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Once in a while, we’ll come across an article that just simply defies us. It’s typically not that such a piece is too legally complicated to discuss, rather that it stands on its own in some way, defying commentary, a paean to logic-defyi...
You had to suspect this would happen. You’d have to expect that the Supreme Court, having opened the Second Amendment box last term with its Heller opinion, would have to weigh in on the topic again soon to clarify what it might view as any mis...
We can barely wait for next week. Yes, there’s a little matter called the MLB playoffs, in which our beloved Angels will have their hands full with those dreaded Boys from Beantown.
But of even greater cause for excitement: the opening of the...
Just a smidge of Scotus news to get you caught up on today, LBers, starting with some of an unpleasant nature: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Washington Hospital Center on Thursday when she fell ill at the court after being treated for a...
An observation: Product-liability claims against pharmaceutical companies are sort of like the U.S. mail. Come rain, snow, sleet, hail, boom-times or recessions, the claims just keep on coming. It’s bad news for Big Pharma, but good news for la...
On Thursday, we previewed a case gearing up at the Supreme Court for which we’re extremely excited.
Coming in a distant second (but second nonetheless) is Free Enterprise and Beckstead and Watts v. PCAOB and U.S. At issue: the constitutionality of a...
The opening wave of news stories on the decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York focused largely — and understandably — on logistics, as well as the symbolism of bringing the alleged 9/11 mastermind (and several of his colleagues) back to...
Our title’s straightforward enough, right? Needs no further explanation?
Yes, we’re kidding. Let us explain: The Recorder on Friday put out a nice piece on the McKesson trial, detailing the ins and outs of the government’s strategy in landing a...
R. Allen Stanford. American International Group. Alcoa. Colonial BancGroup.
Those are among the companies and individuals currently being investigated or prosecuted by the Justice Department’s fraud section, which handles complex financial cases and...
There must be no bigger thrill as a prosecutor than getting to cross examine a defendant who’s looked the Fifth Amendment in the eye and said ‘I need you not, self-incrimination clause. I will take the stand.’
It was that decision, made recently by...
