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7 Dec 2014, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
In Part One of this two-part series, I contended that the reading of the Obamacare statute offered by the plaintiffs in the important King v. [read post]
The blockbuster movie The Post tells a very important real-life story about the efforts of the journalists and leaders of the Washington Post (including Katherine Graham, the first female head of a major American newspaper) and the New York Times to publish parts of a collection of classified documents (the “Pentagon Papers”) detailing non-public information about America’s controversial involvement in the Vietnam War. [read post]
18 Apr 2018, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
It is time for an update on a proposal—about which I wrote two columns (the second of which is here) last summer—that seeks to carve California up into three separate states. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
One of the important Supreme Court cases currently being briefed (with oral argument set for March), Arizona Legislature v. [read post]
9 May 2013, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
In my column today, I analyze an interesting case that a state Supreme Court will soon decide that illustrates, and has implications for, important national questions concerning the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment. [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone
Earlier this week, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB 826, a landmark measure that requires each publicly held corporation whose principal executive offices are located in California to have, by the end of 2019, at least one woman on its board of directors. [read post]
9 Feb 2017, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Michael Schaps
With many eyes this week on the Ninth Circuit litigation challenging President Trump’s Executive Order regulating entry into the U.S. by nationals of seven Middle Eastern and African countries, less noticed but potentially as important is a separate lawsuit (San Francisco v. [read post]
1 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
About a month ago I wrote an essay for this website commenting on the drop in bar passage rates in many states in the fall of 2014. [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 7:49 am by Rob Robinson
 http://bit.ly/MWyOyZ (Jon Dawson) Divergent Results for Class Action Text Message Spam Suits - http://bit.ly/MBxNfF (Hunton Williams) “DOJ: Want To Make Sure We Can’t Access Your Private Data? [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 7:49 am by Rob Robinson
 http://bit.ly/MWyOyZ (Jon Dawson) Divergent Results for Class Action Text Message Spam Suits - http://bit.ly/MBxNfF (Hunton Williams) “DOJ: Want To Make Sure We Can’t Access Your Private Data? [read post]
As we noted in a column for this site two weeks ago, state religious freedom restoration acts, or RFRAs, such as the recently amended Indiana religious liberty statute, have been criticized on the ground that they are intended to permit discrimination against gays, lesbians, and same-sex couples in the provision of goods and services. [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 7:49 am by Rob Robinson
 http://bit.ly/MWyOyZ (Jon Dawson) Divergent Results for Class Action Text Message Spam Suits - http://bit.ly/MBxNfF (Hunton Williams) “DOJ: Want To Make Sure We Can’t Access Your Private Data? [read post]
2 Oct 2009, 7:05 am by Vanessa Vidal, Esq.
Most economists expect the rate to top 10 percent and keep climbing.Law firm layoffs continued to slow down through September, although we may see numbers pick up again before the end of the year.These are the overall combined numbers of reported U.S. law firm attorney and staff layoffs:194 (September 2009)179 (August 2009)460 (July 2009)481 (June 2009)1,125 (May 2009)1,500 (April 2009)3,500 (March 2009)2,000 (February 2009)1,500 (January 2009)LAW FIRM LAYOFF LIST - SEPTEMBER 2009Law firms that are… [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
In my column today, I explore what might be learned from the decision by the House of Representatives last week and the seemingly imminent (as of this writing) decision of the Senate this week to pass a bill that seems on its face to directly violate the clear text of the Constitution. [read post]
27 Mar 2014, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
In early January, I wrote about Silicon Valley billionaire Tim Draper’s proposed initiative (“Six Californias”) that seeks to bring about a division of California into six separate states. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 5:54 am by Rob Robinson
From Ethics to eDiscovery - bit.ly/yKMN5o (@OrangeLT) Breaking Down the White House Privacy Framework with Foley Hoag’s Colin Zick - bit.ly/Arrp1a (@LXBN) Former Judge Ronald Hedges on the Collision of Privacy and EDD - bit.ly/xBfu7t (Monica Bay) John Facciola, Michael Arkfeld on the ABA Ethics 20/20 Project – bit.ly/xLxr4r (Monica Bay) Judicial Perspectives on Tech-Assisted Review – Video - bit.ly/y00kFq (@Xerox_XLS) Legal Talk… [read post]
19 Feb 2019, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Public universities all over the country are grappling with the challenges that arise when members of the university community (especially so-called Registered Student Organizations or RSOs) invite contentious speakers to campus for events that threaten to generate tremendous passion on all sides of controversial issues, and that carry with them the realistic prospect of violence. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
One of the important Supreme Court cases currently being briefed (with oral argument set for March), Arizona Legislature v. [read post]