National Law Journal

Cosby Prosecutor Talks About The Most Important Element to Getting a Guilty Verdict "I’m always of the strong belief that our case rose and fell with Andrea Constand," Feden says. "Her testimony at the... Read More Plaintiffs Plot 'Way Around' Supreme Court's Ruling Against Worker Class Actions There may be another way: "non-mutual offensive collateral estoppel." The concept of "non-mutual offensive collateral... Read More

Samsung Hit with Half a Billion Verdict in Latest Apple Patent Trial A San Jose jury has awarded Apple Inc. $538 million in its latest retrial with Samsung over infringing smartphones. Read More Proskauer Says Partner in $50M Gender Bias Suit 'Cherry-Picked' Pay Data Responding to an amended gender discrimination complaint from partner Connie Bertram, Proskauer Rose disputes the size... Read More Calif. Justices Leave Questions Hanging Over Defendant's Access to Private Social Media Posts The decision is a mixed bag for social media companies, and leaves open the question of whether criminal defendants... Read More Elite Trial Lawyers: One Week Left to Apply The National Law Journal's Elite Trial Lawyers recognizes U.S.-based law firms that have performed exemplary work on... Read More

Lawyers and Judges, Push Pro Bono to the Front of the Line | New Jersey Law Journal This policy if adhered to could actually serve as an incentive to lawyers to take on more pro bono work. Read More

Honed Definition of Consumer 'Harm' Needed After High Court's 'Actual Harm' Holding | New Jersey Law Journal The Supreme Court's latest TCCWNA ruling opens the door for substantial litigation on the subject of harm caused. Read More

Great Whiskey Debate Raises $20K for Legal Charities: Slideshow | Daily Report Atlanta Legal Aid and the DeKalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation each received about $10000 from the event. Read More

Harvey Weinstein Surrenders to Face Rape Charges in Manhattan The former Hollywood producer is reportedly facing multiple sexual assault charges connected to two separate incidents. Read More

New York Law School Launches Nation's First Gun Control Clinic The program is a partnership with Everytown for Gun Safety, which was founded in 2014 by Michael Bloomberg as a counterweight... Read More

JUDICIAL ETHICS | NEWS

This Dispute Over a Tweeting Judge Shouldn't Invite the Justices, DOJ Says By Marcia Coyle Noel Francisco, the U.S. solicitor general, told the justices that questions surrounding judges' use of social media... Read More

After the 'Epic' Ruling, Is #Gorsuchstyle a Thing of the Past? Early criticism of Justice Neil Gorsuch's writing style seems to be waning, but don’t get any ideas that he has changed... Read More

Senate Panel Clears 2 Judicial Nominees, Despite Controversies The nominees were tripped up by a Democratic senator's questions on Brown v. Board of Education. Read More

JUDGES | NEWS DOJ Apologizes for 'Oversight' In Trump Hotel Records Fight By Ellis Kim That “oversight came after the government attempted to withhold the names and email addresses of various members... Read More

ONTRACTS | NEWS Manafort Takes Supreme Court's Car-Rental Privacy Ruling for Test Drive By C. Ryan Barber It didn't take long for a U.S. Supreme Court decision this term on privacy rights to emerge in perhaps an unlikely spot:... Read More

Greenspoon Marder Snaps Up Pro-Pot Lobbying Group in DC Deepening its bet on the fledgling cannabis industry, the firm has acquired The Liaison Group to help clients lobby... Read More

Fast-Growing Kobre & Kim Adds Lawyers in Asia, London, NY, DC A key part of the firm's model is finding former federal prosecutors eager to work on the ground in foreign jurisdictions. Read More