The 9th Circuit recently put in place new rules that give federal judges in the circuit the option of allowing trials to be broadcast. Judge Vaughn Walker announced today that…
Good morning everyone! It’s Thursday December 3 and this is your morning review. The New York Senate has rejected a bill that would have permitted same sex marriages… Two firms…
The New York Assembly keeps passing it, and the Senate keeps rejecting it. The vote was expected to be close but in the end eight Democrats, including two members of…
Good Morning everyone! Today is Friday, November 6, and here’s a look back at the last few days. Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan opened its 13th office… Goodwin Procter laid off…
Yesterday, voters in Maine cast ballots on Proposition 1. Proposition 1 was a “voter veto” bill, which means it was written to strike down a law passed by the legislature…
Opponents of California’s Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to limit marriage to heterosexual couples, have overcome a motion to dismiss their challenge of the law in federal court.…
Almost exactly one year after the California Supreme Court heard arguments regarding the right for gay couples to marry, many of the same lawyers will be back on Thursday to…
Sponsors of California’s voter-approved gay marriage ban accused Attorney General Jerry Brown of advancing a “far-fetched” legal theory to justify overturning the homophobic initiative. That bizarre theory? That the state…
There seems to be a fracas in the making at the University of Michigan Law School, ignited by the controversy over California’s Proposition 8. Proposition 8 was a California ballot…
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