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Opening Sentences

While the Feeney Amendment’s Tightening of Federal Guidelines Has Judges Steaming, States Are Moving to Loosen Up Strict Regimens



Zoning Gets Religion

Land-Use, Prisoner Cases Likely to Revive Dispute Between Congress and High Court



Train of Heartbreak

Suit Seeks U.S. Restitution for Property Taken From Hungarian Jews in the Holocaust



Children Without a Country

Thousands of Kids Arrive Each Year Without an Adult and Without Knowing English. Lacking a Lawyer, They Face a Daunting Legal System.



Feasting On Festo

A 2002 Ruling Gave Companies a Road Map for Designing Around Patents



Erisa Again

High Court Takes Another Look at Pre-Emption in HMO Disput



Debts and Taxes

Student Loan Case Will Determine Whether Debtors May Discharge State Obligations



The Good Fight Gets Harder

As Legislatures Cut Prosecutors’ Budgets to the Bone, Caseloads Are Backing Up, and Fewer Young Attorneys Are Choosing to Stay



Corporations in Line of Fire

International Prosecutor Says Corporate Officials Could Face War Crimes Charges



The Education of Larry Lessig

A Supreme Court Loss Inspires a Stanford Professor to Renew his Copyright Fight



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