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Bob McDonnell Ruling Will Not Legalize Corruption

OPINION: You don't have to be a lover of the U.S. Supreme Court's noxious Citizens United v. FEC case to be troubled by the corruption prosecution of Virginia governor Bob McDonnell.
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

Cobb County Bench Bows Out of Recusal Bids For Judge Drawing Fire From Video Recordings

The entire Cobb County bench has recused from deciding at least six motions by criminal defendants who want Superior Court Judge Reuben Green removed from their cases.
13 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Grewal to Leave Bench for Facebook

The federal magistrate judge will join Facebook next month as vice president and deputy general counsel of litigation.
13 minute read

National Law Journal

Misconduct Claims Against Ex-D.C. Judge Face New Scrutiny

A committee of federal judges will review a misconduct complaint against Richard Roberts, the former chief judge of the federal district court in Washington who retired amid allegations that he sexually abused a teenage witness decades ago.
10 minute read

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

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