Category: Post-Gaming the Gun-Ban Arguments with WSJ’s Jess Bravin

Today’s big event at the Supreme Court — the arguments over the District of Columbia’s ban on hand guns — concluded late this morning. We connected with Jess Bravin, the WSJ’s SCOTUS correspondent, for his take on the oral arguments.
Jess, after listening to the arguments, what’s your sense of how the Court feels about […]

Covington began stockpiling its staff attorney ghetto with blacks and other minorities in 2005, shortly after the General Council [sic] of some of the country’s largest companies [took] a tougher stance on law firm diversity. . . . Covington has certainly diversified its firm; however, its attorneys are far from equals. The vast majority of […]

We blogged about the Stolen Valor Act last year, but since then we’d pretty much managed to push it off our radar screen. That is, until this morning, when we read Adam Liptak’s sidebar column. A refresher: Introduced in 2005 by Colorado Congressman John Salazar, the Act is intended to penalize distributors of phony medals […]

Within the hour, oral arguments will kick off at the Supreme Court in Heller v. District of Columbia, otherwise known as the gun case. The suit — brought by several D.C. citizens contending that the ban on firearms inside one’s home violates the Constitution — will mark the first time in 70 years that the […]

We blogged about the Stolen Valor Act last year, but since then we’d pretty much managed to push it off our radar screen. That is, until this morning, when we read Adam Liptak’s sidebar column. A refresher: Introduced in 2005 by Colorado Congressman John Salazar, the Act is intended to penalize distributors of phony medals […]

Within the hour, oral arguments will kick off at the Supreme Court in Heller v. District of Columbia, otherwise known as the gun case. The suit — brought by several D.C. citizens contending that the ban on firearms inside one’s home violates the Constitution — will mark the first time in 70 years that the […]

Do loan forgiveness programs steer undecided law students into public interest careers?
Harvard law school is making a $3 million-per-year bet that they do, reports today’s NYT. Today, the school’s dean, Elena Kagan (pictured), will announce a plan to waive tuition for 3L’s who pledge to spend five years working either for nonprofit organizations or […]

The planned sale of Bear to JPM knocks a major client from the legal marketplace. But let’s begin on a positive note. Some of Bear’s lawyers and connections to law firms may migrate to J.P. Morgan, say attorneys, who note that J.P. Morgan now uses law firms with historical ties to other banks previously […]

It didn’t take long.
Today, securities-suit powerhouse Coughlin Stoia was again on its game with a shareholder suit alleging fraud by Bear Stearns and its top guns. The suit, filed on behalf of Bear shareholders who bought stock as recently as Friday, claims management misled them about the company’s financial condition.
Jill Fisch, a professor at […]

It must be the donuts. How else to explain Maureen Mahoney’s remarkable track record before various appellate courts? The Latham & Watkins litigator, who makes a practice of eating a donut before each argument, won again today, landing a reversal of former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio’s insider-trading conviction.
“We are very grateful for this important victory,” […]