Legal
- Prosecutors File Whale Of A Case Against Sushi Eatery 2 hours ago WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com
Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed criminal charges against an Los Angeles sushi restaurant for allegedly selling endangered whale meat.
- Citizens United, Round Three: Sen. Reid Vs. John Roberts 3 hours ago WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com
On Wednesday, Nevada Senator Harry Reid criticized Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, and the rest of the court, for its Citizens United ruling.
- If Judges Aren?t Umpires, What Are They? A Yale 3L Answers 18 hours ago WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com
If Supreme Court justices aren't judges -- as John Roberts once famously asserted -- what are they? A Yale 3L student thinks he's got an answer.
- Will ?Shaming? Punishments Take Hold in Corporate America? 20 hours ago WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com
According to a recent NPR story, shaming punishments might be moving into the corporate arena.
- Would Eric Holder Be Hurt By a KSM Flip-Flop? 22 hours ago WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com
According to a story by Evan Perez Wednesday in the WSJ, a reversal of policy on where to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed "threatens to undercut" the credibility of Attorney General Eric Holder.
- Yet Another Way the U.S. News Rankings Have Changed Law Schools 24 hours ago WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com
According to a recent story in the National Jurist, law schools have increased their faculty size by 40 percent over the past 10 years, partly in order to bring their student-faculty ratios down and thereby gain a hike up the U.S. News rankings.
- One Little Video, One Blossoming Controversy 1 day ago WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com
The fallout from this Keep America video released last week just keeps on comin' -- commentators of all political stripes have jumped into the fray.
- Hello Franz! Cooperator No. 9 in Galleon Case Makes Debut 1 day ago WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com
Federal prosecutors equipped several cooperating witnesses in the Galleon insider-trading case with recording devices in the hopes of ensnaring others.
- The Death Penalty is Illegal! Oh, Wait, Lemme Double Check That 1 day ago WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com
A Texas judge who last week declared the death penalty unconstitutional has rescinded his ruling, deciding on Tuesday to schedule a hearing on the issue.
- Roberts on the State of the Union: ?I?m Not Sure Why We?re There? 1 day ago WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com
But on Tuesday, the Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed that incident surrounding President Obama's remarks during the State of the Union address in January had been troubling.
