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Banned! Taking pictures of the Eiffel Tower at night
Unless you include a disclaimer — and other quirks of European copyright law.
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Court Leader or Leading Dissenter? Chief Justice’s Fate Tied to Election
A pick by President Obama or Hillary Clinton would put Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in the minority in many close cases, or even nudge him to the left.
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Prosecutors who withhold or tamper with evidence now face felony charges
Amid an ongoing controversy in the Orange County courthouse involving accusations of prosecutorial misconduct, a new law will ratchet up penalties for California prosecutors who tamper with evidence or hide exculpatory material from the defense. Under the law, which was introduced by Assemblywoman Patty Lopez (D-San Fernando) and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday, a prosecutor can receive up to three years in prison for altering or intentionally withholding evidence that defendants might use to exonerate themselves. Previously, those acts were considered misdemeanors.
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Fly Fishing and the Art of Criminal Defense
When I landed a job as a public defender in my hometown, Reno, Nev., fresh out of law school in 2004, I had no practical experience with the criminal justice system.
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Fearing Trump, Bar Association Stifles Report Calling Him a ‘Libel Bully’
Alarmed by Donald J. Trump’s record of filing lawsuits to punish and silence his critics, a committee of media lawyers at the American Bar Association commissioned a report on Mr. Trump’s litigation history. The report concluded that Mr. Trump was a “libel bully” who had filed many meritless suits attacking his opponents and had never won in court. But the bar association refused to publish the report, citing “the risk of the A.B.A. being sued by Mr. Trump.”
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Judge Richard Posner On SCOTUS: ‘The Supreme Court Is Awful’
Judge Posner thinks that only two justices are qualified to sit on the high court.
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The Provocative Life of Judge Richard Posner
Once in every great while, nature and nurture combine in a single person the qualities of erratic genius, herculean work ethic and irrepressible ambition.
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How art and law can work together beyond the marketplace.
On the one hand, the role of the art lawyer has been to lubricate the wheels of commerce. But this approach runs the risk of missing the most illuminating contributions to art law itself.
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Black parents use Civil War-era law to challenge Mississippi’s ‘inequitable’ schools
A lawsuit alleges the state has violated the terms of its readmission to the Union in 1870.
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Justices Strike Down Law Banning Disparaging Trademarks
The government may not deny trademark registration to disparaging terms, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday in an important statement on the meaning of the First Amendment’s protection of free speech. The decision was unanimous, but the justices were divided on the reasoning.
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Justices to Hear Major Challenge to Partisan Gerrymandering
The challengers in Gill v. Whitford, No. 16-1161, say partisanship in redrawn districts can be measured.
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Opinion | Justice Ginsburg and the Price of Equality
In a decision with an unexpected ending, the justice struck a blow against another law that treated men and women differently.
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Supreme Court Will Hear Travel Ban Case
In a win for President Trump, the court took on a case that sets the stage for a major decision on presidential power.
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Justices to Hear Case on Religious Objections to Same-Sex Marriage
A Colorado baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a gay couple is appealing a discrimination ruling, citing the First Amendment.
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Opinion | Trump’s Life-Tenured Judicial Avatar
Newly installed Justice Neil M. Gorsuch has quickly established himself on the Supreme Court as a hard-right conservative.
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Opinion | Carl Reiner: Justice Kennedy, Don’t Retire
Take it from me. Your 90s are the best years to work.
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The Bob McDonnell effect: The bar is getting higher to prosecute public corruption cases
A federal appeals court overturned convictions of former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, citing the Supreme Court’s decision on former Va. Gov. McDonnell.
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At Site of Scopes Trial, Darrow Statue Belatedly Joins Bryan’s
A test of Bible Belt tolerance: Can the town of the Scopes “monkey trial” stomach a new statue of the famed agnostic lawyer Clarence Darrow?
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‘A Bleak Picture’ for Women Trying to Rise at Law Firms
Women make up just under 35 percent of lawyers at law firms, a Law360 report found, and their share of equity partnerships remains at 20 percent.
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On Justice Ginsburg’s Summer Docket: Blunt Talk on Big Cases
The most outspoken member of the Supreme Court avoided talking about President Trump, a subject that caused her grief last year, but remained candid in discussing the court.
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