Like the rest of the population, lawyers can find themselves spending considerable amounts of time online and on social media platforms. Additionally, like all of us, they can make serious mistakes on these platforms, including malpractice, ethical breaches subject to discipline, breach of fiduciary duty,...
Yesterday the Supreme Court added four cases to its merits docket for the current term. Amy Howe has this blog’s coverage, which first appeared at Howe on the Court. The most high-profile grant was in United States v. Microsoft Corp., which asks whether the government...
The National Football League, amid the controversy over whether players should take a knee during the national anthem, is throwing its weight behind another cause in the debate over racial inequality: criminal justice reform. An NFL spokesman said that the league is endorsing a bill...
A federal judge in Maryland is deciding on the legality of President Trump’s third version of his travel ban, Politico reports. Judges blunted the impact of the first two executive orders Trump issued earlier this year, measures that critics said were thinly disguised versions of...
Misunderstandings about Mesothelioma cancer Misunderstandings about Mesothelioma cancer. Mesothelioma cancer is lung cancer. Among the most typical locations of the body where mesothelioma cancer establishes is the lung, and because of this, numerous misunderstand mesothelioma cancer to be a kind of lung cancer. In reality, mesothelioma...
The timing could not have been more propitious for Liberty Fund’s conference on cryptocurrency this past weekend. Last week Bitcoin hit an all-time high, even as it decreases in volatility. In their book, The Age of Cryptocurrency, Paul Vigna and Michael Casey offer five stages...
The petitions of the day are: Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Naugle 17-400 Issues: (1) Whether, when there is no way to tell whether a prior jury found particular facts against a party, due process permits those facts to be conclusively presumed against that party in subsequent litigation;...
A recent article by David Hunter, a writer for the prominent conservative website Newsmax, egregiously misrepresents a post I wrote about President Trump and illegal Obamacare subsidies. He does so in large part by ignoring the date when the post was written. Hunter depicts me...
The controversial Christian Alcoholics and Addicts In Recovery (CAAIR) in Oklahoma describes itself as a long-term addiction recovery program for men. It is not a licensed treatment center. It does not accept people with serious mental or physical problems or with histories of violence or...
A VA-accredited Claims Agent is a person who can legally represent veterans to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and assist veterans with filing claims for VA benefits. The formal certification process ensures agents who assist veterans meet the VA’s standards of professionalism. Veterans can file...