Big-ticket state and federal trial, appellate and Supreme Court litigation focused on business challenges to agency rules and regulations
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 2, 2017
Plaintiff's as applied challenge to 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(4) under the Second Amendment failed because he could not meet the second prong of step one under the 'Marzzarella' framework since he could not produce sufficient evidence to distinguish himself from the historically barred class as he had no record of responsible firearms usage and he had undergone continuing mental health treatment. Motion to dismiss granted.
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By therecorder | The Recorder | June 2, 2017
9th Cir.; 15-15428 The court of appeals affirmed a judgment. The court held that the imposition of a fee on firearms purchasers to fund enforcement efforts…
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 2, 2017
The state Supreme Court has dismissed a Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board lawyer's challenge to board regulations banning its attorneys from working for casinos, racetracks and other gaming centers for two years after leaving the board.
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By Jesse Londin | June 2, 2017
A look inside four apps revolutionizing the world of law this June, from blockchain regulations to the U.S. Constitution to NYC parking tickets.
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By Andrea Rodriguez | June 1, 2017
A handful of entrepreneurs have quietly formed communist Cuba's first private small business association, testing the government's willingness to allow Cubans to organize outside the strict bounds of state control.
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By Marcia Coyle | June 1, 2017
In the next few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court could issue a decision that puts a crimp in the investigation schedule of special counsel and former FBI director Robert Mueller III.
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By Erin Mulvaney | June 1, 2017
A Whole Foods Market Group policy that bars employees from recording is unlawful and could create a “chill” for workers to express their rights,…
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By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | June 1, 2017
State Employee Entitled to Qualified Immunity Where No Causal Connection between Complained-Of Conduct and Exercise of Clearly Established Rights
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By Tony Mauro | May 31, 2017
The latest effort to force the U.S. Supreme Court to allow demonstrations on the court's marble plaza was dismissed by a Washington federal judge on Wednesday. The challengers in the case, , claimed the ban on demonstrations at the high court violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act by burdening their religious rights to protest capital punishment with candlelight vigils.
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By Tony Mauro | May 30, 2017
Ruling in BNSF Railway v. Tyrrell, the court said Monday that the 14th Amendment does not allow a state to bring an out-of-state company before its own courts for an incident that happened elsewhere.
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