By Christine Charnosky | June 29, 2023
"In the market for legal talent, major American law firms are clamoring for diversity, for a variety of good reasons, but also because their Fortune 500 clients are demanding that their cases be staffed with attorneys from diverse backgrounds," said Kevin K. Washburn, N. William Hines dean and professor of law at the University of Iowa College of Law. "This market demand remains strong, [so] law schools will find lawful ways to meet that demand."
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David G. Mandelbaum | June 29, 2023
Close analyses of the Supreme Court's opinions abound. Therefore, I offer only a brief thumbnail here. Section 301 of the federal Clean Water Act prohibits discharges of pollutants from a "point source" to "navigable waters" without a permit.
By Jimmy Hoover | June 27, 2023
Sharply divided Supreme Court rejects railway company's due process challenge to jurisdictional statute.
By Jimmy Hoover | June 14, 2023
The often-cited British common law is not always what the justices say it is, the researchers found.
The Legal Intelligencer | Live Coverage|News
By Justin Henry | May 11, 2023
The nation's second female solicitor general shared her thoughts Wednesday evening at the Third Circuit Judicial Conference on topics ranging from Oxford comma to a lengthier format for questioning advocates in Supreme Court hearings.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stephen A. Miller and Catherine C. Yun | April 17, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a challenge to the honest-services-fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. Section 1346. In Percoco v. United States, the court must determine whether the statute applies only to public officials, or if it can apply to private citizens acting with influence over public officials.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew D. Lee and Saverio S. Romeo | April 5, 2023
How can a judge punish a defendant for a crime as if the jury never acquitted them? It is a question that has weighed on the minds of defense lawyers and commentators for years, and it is one that the U.S. Sentencing Commission is seeking to put to rest once and for all.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Cliff Rieders | March 23, 2023
Where an employer's good-faith efforts to accommodate have been unsuccessful, the inquiry turns to whether the employer demonstrated that, "such an accommodation would work an undue hardship upon the employer and its business."
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Julie Negovan | March 9, 2023
In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, US Supreme Court, No. 21-707, the most diverse Supreme Court in American history tackles nuanced issues of equal protection and race under the Fourteenth Amendment. A decision is expected in June 2023.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stephen A. Miller and Andrew D. Linz | March 2, 2023
The court would clearly prefer that Congress update its statutory framework for the modern digital world. Until it does, however, the court is likely to continue to face difficult questions about the application of Section 230 to an online world that no longer resembles what Congress originally regulated.
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