This post was originally published on the RLUIPA Defense blog by Evan Seeman, Esq. and Madeleine Laffitte, Esq. from Robinson Cole and reposted with permission. On December 30, 2022, the district court dismissed the Catholic high school’s RLUIPA challenge, rendering a summary judgment on all claims in favor of the City of Madison, Wisconsin, and […]
Continue Reading(Reuters) – Washington, DC-founded law firm Steptoe & Johnson on Wednesday said its revenue increased by 3% to $434.6 million in 2022, a slowdown from its growth in 2021 but still record receipts for the firm. Steptoe chair Gwen Renigar attributed the growth in part to the firm’s government-facing practices. The firm said its lawyers […]
Continue ReadingSTAMFORD — The attorney for Michelle Troconis and prosecutors are asking a judge to close the courtroom when they argue next month over a particular piece of evidence in the Jennifer Dulos case. Jon Schoenhorn, who is representing Troconis, turned the sweatshirt over to prosecutors in 2021 through a third party, attorney Tara Knight, who […]
Continue ReadingHearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Tuesday 28th February 2023the Court will hear the case of JTI POLSKA Sp. Zoo and others v Jakubowski and otherson appeal from [2021] EWHC 1465. The case concerns whether the Supreme Court should depart from the judgment of the House of […]
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Congress on Wednesday approved a law giving the nation’s armed forces a dominant role in airspace surveillance and defense, a measure proponents say is vital to national sovereignty and security. The reform was sent to Mexico President Andres Manuel López Obrador to be signed into law after being approved by […]
Continue ReadingA budding GOP impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is relying on a 2006 law that says operational control of the border means the prevention of “all unlawful entries” to the United States — a standard seen as impossible to meet. The Secure Fence Act of 2006 was passed during a failed Bush-era […]
Continue ReadingOn February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) continued its aggressive application of the National Labor Relations Act (“Act” or “NLRA”) to workplaces without union representation and lessened the value of severance agreements for all employers by finding it unlawful for an employer to merely proffer a severance agreement that includes […]
Continue ReadingFIRST ON FOX: A top Georgia official said the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents should show a “coordinated effort” between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and “liberal activists” to use the state’s voting law as a “scapegoat for political losses.” On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered the DOJ to fulfill Georgia Secretary of State […]
Continue Reading(Reuters) – How do you get 83 big law firms to agree on anything? That seems like it should be the opening line of a lawyer joke, but it’s actually a testament to the gravity of a subpoena fight between Covington & Burling and the US Securities Exchange Commission – and to the organizing efforts […]
Continue ReadingProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. More than a year has passed since Congress adopted reforms that promised to overhaul the US military justice system. Lawmakers stripped military commanders of their authority to prosecute certain serious cases but […]
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