By therecorder | The Recorder | August 15, 2017
9th Cir.; 11-56843 The court of appeals reversed a judgment and remanded. The court held that allegations regarding the posting of a materially false…
By Tony Mauro | August 15, 2017
A Hogan Lovells team is asking the court to decide whether "the death penalty in and of itself violates the Eighth Amendment." A sharp drop in death sentences and executions makes capital punishment "rare and freakish," the brief contends.
By Dixie L. Johnson and M. Alexander Koch | August 15, 2017
In reference to Kokesh, most commentators have focused on the five-year limitations period, which certainly carries important ramifications for the SEC. But as we describe here, the Supreme Court's ruling that "SEC disgorgement constitutes a penalty" has more far-reaching ramifications.
By Lloyd Dunkelberger | August 9, 2017
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a key player in Florida's decades-old legal fight with Georgia over water flow in the Apalachicola River, has weighed into the pending case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Tony Mauro | August 9, 2017
The practice of ghostwriting briefs in opposition to a grant of certiorari has been getting some attention this summer. We took an informal poll to see how common it is for lawyers to omit their names from briefs—and to ask if the long-standing practice is ethical.
By C. Ryan Barber | August 7, 2017
Two weeks after being ordered to reinstate a branch manager fired for raising concerns about improper sales practices, Wells Fargo & Co. has…
By Lizzy McLellan | August 4, 2017
A Pennsylvania man who was convicted of DUI for refusing a warrantless blood test may not retroactively apply recent U.S. Supreme Court case law on that issue in order to appeal his driving suspensions, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
By Jim Saunders | August 4, 2017
After a divided appeals court sided with Gov. Rick Scott, a battle about his 2015 veto of pay raises for state firefighters could be decided by the Florida Supreme Court.
By Tony Mauro | August 4, 2017
Electronic filing of case documents will be required beginning on November 13.
By Marcia Coyle | August 3, 2017
In a 2015 campaign event, then-candidate Donald Trump declared Clarence Thomas his favorite U.S. Supreme Court justice. Prominent former Thomas clerks and a judge named to a Trump list of potential high court nominees—Judge William Pryor Jr.—undoubtedly share that sentiment. They recently described Thomas' contributions to the law in a Yale Law Journal forum marking the justice's 25th anniversary.
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