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National Law Journal

Supreme Court Will Decide If the 5th Circuit Allows 'Blatant Forum Shopping'

On the surface, "FDA v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor" centers around a routine question of statutory standing about what is the proper forum where litigants can challenge negative rulings by a federal agency.
7 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

The 'Cryptic Note' at the Center of Death Penalty Case

"I mean, it's just your one witness has been exposed as a liar," Justice Elena Kagan said.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Casts Skeptical Eye Over Death Penalty Appeal

"Do you really think it would make that much of a difference to the jury?" asked Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. of the new evidence unearthed by the defense.
7 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

In 'Ghost Gun' Case, Some Hands On Argument Prep

"I actually had the experience of putting one of these kits together," the solicitor general told the justices.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Judges Say Social Media and Political Polarization Puts Them in Danger

A panel of federal and state judges at Relativity Fest 2024 discussed how social media has resulted in a spike in harassment and threats against judges and their families. They called on lawyers and bar associations to help.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Appears Likely to Uphold ATF's 'Ghost Gun' Rule

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. asked an attorney for the kit manufacturers what the purpose of selling slightly unfinished firearm "receivers" is if not to convert them into functioning weapons.
6 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Do Justices Have To Listen To Lower Courts?

"Counsel, we have had cases where we came out the other way than every court of appeals had come out, right?" Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. asked.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

US Supreme Court Rejects Martin Shkreli's Appeal

The former pharmaceutical executive sought to appeal a $64.6 million judgement issued against him for inflating drug cost and trying to stifle generics from launching.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

In First Case of Term, Justices Review 'Kafkaesque' Alabama Procedural Bar

"What was Kafkaesque is the ruling that we couldn't challenge our inability to exhaust precisely because we haven't exhausted," said the plaintiffs' lawyer, Adam Unikowsky of Jenner & Block.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Broken Agreement With KSM, and Civilian Prosecutions

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM) may be the least sympathetic living figure in America— although he remains offshore (outside America). That's a fact designed to keep him away from American civilian courts.
10 minute read

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