National Law Journal

D.C. Circuit Won't Block Injunction Halting Trump Policy on Immigrant Minors' Abortions The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously denied the U.S. Justice Department's request to stay the... Read More

In 'Masterpiece' Case, Why Did SCOTUS Snub Wedding Cakes as Art? Justice Anthony Kennedy, who prides himself on his First Amendment views, made short shrift of the cake-as-art argument:... Read More

Commentary: What Masterpiece Cakeshop Tells Us About the Travel Ban The high court has underscored that government officials cannot act on the basis of religious animus. Will the justices... Read More DOJ Appeals Decision to Curb Blocking by Trump Twitter Account to Second Circuit The move Monday comes as the Twitter users at the heart of the suit say they've been unblocked from the president's... Read More Hogan Lovells Lobbying Team Went to Bat for ZTE in Sanctions Row ZTE USA Inc. hired Hogan Lovells regulatory partner Aaron Cutler and former Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota,... Read More Amid Anthem Debate, NFL Players Disclose Top Legal Billers | The American Lawyer While the National Football League seeks to restrict its players from kneeling for the national anthem a new government... Read More Critical Mass: MDL Leadership Is Gaining in Diversity, But Slowly. Plus: Judge Eying New Leadership for State Street Case | Law.com Plaintiffs' lawyers appointed to lead multidistrict litigation are starting to be less and less of a boys club but those... Read More John Marshall's Everywhere at SCOTUS | Verrilli's Loyola Speech | No 'Victim' Fees for GE | Supreme Court Brief | National Law Journal Why is John Marshall such a popular guy at the Marble Palace? And: Donald Verrilli Jr. offered his observations on the... Read More

What Masterpiece Cakeshop Tells Us About the Travel Ban The high court has underscored that government officials cannot act on the basis of religious animus. Will the justices... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS Where the Justices Found Middle Ground in Gay Wedding Cake Case By Marcia Coyle Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer joined Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority ruling. Kagan opened her concurring... Read More

LEGAL EDUCATION | NEWS Valerie Jarrett Addresses Roseanne Controversy Before Law School Leaders By Karen Sloan The former senior adviser to President Barack Obama was scheduled to speak at an ABA conference on law school fundraising... Read More

Elite Trial Lawyers: Deadline Extended to June 7 The National Law Journal's Elite Trial Lawyers recognizes U.S.-based law firms that have performed exemplary work on... Read More

JUDICIAL ETHICS | NEWS Judiciary's Proposed Reforms Confront 'Power Disparities' Between Judges, Employees By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle Misconduct in the federal courts is more than "isolated," a judiciary working group reports. “Of the inappropriate... Read More

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW | NEWS CFIUS Reform Is Likely, but 'Joint Venture' Provision in Play, Lawyers Say By MP McQueen The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 reforming the national security review process for mergers... Read More

Paul Manafort Accused of Witness Tampering in New Mueller Filing The special counsel in the Russia probe is requesting a hearing to ask federal judge to revoke or revise the former... Read More

Judiciary's Proposed Reforms Confront 'Power Disparities' Between Judges, Employees Misconduct in the federal courts is more than "isolated," a judiciary working group reports. “Of the inappropriate behavior... Read More

Where the Justices Found Middle Ground in Gay Wedding Cake Case Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer joined Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority ruling. Kagan opened her concurring... Read More

Elite Trial Lawyers: Deadline Extended to June 7 The National Law Journal's Elite Trial Lawyers recognizes U.S.-based law firms that have performed exemplary work on... Read More

Atlanta Law Firm Loses Seven-Year Fee Fight At US Supreme Court Lamar, Archer & Cofrin was pursuing more than $104,000 in legal feels a former client had discharged in Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Read More Justices Rule for Colorado Baker Who Refused to Make a Cake for Gay Wedding "Whatever the confluence of speech and free exercise principles might be in some cases, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s... Read More Valerie Jarrett Addresses Roseanne Controversy Before Law School Leaders The former senior adviser to President Barack Obama was scheduled to speak at an ABA conference on law school fundraising... Read More