Litigation

Appeals Judge Finally Confirmed

January 13, 2016

After a 14-month delay, the Senate this week finally confirmed Philadelphia Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo to a federal appeals court […]

Gun Violence Jurors Carry Existential Wounds

January 13, 2016

In the case of James Holmes, the man who killed 12 in an Aurora, Colo. movie theater in 2012, the […]

Lawyers Who Challenged Canadian Gov’t Now Fight For Pay

January 13, 2016

Two Canadian lawyers who opposed the appointment of a judge to that country’s Supreme Court – an appointment that was […]

Journalist Who Aided Hacker Group Fights 7 Year Prison Sentence

January 13, 2016

A journalist who aided hacker group Anonymous in defacing the Los Angeles Times’ website in 2010 is fighting a probation […]

SCOTUS Looks Ready To Hit Unions Hard

January 13, 2016

This week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that may scrap a four-decade precedent allowing public-sector labor […]

Sporting Unearned Medal Protected By First Amendment

January 13, 2016

An appeals court has found that the portion of federal law that made it a crime to wear an unearned […]

More GCs Looking To “Litigation Funding”

January 13, 2016

A litigation financing ploy, formerly geared to plaintiffs and to evening out the playing field for small litigants, has gone […]

EPA Sued By Beekeepers

January 12, 2016

A coalition of environmental groups and beekeepers from three states have sued the EPA, claiming it has failed to regulate […]

Corporate Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s ‘Worst Nightmare’

January 12, 2016

Rob Bilott was about to be named a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister when he took on farmer Wilbur […]

Ex-Law Firm Worker Pleads Guilty To Stealing $500K

January 12, 2016

A former accounting department worker for Freedman, Anselmo, Lindberg and Rappe has plead guilty to stealing more than $500,000 from […]

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