Briefly: For The New York Times, Liz Robbins reports that “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg presided over a naturalization ceremony on Tuesday at the New York Historical Society, treating her rapt audience to a history lesson.” At Supreme Court Brief (subscription required), Tony Mauro asks “two lawyers who...
When both sides of an issue agree on something, it can suggest a sensible consensus has emerged. But it could also mean that everybody’s trying to do the minimum without expending more energy on thinking clearly about the subject. I believe that when it comes to...
Without abolishing the individual, the Scottish Enlightenment nonetheless made solidarity basic to human existence....
The petition of the day is: Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. 17-1229 Issue: Whether, under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, an inventor’s sale of an invention to a third party that is obligated to keep the invention confidential qualifies as prior art for purposes of...
The fallout from the current wave of revelations sexual misconduct involving media figures, politicians, and corporate executives has included, among other things, a rash of D&O claims – including, for example, claims against the boards of 21st Century Fox and Wynn Resorts. An interesting recent...
In its conference of April 13, 2018, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether, pursuant to United States v. Munsingwear Inc., the Supreme Court should vacate the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s judgment and instruct that court...
Next week, the Supreme Court has another opportunity to consider the scope of criminal restitution. Lagos v. United States raises the question of whether private investigation costs and a victim’s attorney’s fees are considered compensable losses under 18 U.S.C. §3663A, the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act. Sergio...
This post was originally published on Oct. 13, 2016 and updated on April 11, 2018. As the owner of a small or mid-sized law firm, your primary focus – after gaining competency as an attorney – is to understand and apply the key principles of business...
Federal immigration courts temporarily will halt a program that offers legal assistance to detained foreign nationals facing deportation while it audits the program’s cost-effectiveness, reports the Washington Post. Officials told the Vera Institute of Justice that starting this month, it will stop the nonprofit’s Legal...
Chicago’s five major sports teams pledged a total of $1 million late last year to bankroll violence prevention programs. Now Chicago billionaire Ken Griffin — listed as Illinois’ richest man — is raising the ante, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Griffin is donating $10 million toward...