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Texas Lawyer

Litigator of the Week: Loud Dallas Lawyer Wins Acquittal of Fellow Attorney by Shutting Up

David Finn is the kind of trial lawyer most people want when they're facing 30 years in prison. He's loud, is not above pounding tables, and will do just about anything to have the last word before a jury.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cannabis Law Practices Brace for Impact of Sessions Memo

Will the Trump administration's policy change on marijuana put a chill on law firms' slow embrace of cannabis clients?
6 minute read

The Recorder

Q&A: Former DOJ Attorney Dissects AG Sessions' Marijuana Memo

John W. Vardaman III says Sessions' rescission of Obama-era guidance on marijuana puts U.S. attorneys "in a very tenuous position."
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Lawmakers Ask Congress to Pass Marijuana Law Following Sessions Pot Reversal

New York lawmakers who helped craft the state's medical marijuana program, joined by marijuana industry and drug reform advocates, are calling on the U.S. Congress to enact legislation that would protect legal marijuana programs in the states that have them after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced plans to rescind Obama-era policy.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

New Trial for Convicted Robber After Prosecutors Dismissed Juror Because of Race

A split Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled that prosecutors from the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office violated the Constitution by removing a black member of the jury pool in a robbery case based on race.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

A&E Stages Heroin 'Intervention' in Atlanta's Northern Suburbs

“We cannot arrest our way out of this heroin epidemic,” Cobb DA Vic Reyolds said on the program. He told the Daily Report Wednesday, "Our hope is that this series will help shed light on this epidemic."
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cuomo Offers Wish List of Criminal Justice Reforms in Annual Speech

Among the governor's proposals are the elimination of money bail in some cases, reforms to the state's discovery statutes and proposals to move cases through the state court system faster.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Gov. Cuomo Unveils Litigious Agenda for New York State

During his 92-minute speech, Cuomo laid out an agenda that includes filing a lawsuit against the federal government over the recently enacted tax bill on grounds it violates constitutional principles, and against pharmaceutical companies in connection with the opioid epidemic.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Governor Ends Year Tapping Judges, Prosecutors

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal's appointments include the first African-American woman to serve as district attorney in the Rockdale Judicial Circuit.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Orrick, Gibson Dunn Partners Take Seats as California U.S. Attorneys

McGregor Scott, formerly a white collar partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, was sworn into office Dec. 29 in Sacramento a day after U.S. Chief District Judge Lawrence O'Neill ordered his appointment. Separately, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions named Gibson Dunn's Nicola Hanna to serve as the interim U.S. attorney for the Central District of California.
6 minute read

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