US Law

Justice Sotomayor has blazed an interesting and distinctive path according to a paper written for  Yale Law School by David Fontana, who talks about the “People’s Justice” – someone who has broken through the more removed personas of other jurists. The Judge’s easy manner and liberal perspective give her an ability to provide a better

  Law firm Gibson Dunn’s 360 page report into New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s “Bridgegate” scandal has been labelled a white wash by Christie’s critics. The report, by Gibson Dunn lawyer Randy Mastro said Governor Christie, also a Republican presidential contender,  “had no involvement in the decision to close these lanes and no prior kowledge

The issue of computer data and the effect of the Fourth Amendment was somethat that was of high interest to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia when questioned by a Brooklyn Law School group. The Justice received some probing questions, which could wind up having significant repercussions for the NSA’s domestic surveillance programs. The question came

There appears to be big money in the new LGBT law. Last week it was reported that the law firms of high profile lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies took in $6.4 million for the Prop 8 case. Washington Blade reports that tax filings indicate former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson’s law firm – Gibson,

Same-sex marriages in Michigan have been delayed by a Court of Appeals ruling, issing an order preventing them from occurring after the state’s appeal of a ruling that overturned the consitutional ban on them. Dozens of couples took advantage of the ability of marrying prior to the decision from the 6th US Circuit Court of