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National Law Journal

Supreme Court Warned Against Treading on Treaty Power

U.S. Supreme Court arguments over the constitutional power to make and implement treaties took a dramatic turn Tuesday when Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. warned justices that a ruling interpreting the meaning of a chemical weapons treaty would be "terribly unfortunate" and could disrupt "very sensitive negotiations" underway with Syria and other nations.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Shield for Congress Tested

A case before the D.C. Circuit is one of the last vestiges of the Jack Abramoff scandal, a wide-ranging U.S. Department of Justice corruption probe that ensnared nearly two dozen people, including lobbyists and public officials.
5 minute read

Law.com

Challenge to Pa. Gay-Marriage Ban on Fast Track

The federal judge hearing a challenge to Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage said he will decide by mid-November if there's anything left of the case to go to trial.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Increased Protection for Expression in Public Schools

In B.H. v. Easton Area School District, the Third Circuit decided that, absent disruption, public school principals may not restrict "plausibly political" student speech or speech with a social message, unless the language is "plainly lewd." This article explains the importance, including the controversy, of the B.H. holding.
6 minute read

Law.com

Guardian Taps Ballard Spahr, as Wachtell Alum's Partner Lawyers Up

David Miranda, a Brazilian citizen and partner of Guardian reporter and former Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz litigation associate Glenn Greenwald, has retained two British firms as he threatens legal action against the U.K. government after being detained for nine hours at London's Heathrow airport this past weekend. Meanwhile, The Guardian's parent company is being advised by four firms, including Ballard Spahr, on its wider stories related to secret surveillance programs in the U.S. and U.K.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court Reshapes America

While I have been on the road plying my trade, the U.S. Supreme Court has been active in issuing decisions that many folks believe will change the nature of our democracy.
6 minute read

Law.com

Judge Strikes Law Banning Demonstrations at Supreme Court

Departing from a long line of local court rulings, a federal judge in the District of Columbia on Tuesday struck down the 64-year-old law that prohibits demonstrations and displays on the grounds of the U.S. Supreme Court.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Top Verdicts from Past 20 Years

Below is a searchable database of the top Pennsylvania verdicts from the past 20 years.
1 minute read

Law.com

House Committee OKs Bills on Retirement Age, Traffic Court

Three significant bills affecting the judiciary were approved by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning, including a measure to raise the mandatory retirement age of judges from 70 to 75 and two that would eliminate the Philadelphia Traffic Court.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Supreme Court Takes Control of Third Judicial Retirement Suit

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has assumed jurisdiction over the third state-court lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of requiring judges to retire in the year they turn 70.
4 minute read

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