By Ross Todd | January 17, 2018
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar asked federal prosecutors to investigate nearly 6,000 potentially bogus claims submitted in a $5.3 million settlement with app makers, including Twitter, Instagram and Yelp.
By Marcia Coyle | January 17, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with whether a criminal defense lawyer violates the Constitution by ignoring his client's express wishes in order to save him from the death penalty.
By Cogan Schneier | January 16, 2018
In a hearing Tuesday, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the criminal trial for the former Trump campaign chairman and his deputy might not begin for months.
National Law Journal | Commentary
By Tim Lewis | January 9, 2018
On Jan. 17, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in McCoy v. Louisiana, a case that will determine whether the law allows a defense attorney to concede a defendant's guilt to the jury over the defendant's explicit objections.
By Marcia Coyle | January 9, 2018
“What worries me is what's our rule going to be,” Justice Stephen Breyer said Tuesday. “Are we going to have a [Fourth Amendment] rule for car rental cases?”
By Cogan Schneier | January 9, 2018
Media reports Monday indicated President Donald Trump may sit down for a voluntary interview with the special counsel's team within weeks.
By Cheryl Miller | January 4, 2018
Cole, now a Sidley Austin partner, said he thought his namesake Justice Department memo outlined "a valid policy and was moving things in the right direction."
By Cheryl Miller | January 4, 2018
John W. Vardaman III says Sessions' rescission of Obama-era guidance on marijuana puts U.S. attorneys "in a very tenuous position."
By Cheryl Miller | January 3, 2018
McGregor Scott, formerly a white collar partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, was sworn into office Dec. 29 in Sacramento a day after U.S. Chief District Judge Lawrence O'Neill ordered his appointment. Separately, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions named Gibson Dunn's Nicola Hanna to serve as the interim U.S. attorney for the Central District of California.
By Karen Sloan | January 2, 2018
A former classmate of Matthew Riehl, who killed a Colorado deputy Sunday in a shooting spree, said that while at law school, Riehl left a women's douche in the study carrel of one of his perceived enemies.
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