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The Chairman of the House Oversight Committee would like a do-over. Rep. Issa plans to demand the IRS's Lerner return to his committee to testify, arguing that she waived her ability to plead the Fifth once she offered an opening statement. According to a lawyer we spoke with, he's almost certainly wrong.
That crowdsourced compilation of online slang you probably know is becoming a go-to resource for the courts. Is this reasonable, or terrible?
It's fairly safe to say that Matthew Keys won some sympathy in the days after his indictment for hacking charges. But after staying relatively silent, the Reuters social media editor is starting to talk publicly about this case. This feels like a bad idea.
Perhaps the English-speaking world's most influential contemporary philosopher of law, Dworkin will be remembered for upholding equality as the law's foremost guiding principle — and for being one of the most topical scholars of his time.
Arizona is entertaining a law that will make it a felony to use another person's real name to make an Internet profile intended to "harm, defraud, intimidate or threaten," which to some sounds like a law against parody Twitter accounts.
The Roman police force is on the lookout for defiers of the law, the law being: Eating and drinking at historic sites. Thou shalt not do it, capisce?
Sal Strazzullo, New York City night-life lawyer, is just a regular guy from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, who wears bespoke Italian suits and knows his way around both a velvet rope and a bar exam.
Dewey & LeBoeuf, a law firm that employed thousands, filed for bankruptcy on Monday night. We probably would too if we had a debt of $245 million.
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear historic oral arguments on President Obama’s health care reform law this week, a survey of legal insiders released Monday morning found a widespread expectation that the Court would uphold the central pillars of the law.
The Affordable Care Act goes before the Supreme Court this week, putting President Obama's signature legislative achievement to the Constitutional test.
On Monday, The New York Times reported on a new study that reveals a sad fact: The United States Constitution is no longer cool.
2-1 ruling allows law to remain in effect despite legal challenges
Activist says she tried to "punish" and "silence" him for complaining about traffic
Prosecutors announced that two others will face misdemeanors
Secret grand jury testimony could offer answers to lingering scandal questions
The limits to the filmmaker's 'Star Wars' empire show up in court
A list of the many times and places in which Bulger could have been caught before now
Legal experts debate whether or not he is protected
The 2-1 decision overturned a preliminary injunction last August
Another former employee alleges she was sexually harassed by Dov Charney
The First Amendment protects everyone--even haters
Despite Obama's opposition to the policy, the administration defends law defining marriage as between a man and a woman
Is the individual mandate kosher? A judge says no, and the expert reactions flood in
Could it be both?
"Steve Rattner was willing to do whatever it took to get his hands on pension fund money," says Andrew Cuomo
Ahmed Ghailani was acquitted of 279 out of 280 charges
Debating the proper role of a Supreme Court spouse
The Washington Post reports Obama is preparing to abandon Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial plans
The Supreme Court will be the judge of that...
On the other 23, the jury couldn't reach a unanimous decision
Can they just let him walk away?
The road ahead for same-sex marriage
With a veritable tome of a decision
How Twitter loves the high-low blend
Will he, in due time, be acquitted? And could more white-collar convicts follow?
A federal judge strikes down the controversial law
Closing arguments today on the landmark case
A report alleges serious abuses by medical professionals
Two boys, 10 and 11, were convicted in a case that's ignited furious debate
Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post beat me to the punch
Omar Khadr, captured at age 15, is accused of terrorism
The fight over indefinite detention is just the start
In a blow to the Obama administration, an appeals court humbles the FCC
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