Recent Updates
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Appeals court revives House lawsuit for McGahn's testimony
Law Firm News 08/01/2020A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday revived House Democrats' lawsuit to force former White House counsel Don McGahn to appear before a congressional committee, but left other legal issues unresolved with time growing short in the current ...
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‘See you in court’: ACLU files nearly 400 cases versus Trump
Legal Events 07/28/2020The day after Donald Trump’s election in November 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union posted a message to him on its website: “See you in court.”As president, Trump hasn’t personally squared off against the ACLU from the ...
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German court convicts former concentration camp guard, 93
Recent Cases 07/21/2020A German court on Thursday convicted a 93-year-old former SS private of being an accessory to murder at the Stutthof concentration camp, where he served as a guard in the final months of World War II. He was given a two-year suspended sentence.Bruno ...
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The Supreme Court's future hinges on the 2020 election
Notable Attorneys 07/16/2020The blockbuster Supreme Court term that just ended was a (nearly) unmitigated disaster for movement conservatives. Chief Justice John Roberts declined to overturn precedent on abortion rights. Conservative activist Justice Neil Gorsuch showed he woul...
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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Nazi art case
Recent Cases 07/08/2020The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a case involving the descendants of a group of Jewish art dealers from Germany who say their ancestors were forced to sell a collection of religious art to the Nazi government in 1935. The justices will decid...
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Roberts a pivotal vote in the Supreme Court's big opinions
National News 07/02/2020The biggest cases of the Supreme Court term so far have a surprising common thread. On a court with five Republican appointees, the liberal justices have been in the majority in rulings that make workplace discrimination against gay and transgender p...
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UConn student fugitive in court on murder charge, police say
Law Firm News 06/10/2020A University of Connecticut student, who police say used a machete to kill a man, fatally shot a high school acquaintance, and then spent six days as a fugitive, will be arraigned Friday on murder and other charges, authorities said.Peter Manfr...
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Lawyer for Biden accuser Tara Reade drops her as a client
Law Firm News 05/20/2020The attorney working with Tara Reade, the former Joe Biden Senate staffer who alleged he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, said Friday he is no longer representing her, just two weeks after he first began working with her.Douglas Wigdor said in a ...
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Lawyer: Security video in Arbery case may show water breaks
Law Firm News 05/15/2020A young black man filmed by a security camera walking through a home under construction in December and in February may have stopped at the site for a drink of water, according to an attorney for the homeowner thrust into the investigation of the fat...
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Nebraska court orders disclosure of execution drug records
Law Firm News 05/12/2020injection drugs, the state's highest court ruled Friday.In ordering the documents to be disclosed for public scrutiny, the Nebraska Supreme Court sided with two newspapers and a prisoner advocacy group that had sued the Department of Correctional Ser...
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Catholic schools, ex-teachers clash in Supreme Court case
Recent Cases 05/07/2020First, Kristen Biel learned she had breast cancer. Then, after she told the Catholic school where she taught that she’d need time off for treatment, she learned her teaching contract wouldn’t be renewed.“She was devastated,” s...
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Blind justice: No visual cues in high court phone cases
Law Firm News 04/23/2020On the evening before he was to argue a case before the Supreme Court years ago, Jeffrey Fisher broke his glasses. That left the very nearsighted lawyer with an unappealing choice. He could wear contacts and clearly see the justices but not his notes...