A public employee who provides truthful testimony about misuse of state funds pursuant to a subpoena is protected by the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether threats made on the Internet can result in a federal conviction absent proof of the defendant’s intent to threaten.
Four major manufacturing associations are seeking to invalidate Vermont’s law requiring manufacturers to disclose on labels when their products have genetically modified organisms.
The Hershey Co. has sued Maryland State Sen. Stephen Hershey Jr. in a bid to get him to stop using campaign signs said to resemble the candy maker’s chocolate bar…
A proposed constitutional amendment to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court’s campaign-spending decisions is getting some pushback from conservatives and editorial writers.
The New York Times journalist who covers the U.S. Supreme Court has some advice for newbie lawyers, based on his own experience: Get the best-paying job you can, but don’t…
These days the smallest and most exclusive piece of real estate in Washington, D.C., is the sliver of common ground that exists between congressional Democrats and Republicans. But during a…
Using trust accounts to store advance fees from clients is a burden on practitioners and less of a protection for clients than if they had paid by credit card, Washington,…
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