NY City Counsel Michael Cardozo Rejoins Proskauer LLP
The longest serving Corporation Counsel in New York City, Michael A. Cardozo, is rejoining Proskauer LLP as a partner, the…
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Federal Judge Casts Doubt on the Constitutionality of NSA’s Mass Surveillance
Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for the District of Columbia has created a stir by becoming the…
Drexel University Takes down Donor’s Name from its School of Law
Just five years after the law school at Drexel University was named The Earle Mack School of Law, the name…
Google Strengthens its Foray into Robotics with New Acquisitions
Google is exerting focus with its agenda on robotics and its latest acquisition is Boston Dynamics, a company that makes…
Alan Dershowitz to Retire from Harvard Law
After five decades at Harvard Law School, the man who joined the faculty at the age of 25 and within…
Polygamy in Utah Decriminalized by Federal Court
The U.S. District Court, District of Utah, Central Division has ruled that plural marriages do not constitute a crime. While…
10th Circuit Vacates Temporary Ban on Horse Slaughter
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver lifted a temporary ban imposed on horse slaughter by a federal…
Texas A&M University to Award Its First Law Degrees
The Texas A&M University has announced that the law school will be awarding its first law degrees on December 13,…
Kim Jong Un, President of North Korea, Executes his Uncle Jang Song Thaek
In a turn of events which was not surprising, though not expected so soon, the regime of Kim Jong Un…
NY Court of Appeals Rules Reporter Can Keep Sources Secret
In a small reprieve to the rights of journalists, New York’s State Court of Appeals has said that ordering Manhattan-based…
Samsung Loses on Home Ground against Apple
The Apple-Samsung patent war took a new turn this week as a court in Seoul, the capital of South Korea,…
Uruguay Becomes the First Country to Legalize Marijuana Trade
In a narrow win in its Senate this week, the South American country of Uruguay became the first nation in…