An ambitious prosecutor seeking re-election, a governor trying to figure out what is wrong with her state’s death penalty system, a victim’s family pushing to see a killer executed, an attorney general seeking to guard her authority in the death penalty system, a death row inmate whose fate is in the balance—these elements are a…
Jessica Berg has been appointed dean of the University of California Davis School of Law. Berg, who served as co-dean of the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University, will start in her new role Sept. 1. “While I initially hadn’t planned to consider another deanship right away, the opportunity at UC Davis was…
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(Photo by Demetrius Freeman-Pool/Getty Images) It was barely a year ago that Senator Lindsey Graham seemed to acknowledge that something needed to be done about the ethics scandals that plague the Supreme Court. In the interceding time, those scandals have only gotten worse, so you might think he’d respond with horror at the corruption and…
There’s nothing wrong with being a criminal lawyer. Everyone needs representation! But being a criminal lawyer can sow distrust in the profession — a quick run through lawyer jokes should tip you off to us not needing any reinforcement of that stereotype. Fox 17 has coverage: The Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the decision of a…
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Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Columbia University has placed three employees on leave as it investigates text exchanges reportedly sent during a panel discussion on May 31 about the Jewish student experience. The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative news outlet,…
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) On June 21, US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez booted Free Speech Systems (FSS) out of bankruptcy, ending Alex Jones’s desperate attempt to avoid paying off the Sandy Hook parents he’d grievously defamed. Approximately one hour later, Mark Bankston, attorney for the tranche of parents who sued Jones and FSS in Texas,…
(Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images) Late last week, Elon Musk’s attorneys from Quinn Emanuel offered a new theory for tossing an investor suit claiming that his public bad-mouthing and eventual litigation over his Twitter acquisition was an effort to drive down the share price: no one reasonably could be dumb enough to believe him. Basically…