By Erin Mulvaney | August 15, 2018
Administrative law judges and federal appeals judges are now grappling with the scope of the Supreme Court's ruling in 'Lucia,' which confronted the lawfulness of the appointment of federal in-house judges.
By Rhys Dipshan | August 13, 2018
The owner of The Roanoke Times alleges reporter Andy Bitter illegally kept his Twitter account when he left, and the case may have far-reaching consequences for the business use of social media accounts.
By Greg Land | August 9, 2018
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden said he had no jurisdiction to hold a group of foreign-based reinsurers liable for a $26 million arbitration award that followed the 2014 bankruptcy of Glacial Energy Holdings.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 23, 2018
The complaint in Washington's federal trial court details the downfall of a relationship that drew close interest from the blockchain and cryptocurrency community—only to sour. A team from Winston & Strawn represents plaintiff Gladius Network LLC in its suit against Krypton Capital.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 29, 2018
The photo of Juli Briskman giving the president the bird rocketed around the web and late-night TV. Attorneys for Akima LLC and Briskman argued Friday in Virginia court over whether the company's termination violated the public policy exception of Virginia's at-will employment scheme.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 25, 2018
"Akima is not a governmental entity—it is a private company," the company's lawyers at Virginia-based IslerDare wrote in court papers asking a judge to dismiss the claims. "Therefore, Akima's termination of plaintiff's employment cannot possibly violate free speech clauses in the U.S. or Virginia Constitution."
By Erin Mulvaney | June 22, 2018
“There is a bit of a push, pull that you will continue to see,” says Michael Phillips of McGuireWoods. “The Supreme Court is knocking down obstacles and other judges are not as enthusiastic from a policy point of view. That dynamic won't end anytime soon.”
By Marcia Coyle | June 12, 2018
"The contracts clause categorically prohibits states from passing 'any ... law impairing the obligation of contracts,'" Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a solo dissent in the case Sveen v. Melin. The framers, Gorsuch said, "were absolute. They took the view that treating existing contracts as 'inviolable' would benefit society by ensuring that all persons could count on the ability to enforce promises lawfully made to them."
By C. Ryan Barber | June 12, 2018
“In general, I would say this is not quite the Rosetta Stone for interpreting DOJ's position on FARA that some might have hoped for,” says Covington & Burling's Robert Kelner, an election and political law expert. “The opinions cover a lot of ground but they do it in some cases at a fairly high level of generality."
By Erin Mulvaney | June 7, 2018
The use of personality tests ballooned over the last decade, as companies tried to find efficient ways to hire workers by using algorithms to predict how a worker will perform.
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