James Whitman, a Yale law professor, has used a European Commission statement disapproving Poland’s recent law restructuring its judiciary to attack the American judicial selection process. He argues that, like the Polish law condemned by the EU, our selection is overtly and dangerously political, making...
Detroit posted its lowest tally of criminal homicides last year in more than a half-century: 267, reports the Detroit News. That is the fewest criminal homicides since the 214 recorded in 1966. That was at a time when Detroit had a population of more than...
On Sunday, Chief Justice John Roberts released his year-end report on the federal judiciary. Amy Howe has this blog’s coverage, which first appeared at Howe on the Court. For The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that Roberts announced “an initiative … to ensure there are...
Reflections on a Year of President Trump...
More securities class action lawsuits were filed in 2017 than in any year since 2001, in significant part because of the substantial number of federal court merger objection lawsuit filings during the year. But even disregarding the merger suits and looking only at the traditional...
Who Can File Mesothelioma Lawsuits? If you are close enough to somebody who passed away because of mesothelioma during or before the time they filed a lawsuit, you may file a wrongful death claim. Just make sure that you meet particular criteria. The laws on this...
Chief Justice John Roberts released his year-end report on the federal judiciary tonight. In 2016, Roberts used the report to pay homage to what he regarded as the unsung hero of the federal judiciary: the federal district judge, whom he described as a “capable administrator”...
A sheriff’s deputy was killed and four others were wounded Sunday in a shooting in suburban Denver that capped a year of deadly attacks in the U.S., the Associated Press reports. Two civilians were also injured. The shooting happened after deputies were called to the...
Phoenix homicides rose again in 2017 after a disturbing spike in 2016, the Arizona Republic reports. There were at least 152 homicides through mid-December, compared with 146 in all of 2016. The uptick comes on the heels of a sharp increase in 2016, when homicides...
Carjackings in Chicago surged to their highest number in at least 10 years, a trend that the Chicago Tribune reports has unnerved residents and visitors alike. While much of the city’s attention was focused on the rise in shootings and homicides over the past two...