To date, Biggs has asserted he is a retired lawyer. Eastman is being investigated by the California state bar and Guiliani has...
Military Law, Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
Clear and unmistakable error is not defined in the statute, and efforts to parse the legislative intent have muddied the alrea...
The Supreme Court decided Carson v. Makin (20-1088) yesterday, holding Maine violated parents' Free Exercise rights by excludi...
Some of my colleagues from the plaintiff’s bar have been quick to point out a potential silver lining in the outcome. I think ...
Three recent cases have affirmed coverage where a vendor has been impersonated and as a result the company sustained a loss.
Ginni is not a justice, of course, but this saga presents a test for the Supreme Court. Do these ceaseless revelations spur Ch...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
My criminal practice causes me to appear in court almost every day. Those experiences have led me to believe that judges and l...
Labor/Employment
While this is being touted as a major victory for employers. It is not that. The Court makes clear that the State may deputize...
The challenge now is one of stemming the tide and reversing the growing public perception that SCOTUS no longer commands respe...
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday adopted a slate of new disclosure rules special purpose acquisition compan...
Technology, International Law
Jurisdictions are substantially consistent that current patent laws allow only natural persons as inventors. However, no juris...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Civil Rights
Recent Egbert decision allows misconduct to fester
Egbert is disheartening because the court returns to its peculiar tradition of selectively shaving and trimming rights and rem...
Through the mediation of e-discovery issues, litigants can help address outsized litigation costs, curtail the time and costs ...
Litigation & Arbitration, Law Practice, Appellate Practice
In our view, it is a mistake bordering on malpractice for the respondent's counsel to put off the opening statement.
Dressing a client to mislead a jury? It’s time to call it what it is - rank deception - and somehow put some limits on it.
The 4th District affirming the agreement between San Diego and private lawyers may encourage more public-private partnerships ...
These decisions will likely bring most SEC administrative proceedings to a screeching halt, at least in the Fifth Circuit.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
A “non-exam pathway” would undoubtedly allow many students to obtain licensure who are not minimally competent. Internship pro...
To combat misconceptions about our courts and return the public’s trust in the judiciary, it is essential for the entire legal...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
To my ear the tone was tinged with derision. I tried to shrink my slight, elderly frame into the grain of my big leather chair...
Technology, Intellectual Property, Constitutional Law
Twitter could become a safe haven for cyberbullies
The public debate around free expression and censorship ramped up when COVID skeptics, election deniers and conspiracy theoris...
Keeping up with changes in the law practice, including law tech’s benefits and risks, makes good business sense.
Before we can talk about custody issues regarding transgender children, we must understand the important and complicated conce...
The volatile capital markets make M&A a more likely path for companies who are unable to raise capital or execute other ty...
Technology, Government, Civil Litigation
Self driving car expectations on a collision course
While other automakers have had lawyers draw up dreamy names to call attention to the fact that the car won’t drive itself, Te...
How should the leak figure into law school teaching? Perhaps this dramatic departure from accepted norms presents an important...
As has been observed by commentators, the distinction between use of a name or logo in these types of situations as either hea...