Developments in the Law
12.05.21 00:00 OTHER SESSIONS - American Law Institute Annual Meeting - Monday May 21, 2012
12.05.22 00:00 OTHER SESSIONS - American Law Institute Annual Meeting - Tuesday May 22, 2012
12.05.23 00:00 OTHER SESSIONS - American Law Institute Annual Meeting - Wednesday May 23, 2012
12.05.25 00:00 ORDERS - Orders - Friday May 25, 2012 @ Supreme Court of Texas
Crimes Against Justices and Cameras in the Court: What's the Link-
Tased and Confused: Will Supreme Court Hear Excessive Force Case-
SCOTUS: Chapter 12 Tax Theory on Selling the Farm Buys the Farm
It's All a Facade: SCOTUS Facelift Begins
There May Be Justice for John Edwards, But No Justice John Edwards
To Err is Human, to Correct is ... Highly Unusual
Three Years is Plenty of Time to Collect Unpaid Taxes
Supreme Court Approval Rating at a 25-Year Low
Will SCOTUS Stamp Out Montana's Constitutional Mischief-
Filarsky Tells Delia to Read SCOTUS Opinion in Hell
There's No Ethnic Profiling in Arizona S.B. 1070-
Paul Clement, Donald Verrilli: Rematch This Week with S.B. 1070
Opinion Recap: SCOTUS on Human Rights, Patent Law, and the Mets
Private Attorneys Working for Government Get Qualified Immunity
Supreme Court Orders: Copyright Protection and Enron Rejection
Orders Released May 8, 2012
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Orders Released April 25, 2012
Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 03/30/2012
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Orders Released March 19, 2012
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Weekly Event Report for 03/16/2012
Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 03/02/2012
Weekly Event Report for 03/09/2012
Orders Released March 06, 2012
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Orders Released February 27, 2012
Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 02/24/2012
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Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 02/17/2012
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Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 01/27/2012
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Orders Released January 25, 2012
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Orders Released January 11, 2012
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Weekly Event Report for 01/06/2012
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Weekly Event Report for 12/30/11
Orders Released December 28, 2011
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Weekly Event Report for 12/16/11
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Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 12/16/11
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Weekly Event Report for 12/09/11
Orders Released December 6, 2011
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Orders Released November 29, 2011
Weekly Event Report for 12/02/11
Orders (with opinions) Released November 28, 2011
Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 11/18/11
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Weekly Event Report for 11/04/11
Orders Released October 31, 2011
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Weekly Event Report for 10/28/11
Orders Released October 26, 2011
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Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 10/21/11
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Orders Released October 19, 2011
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Weekly Event Report for 10/14/11
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Weekly Event Report for 10/07/11
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Orders Released October 04, 2011
Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 09/30/11
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Weekly Event Report for 09/16/11
Orders Released September 13, 2011
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Orders Released September 06, 2011
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Orders Released September 01, 2011
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Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 08/26/11
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Orders Released August 22, 2011
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Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 07/29/11
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Orders Released July 14, 2011
Orders Released July 12, 2011
Orders Released July 11, 2011
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Weekly Event Report for 07/08/11
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Orders Released June 30, 2011
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Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 06/24/11
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Orders Released June 21, 2011
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Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 06/10/11
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Orders Released June 07, 2011
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Weekly Event Report for 06/03/11
Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 05/27/11
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Orders Released May 25, 2011
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Orders Released May 19, 2011
Orders Released May 16, 2011
Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 05/13/11
Weekly Event Report for 05/13/11
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Weekly Orders (with Opinions) Released 05/06/11
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The Justice Department has won its bid to bar former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal from representing an electronics executive seeking to overturn his conviction in an important criminal price-fixing case.
New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is readying a possible bankruptcy-protection filing for sometime in the next several weeks, said people familiar with the matter, a move that would initiate official liquidation of the beleaguered institution.
The feds are burned out with a medical marijuana grower that it suspects isn’t quite taking its bankruptcy case seriously.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today upheld the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act -- the one that requires states deemed to have historically suppressed minority votes to get approval from the Justice Department or a three-judge panel before changing voting procedures.
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The company filed for an IPO with the SEC last week that could raise as much as $120 million.
Law Blog rounds up the morning's news.
Authorities in Florida have released hundred of pages of evidence, audio recordings and photos in connection with the prosecution of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin
What happens when a federal appeals court, reviewing a case en banc, votes 5-5? It takes a majority to reverse a lower court's ruling, so the win goes to the appellee. It's a rare thing, the en banc tie, and it's even rarer that judges issue opinions in a deadlock, but that's what happened today in the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
The upcoming insider-trading trial of Rajat Gupta, a former director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co., could be quite the affair. Several corporate titans are among the potential witnesses.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan threw out copyright infringement claims brought by lawyers who say LexisNexis and Westlaw are stealing the works of lawyers.
Law Blog rounds up the morning's news.
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Otis Mobley Jr., a 23-year-old from the San Francisco Bay Area, faces charges that could put him away for a long time, including assault on a federal agent.Prosecutors say he orchestrated a bogus deal to sell a grenade launcher in the parking lot of a Chevy's restaurant in Richmond, Calif. Rather than hock a large weapon, Mr. Mobley, his 18-year-old cousin and an associate tried to rob the buyer of $1,000, according to prosecutors. The Justice Department . . . . .
Rajat Gupta's lawyers want to show at his insider-trading trial next week that the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director is motivated by things other than money and introduce evidence of his charitable giving.
UPDATE: Apparently a few employees are still roaming the halls at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's Manhattan offices. Make that 100, to be precise. On Wednesday the firm amended its
WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) filing with the New York state Department of Labor to reflect the following:  there are 533 total employees, not 433, as stated in the initial May 8 filing. All but one 100 are still out of a job, though. . .
In the years since the 2008 financial downturn forced law firms to trim lawyers and discount services, one question has loomed large: will the changes be permanent? Unfortunately, yes, according to a new poll of law firm leaders out Wednesday from the consulting firm Altman Weil Inc.
Jarretta Hamilton began teaching at Southland Christian School in St. Cloud, Fla., in 2008, got pregnant with her then-fiance, got married, was fired and filed a discrimination lawsuit.
The trial of former ex-ace Roger Clemens on charges he lied about steroid use is in its fifth week, and already two jurors have been booted for sleeping on the job.
Christopher J. Clark, the head of Dewey's white-collar defense practice, will join Latham & Watkins LLP as a partner. Unlike many other partners who've jumped off the Dewey ship, Mr. Clark is moving to Latham solo.
Law Blog rounds up the morning's news.

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