National Law Journal

US Justice Dept. Resists Broad 'Special Prosecutor' in Arpaio's Contempt Appeal "The separation-of-powers concern would be particularly severe if the special prosecutor were able to challenge the... Read More

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | NEWS Kagan Gives UVA Prof Shoutout for Provoking 'Good and Hard Thinking' By Marcia Coyle “As I hope readers of today's decision will agree when they read all the opinions in this case, including a concurrence... Read More

DAMAGES | NEWS Supreme Court Expands Patent Damages Beyond US Borders, Narrowly By Scott Graham Sidestepping the presumption against extraterritoriality, Justice Clarence Thomas' 7-2 opinion OKs damages under narrow... Read More

ELECTION AND POLITICAL LAW | NEWS US Justice Dept. Resists Broad 'Special Prosecutor' in Arpaio's Contempt Appeal By Mike Scarcella "The separation-of-powers concern would be particularly severe if the special prosecutor were able to challenge the... Read More

CLASS ACTIONS | NEWS Arbitration Agreements Don't Get Rubber Stamp, Even After 'Epic Systems' By Erin Mulvaney “There is a bit of a push, pull that you will continue to see, says Michael Phillips of McGuireWoods. “The... Read More

RISK AND COMPLIANCE | NEWS Paul Manafort's Losing Streak Deepens in Washington Court By C. Ryan Barber U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the District of Columbia sent Trump's former campaign manager to jail last... Read More

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | NEWS Justices, in Nod to Privacy, Restrict Police Power to Obtain Mobile Phone Data By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle The 5-4 decision in Carpenter v. United States marks a win for privacy interests in the ongoing tug-of-war over data... Read More

Pa. AG Backs Fina in Ex-Prosecutor's Fight Against Disciplinary Charges | The Legal Intelligencer The Legal Intelligencer The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office is seeking to file an amicus brief supporting Frank Fina in the ex-prosecutor's... Read More

LITIGATION In a Contest of Dictionaries, Justices Decide Meaning of 'Money' By Marcia Coyle “Stock isn't money; stock is stock, intoned Justice Neil Gorsuch in his summary from the bench of his majority... Read More

COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA | NEWS Reality Winner Reaches Plea Deal With Government Over Leaked Document By R. Robin McDonald The mother of U.S. Air Force veteran Reality Winner says her daughter intends to enter a guilty plea next week after... Read More

Justices, in Nod to Privacy, Restrict Police Power to Obtain Mobile Phone Data The 5-4 decision in Carpenter v. United States marks a win for privacy interests in the ongoing tug-of-war over data... Read More

Commentary: Return Immigrant Kids to Their Parents: Their Health Depends on It As a law professor who collaborates with doctors through a growing movement of medical-legal partnerships to help people... Read More Supreme Court's Internet Sales Tax Ruling Is Billion-Dollar Boon for States The U.S. Supreme Court says states are allowed to collect sales taxes from online retailers that don’t have a have a... Read More US Supreme Court Says SEC In-House Judges Are More Than 'Mere Employees' But the court does not address DOJ's request about the power of the president to fire officers of the United States.... Read More

A Kennedy Concurrence Fuels Speculation on Chevron’s Future—And His Justice Anthony Kennedy sharply criticized the "Chevron" doctrine, raising questions about the future of judicial deference... Read More

GLOBAL LAW FIRMS | NEWS Data Shows Female Lawyers Are Moving Up Faster in #MeToo Era By Miriam Rozen Statistics show that since allegations against disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein surfaced last year and subsequently... Read More

LITIGATION In a Contest of Dictionaries, Justices Decide Meaning of 'Money' By Marcia Coyle The Bitcoin of today and the cowrie shell of yesteryear made their debut in a divided U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday... Read More

CIVIL RIGHTS | NEWS READ: Justice Department Goes to Court on Family Separation Crisis By Ellis Kim President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday in an effort to stem the continued public outcry over the... Read More

NEWS 5th Circuit Issues Order to Kill DOL Fiduciary Rule By Melanie Waddell U.S. District Court for the 5th Circuit cited groups' objections on “multiple grounds to Labor's fiduciary rule. Read More

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | NEWS Dallas Law Firm Registers the Nation's 10 Millionth Patent at the USPTO By John Council For some perspective, Raytheon's patent comes 228 years after the country's first patent was issued on July 31, 1790... Read More

Bad News, Good News for Lawyer Fee Applications | New Jersey Law Journal 'Giarusso' while not authorizing a charging lien in a post-judgment matrimonial action did pronounce that a separate... Read More

Southern Poverty Law Center Pays $3.4M To Resolve Defamation Case | The American Lawyer Notching a win for Kirkland & Ellis expatriates now at litigation boutique Clare Locke a well-known civil rights group... Read More

Closing Argument: Time to Stop Ignoring the State's Eviction Crisis | Connecticut Law Tribune Lawyers can do much to prevent or mitigate the poverty-causing effects of evictions and we must do more to address this... Read More

READ: Justice Department Goes to Court on Family Separation Crisis President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday in an effort to stem the continued public outcry over the... Read More