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Corporate Counsel

Daimler's Effect on Bank of Nova Scotia Subpoenas


In addition to having a momentous effect on civil litigation, could the Supreme Court's decision in Daimler v. Bauman also affect criminal investigations? The answer is yes.
17 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Why it Took 12 Judges to Replace Scalia for Bryan Garner's Latest Book Project

In 2012, legal writing guru Bryan Garner proposed writing another book with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia—this one on the role and value of precedents in judicial decision-making.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Will Hear Post-Sept. 11 Claims Against Ashcroft, Mueller

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether a 14-year-old suit should go forward against former George W. Bush attorney general John Ashcroft and former FBI director Robert Mueller III based on their roles in the post-Sept. 11 roundup and detention of Muslim, Arab and South Asian men.
14 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Can Keep $126M After SCOTUS Rejects Tobacco Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Philip Morris USA Inc. and others challenging a Pennsylvania court ruling that modified a national settlement over tobacco-related health care costs in a way that saved the state about $126 million.
15 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Retroactivity

The government's retroactivity position in Beckles seems more like a belated attempt at damage control than a principled effort to apply the law consistently across a set of similarly situated defendants.
16 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Juror Bigotry Warrants Look 'Behind the Veil'

By | October 10, 2016
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Implications of Escobar that You May Have Missed

The Supreme Court's ruling on Escobar led many commentators to focus on its materiality holidng. But the implications on implied false certification should not be overlooked.
17 minute read

National Law Journal

Harvard, Citing Justices' Affirmative-Action Ruling, Defends Admissions Policy

Harvard's legal team, relying on the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in June for affirmative action, is urging a federal judge to dismiss two of six charges in a suit that accuses the university of discriminating against Asian-American student applicants.
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Technology and the Law's Role in Protecting Citizens

Drones, medical help via smartphones, self-driving cars, medical marijuana and the web watchers invading every element of privacy we have left. What is this world coming to? Perhaps more importantly, what is the role of the law in protecting citizens?
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Supreme Court Review at CUNY Law

By | October 06, 2016
The CUNY School of Law's Center on Latino and Latina Rights and Equality presented its 7th Annual U.S. Supreme Court Review/Preview Tuesday evening, discussing key cases of interest to the Latino community and to practitioners concerned with issues of equality and social justice.
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