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The American Lawyer

The Global Lawyer: The 'Zombie' Alien Tort, Three Years After Kiobel

In 2016, the corporate alien tort is more alive than dead.
14 minute read

National Law Journal

Kagan: Law Professors Shouldn't All Cater to Judges

For all the legal academics who want to write about 18th century Bulgaria, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has your back. In remarks in Chicago on May 2, Kagan pushed back at Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.'s infamous putdown of law reviews as filled with useless writings.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

JQC Recommends Reprimand for Broward Judge Contini

The state Judicial Qualifications Commission recommends a public reprimand for Broward Circuit Judge John Contini for offering ex parte sentencing tips to a public defender.
7 minute read

Law.com

Garland's Record: Agencies Win, Prosecutors Win and Judges Agree With Him (Mostly)

A common refrain since Merrick Garland’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is that he’s a “moderate” judge—not a firebrand activist, but certainly someone who would shift the high court’s ideological balance to the left. So what does it mean to be a “moderate” judge?
32 minute read

National Law Journal

Obama Administration Unlawfully Reimbursed Health Insurers, Judge Rules

The Obama administration unlawfully paid billions of dollars to insurance providers under the Affordable Care Act without a funding appropriation from Congress, a federal district judge in Washington ruled on Thursday.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Alsup Wants to 'Come Clean' With Googacle Jury

Keeping the first trial a secret won't work and may backfire, the judge told lawyers for Oracle and Google.
6 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Denied Pro Bono Help, Wisconsin Prosecutors Appeal Campaign Finance Ruling

The petition's backdrop is the special-prosecutor investigation into whether Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker illegally coordinated fundraising and spending with outside groups on his behalf in the 2011-2012 recall campaigns.
14 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta Bar Poll Favors Incumbents and Candidates With Large Campaign Funds

A recent poll conducted by the Atlanta Bar Association found incumbents and big fundraisers in judicial elections across nine counties getting the best results.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-124

9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-104

A judge may permit a nonprofit educational organization to use his/her name and honorific when listing the judge as a volunteer in documents that are circulated within the organization, where other volunteers are also listed with their titles, and the documents will not be used for fundraising.
9 minute read

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