias Suit's Dismissal for Lack of Subject Jurisdiction
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Lawyer Won Improved Conditions on Louisiana Death Row

Excessive heat at a prison qualifies as "cruel and unusual punishment" under the Eighth Amendment, a federal judge said in a groundbreaking ruling last month. Mitchell Kamin, who worked with Promise of Justice Initiative in New Orleans in representing the inmates pro bono, talked to the NLJ about the case.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Lisa Blatt of Arnold & Porter and Brian Hennigan of Irell & Manella

Hennigan and Blatt scored an important civil rights victory for gays and lesbians in the unlikeliest of cases: a drug licensing battle between GlaxoSmithKline and Abbott Labs.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Privacy Board Skeptical of Obama's NSA Reform Plan

Members of an independent White House board voiced concern today about President Barack Obama's suggestion to have private companies or a third party hold a vast database of phone records generated through government surveillance programs.
5 minute read

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