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30-Nov-20
Can Trump Change A Key Census Count? Supreme Court Hears His Claim

The Constitution says that for reallocating House seats, the census must count the "whole number of persons" in each state. But Trump wants to subtract undocumented immigrants.
29-Nov-20
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rejects Republican Suit To Throw Out Ballots

One justice writes: "It is not our role to lend legitimacy to such transparent and untimely efforts to subvert the will of Pennsylvania voters."
29-Nov-20
Supreme Court To Hear Arguments On Census Counts And Electoral Votes

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday over whether President Trump can alter the 2020 census numbers that determine each state's share of Electoral College votes for the next 10 years.

26-Nov-20
Judiciary Mourns The Loss of Judge Raymond Grimes

11/26/20 Judge Raymond Grimes, a general sessions and juvenile judge in Montgomery County, passed away on November 26 after being hospitalized with COVID-19 for several days. He was 73. He was first elected to the bench in 1998 and was reelected multiple times, most recently in 2014. Judge Grimes earned his bachelor's degree from Memph
25-Nov-20
Judge Sellers Awarded Sharon G. Lee Award of Excellence By Municipal Judges Conference

11/25/20 Murfreesboro Municipal Judge Ewing Sellers was recently awarded the 2020 Sharon G. Lee Award of Excellence by the Tennessee Municipal Judges Conference. In 2015, Board of Governors created the Sharon G. Lee Award of Excellence to be presented to a municipal judge who has made a significant contribution to the conference over the co
24-Nov-20
Chancellor Walter L. Evans Retiring After Over Two Decades On The Bench

11/24/20 At the end of the month, 30th Judicial District Chancellor Walter L. Evans will retire after 22 years serving the people of Shelby County in Chancery Court.The retirement caps off a long and successful career that saw Chancellor Evans spend over two decades in private legal practice before becoming a municipal judge for the City of

25-Nov-20
Supreme Court considers Trump’s plan to adjust census based on immigration status
25-Nov-20
Lawyer recounts the life and legacy of the mysterious man behind Pilates

In 1963, John Howard Steel was a 28-year-old attorney with a challenging litigation practice, an unhappy marriage and a stiff neck. At the urging of…
25-Nov-20
Afternoon Briefs: Trump pardons Michael Flynn; lawyer suspended for cyberattack knowledge

Trump pardons former national security adviser Flynn President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded…

26-Aug-19
Afternoon Briefs: Parking lot shooter’s self-defense bid fails; lawyer charged in alleged Mercedes attack

Shooter of unarmed black man found guilty of manslaughter; sheriff hadn’t charged him Michael Drejka’s self-defense argument didn’t succeed when Florida jurors convicted him of…
23-Aug-19
3rd Circuit says lawyer isn’t liable for alleged malpractice of husband who listed partnership on letterhead

A legal malpractice plaintiff can’t hold a lawyer liable for her husband’s legal work when the plaintiff didn’t rely on representations that the lawyers were…
21-Aug-19
New rule would override Flores settlement, allow detention of immigrant families for more than 20 days

Updated: A new rule unveiled by the Trump administration on Wednesday would override the so-called Flores settlement that caps the detention of immigrant children at…

23-Aug-19
European travel disputes are on Flightright’s legal tech radar

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Philipp Kadelbach, the founder of Flightright, an automated service that helps passengers check and assert their compensation claims in…
30-Jul-19
Trade secret privilege is bad for criminal justice

In a cold-case murder trial, software generated the main evidence against Martell Chubbs. With a decades-old DNA sample from the crime scene, prosecutors asked a…
26-Jul-19
Private equity and the rapid pace of change in legal technology

Ari Kaplan spoke with Thomas Martin, an investment professional with Hg, a private equity firm that recently acquired Litera Microsystems and Workshare. They discussed…

27-Jun-19
Mitchell v. Wisconsin

(United States Supreme Court) - Held that when a motorist suspected of drunk driving is unconscious and cannot be given a breath test, the exigent-circumstances doctrine generally permits a blood test without a warrant. Justice Alito announced the judgment of the Court and delivered a plurality opinion, joined by three other justices. Justice Thomas concurring in the judgment.
27-Jun-19
Department of Commerce v. New York

(United States Supreme Court) - Held that the government's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census questionnaire did not violate the Enumeration Clause or the Census Act. However, the sole stated reason for reinstating the question "seems to have been contrived," and therefore it was appropriate to remand the case back to the agency on that ground. Chief Justice Roberts delivered
27-Jun-19
Rucho v Common Cause

(United States Supreme Court) - Vacated and remanded. Plaintiffs as voters in North Carolina and Maryland filed suit challenging congressional districting maps as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. The district court ruled in favor of plaintiffs. The US Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions that are beyond the reach of the federal courts.