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18 Jan 2022, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
I've just finished up a rough draft of this article (6 years in the making), and I thought I'd serialize it here, minus most of the footnotes (which you can see in the full PDF). [read post]
13 Aug 2020, 10:59 am by Daniel Cappetta
In Commonwealth v Diaz Perez, the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the allowance of the defendant’s motion for a new trial, agreeing with the trial court judge that the failure of the defendant’s successor trial counsel to investigate a crucial alibi witness, who had testified at an earlier mistrial, constituted ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment. [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 12:42 pm by Elliot Setzer, William Ford
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at 10:00 a.m.: Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution will convene a panel of policy experts to discuss President Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address to Congress and the nation. [read post]
4 Mar 2019, 8:02 pm
European partners, whose companies have significant business holdings in Cuba.It could also affect some U.S. companies that have begun investing in the island since former President Barack Obama’s opening to the old Cold War foe.Allowing the provision to go into effect even on a limited basis could undermine efforts by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to foster foreign investment and promote tourism to bolster the Caribbean island’s fragile economy.CONSULTATIONS WITH CANADA,… [read post]
22 Aug 2018, 10:19 am by Eugene Volokh
I'm pleased to say, though, that American law has turned sharply against attempts to punish speech that insults or even defames foreign political leaders; the old libel rules wouldn't survive New York Times Co. v. [read post]
8 Aug 2017, 5:06 am by Law Offices of Jeffrey S. Glassman
  This law, which has been applied in various other states, was addressed in a landmark case in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts entitled Diaz v. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 10:49 pm
Because of this an a ruling that was handed down by the SJC in the past couple of years (Commonwealth v. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 2:38 am by Michael DelSignore
Drug offenses in Massachusetts were made more difficult to prove by the United States Supreme Courts' decision in Melendez-Diaz v. [read post]