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Conservative political action committees (PACs) took a hit on the chin with the Fourth Circuit’s determination that the 1971 FECA rules did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment as to MPCs. In fact, if anything, the Act actually favors political committees. Summary Judgment against the PACs was affirmed by the circuit […]

If there has ever been a convoluted rule to come from the EPA/Army Corps of Engineers, it’s the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule. Just recently, the Sixth Circuit decided that it had jurisdiction to review the mountain of challenges against the controversial law, and not the Federal district courts. The rule had been […]Read More

Ricardo Lenin Osorio-Moreno is not a nice person. Troubling childhood aside, his criminal history began at the age of 15 with crimes of grand theft, burglary, armed robbery, and possession; he was a fast learner in the art of being a career criminal. In fact, his rap sheet is so long, it’s one of those […]

A lot of ink has been devoted these past few weeks over Apple’s resistance to the FBI. Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, has repeatedly made his position clear that Apple customers’ security is among the company’s top concerns. However, there have been some concerns raised that the company might have been less than staunch in this […]Read More

The Second Circuit ruled recently that the law firm of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP can’t hide up court records in a lawsuit in which a “disgruntled employee” was forced to resign after shining a light on potentially unethical conduct by lawyers at the firm. Weighing the public interest versus potential harm to litigants […]

You really have to hand it Judge Posner. He and his court have a fantastic ability to make reading appellate decisions an actual delight. In this trademark infringement lawsuit, a tiny company and the famous maker of Land O’ Lakes butter lost to each other in court before a bemused Judge Posner. If you saw […]

Wild bighorn sheep used to number in the millions, grazing along the steep cliffs of rocky mountains. But today, there are less than 70,000 left, their numbers having dwindled as a result of habitat loss, hunting, and disease spread from domestic sheep. In order to prevent further decline to bighorn sheep populations in Idaho, the […]

Strict textualism is alive and well in the Supreme Court, even after Justice Scalia’s passing. Nowhere can that be seen more clearly than in Lockhart v. U.S., one of the first decisions since Scalia’s death. The question presented: how to interpret statutory mandatory minimum sentences for sexual abuse. The result: a 6-2 split, broadly extending […]Read More

You don’t need a special occasion to appreciate women in the law, though International Women’s Day is just around the corner. And it’s a great time to be a woman in the law, as more and more female lawyers are making their way towards the top of the profession, as equity partners, academics, and even […]Read More

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja,  nigeria’s capital granted bail to former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, days after he was remanded in Kuje prison, Abuja. He was granted bail on self-recognition by Justice Anwuli Chikere, who said the court’s decision followed the failure of the prosecution to prove that Moro would interfere with […]Read More

Global stocks, oil dip, but markets calm down as growth fears ease (Reuters) Greece cannot carry migrant burden on its own: PM Tsipras (Reuters) New Migrant Crisis Flares in Greece (WSJ) Qatar’s BeIn Media buys U.S. film studio Miramax (Reuters) Nanny who beheaded Russian girl cites revenge for Putin’s Syria strikes (Reuters) Elliott Management’s wager […]Read More

Via Dana Lyons’ Tumblr, The S&P 500 Pure Growth Index has broken above a key level that has alternately served as support AND resistance over the past 2 years. When traders mention “pivot points”, they are referring to levels on a chart that serve as both support and resistance, depending upon whether prices are above […]Read More