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Who's right on the fiscal issue: S&P or the Treasury
Rarely has a credit rating company made such an astute observation of the human condition. "We believe there is a material risk that U.S. policy makers might not reach an agreement on how to address medium- and long-term budgetary challenges by 2013," Standard Poor's said on assigning a negative outlook to the U.Pimco-to-DWS see U.S. escaping cliff as $1 trillion erased
The world's biggest investors say the rout that erased $1 trillion from the value of global equities after President Barack Obama was re-elected overlooks the fact that the world economy is improving while U.S. leaders start discussions that may avoid the so-called fiscal cliff.Former Judge Wins Partial First Amendment Victory at 5th Circuit
The 5th Circuit has handed Robert Jenevein, a former Dallas County judge, a partial victory in his seven-year fight with the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct. The unanimous panel ruled that the commission violated Jenevein's First Amendment free-speech rights in its January 2003 public censure of him. However, it also held that the commission could censure Jenevein for holding a news conference in his courtroom -- while wearing his judicial robes -- to criticize a Dallas attorney.Lenders Will Be Required To Verify Borrower's Ability To Repay
Mortgage lenders and regulators are focusing on implementing new underwriting requirements.Brown, respondents v. Reinauer Transportation Companies LLC, appellants
Orders Barring Expert's Testimony, Apportioning Liability in Hurt Worker's Jones Act Suit AffirmedView more book results for the query "White"
For Greenland's Prisoners, it's candlelight and imported cheese
William W. BedsworthYears ago, I wrote a column in which I derided something the California Legislature had done, complaining that they "turn out laws with the same vapid rapidity with which Famous Amos turns out cookies." It was the best column I ever wrote. Granted, this is not an exceptionally difficult accolade to earn.GOP signals rough path to AG for Holder
The disagreement on the Senate floor last week was ostensibly over timing.While congressional leaders negotiated behind closed doors over proposed loans to Detroit automakers, several Republicans took the floor Wednesday and Thursday to discuss Covington Burling's Eric Holder Jr. They called for Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.President's Game? History Refutes Claims to Unlimited Power Over Foreign Affairs
Louis Fisher warns that legal history is being distorted to support unchecked presidential power in foreign affairs.Colleagues Remember Fulbright Partner's Dedication to Public Service
The Texas legal community was saddened and shaken by the death last week of Michael Shelby, a respected former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas who, after years of public service, had recently left his post to become a litigation partner in Fulbright & Jaworski. "Mike Shelby could talk for an hour on any topic, and if he knew something about it, he could talk for two hours," says Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal. Shelby suffered from bone cancer that had recently recurred, his friends say.'Crawford': Bright-Line Rule on Confrontation in Sex Assault Trials
Paul DerOhannesian II, a partner at DerOhannesian & DerOhannesian, writes that trial practitioners must beware of the pitfalls in objecting to hearsay statements. A general hearsay objection, an evidentiary objection, does not preserve for appellate review an objection based on the Confrontation Clause.Trending Stories
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