Can States Hold Back Health Care?

Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:34 AM EDT

Just hours before the House passed its historic health care reform bill, Virginia's Attorney General announced he plans to sue the federal government as soon as the President signs it, on the grounds that the bill is unconstitutional.

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The Letterman/Bill Cosby Connection

Tue Jan 5, 2010 11:00 AM EST

Gerald Shargel, the prominent and talented lawyer representing accused Letterman extortionist Robert Halderman, surely knew that invoking Tiger Woods in his client's defense would spark a round of media attention.

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Can Tiger Block Nude Photos Here?

Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:14 PM EST

TMZ.com reports that lawyers for Tiger Woods in Britain have obtained a restraining order barring Britsh tabloids from publishing nude photos or videos of the beleaguered golf star.

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Did the WH crashers break the law?

Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:02 PM EST

UPDATE: Newly-released emails between the Salahis and a Pentagon official offer some insight into the difficulty prosecutors might have with a "lying to federal authorities" charge -- more here.

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The legal arguments for trying KSM in NYC

Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:52 PM EST

Political heat over the White House decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspects in U.S.

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Salty Denny's Fare Survives Lawsuit

Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:51 PM EST

Lawsuits get a lot of attention when they're filed or a jury makes a multimillion dollar award, but not much when a judge throws them out. Still, I'm chagrined that, after covering the complaint, I missed the dismissal last week of a lawsuit claiming Denny's perpetrated consumer …

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Hope Poster Battle Heats Up

Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:00 PM EDT

The battle between artist Shepard Fairey and the Associated Press over the origins of the Obama "Hope" poster continues to escalate -- but has the essential legal issue changed?

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Can Letterman Beat The Clock?

Sun Oct 4, 2009 9:21 PM EDT

Can Letterman Beat the Clock? There's been no shortage of talk about whether David Letterman could face sexual harassment lawsuits in light of his admission that he's had sexual relations with employees.

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The Case Against Raymond Clark

Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:58 PM EDT

With the arrest of Raymond Clark III for the murder of Annie Le, the investigation of this awful crime is now joined by legal process.

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What About Jaycee's Daughters?

Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:12 PM EDT

Phillip and Nancy Garrido appeared in court today for a bail hearing, and, unsurprisingly, neither was released. Phillip Garrido's bail was set at $30 million (the functional equivalent of being held without bail) and his wife's attorney did not seek bail for her.

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Inside the Carrido Complaint

Wed Sep 2, 2009 1:34 PM EDT

Last week, prosecutors filed 29 criminal counts against Phillip and Nancy Garrido in connection with the kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard; you can read the complaint here.

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Ted Kennedy, Law School Class of '59

Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:21 PM EDT

The University of Virginia Law School has posted a Ted Kennedy appreciation here.

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Dogfight: Trouble's Trust

Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:16 PM EDT

The fight over who can control Michael Jackson’s estate has an analog in the animal world.

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Harvard hijinks?

Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:01 PM EDT

After a jury trial in June that netted an almost $2 million jury award for illegal downloading, the recording industry is back in court. And this time, the antics of the Harvard professor running the defense may be more entertaining than the 30 songs at issue in the case.

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Sensible sexting law?

Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:35 PM EDT

While New Jersey's top legal story surely is the sweeping tale of political corruption, organ harvesting and fake designer handbag trafficking, I'll turn away shocked, but – as a New Jersey native, not really surprised -- and instead offer an update on a topic that now seem …

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Strippers and the Supreme Court

Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:08 PM EDT

A story about teen strippers and the law is difficult enough for any legal blogger to resist. But because this particular teen stripper story has a Supreme Court connection, I feel a pedagogical obligation to share.

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Not all courts are Supreme

Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:20 PM EDT

Lawyers are glued to the Sotomayor confirmation hearings this week, but as they proceed judges are presiding over cases with little or nothing to do with enumerated Constitutional powers, partisan bickering or wise Latinas:

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Facing the Music?

Thu Jul 9, 2009 6:11 PM EDT

We've all been annoyed (much more frequently than we've been entertained, if you ask me) when someone's cellphone trills with a custom ringtone. Now, lawyers are arguing about whether that sound is a public performance that should deliver more money to composers.

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Download Showdowns

Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:00 PM EDT

Download showdowns: The record industry has struggled for years to deter illegal music downloads.

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Sotomayor, Ginsburg ... and me

Tue May 26, 2009 1:05 PM EDT

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made no secret of her preference that another woman replace Justice David Souter and join her on the Supreme Court.

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Craigslist on the offensive

Wed May 20, 2009 1:29 PM EDT

Craigslist has turned the tables on one of its critics, asking a federal judge to stop South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster from threatening the site with criminal charges if it doesn't remove sections of the site that allow for solicitation of prostitutes or porn pos …

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Why Did Craigslist Cave?

Wed May 13, 2009 4:11 PM EDT

Why did Craigslist bow to law enforcement pressure and agree to drop its "erotic services" category (replacing it with the presumably tamer "adult services")?

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Drew Peterson and the Supreme Court

Mon May 11, 2009 8:02 AM EDT

Drew Peterson's defense lawyers are objecting to a new Illinois law that should provide powerful ammunition to prosecutors in his murder case. Will a recent Supreme Court decision help or hurt their cause?

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Courtroom Advice: don't text or sleep

Fri May 1, 2009 8:20 PM EDT

While lawyers are transfixed by speculating who might replace Justice Souter (the Wall Street Journal's Law Blog posts this evocative photo of the Justice when he was New Hampshire Attorney General), jurors and court observers have been making news of their own.

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Barbies v. Bratz?

Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:20 PM EDT

You may have thought any war between iconic-but-innocent Barbies and upstart-and-trashy Bratz would take place in toy stores, or maybe in the minds of exasperated parents trying to decide which doll was less objectionable.

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