By Stephen A. Miller (Orig. published 7/11/11) In the 2000 World/Subway Series, Roger Clemens hurled a broken bat at Mike Piazza. In hindsight, we can ask: Was it “roid rage”? Clemens now finds himself on trial this week in a…
By: Hayes Hunt and Calli Varner The shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Orlando, Florida has focused tremendous attention on Florida’s contentious Stand Your Ground law, passed in 2005. Since enactment, claims of justifiable homicide in Florida have more…
by Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint Last week, the Supreme Court heard nearly six hours of oral argument from some of the brightest legal minds in the world in deciding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act a/k/a Obamacare. …
By Hayes Hunt and Jonathan Cavalier Published in The Legal Intelligencer on March 21, 2012 “HALLOWED BY HISTORY, BUT NOT BY REASON” – Second Circuit Stays Judge Jed Rakoff’s Challenges to the S.E.C.’s Policy of Settling Without Admissions of Wrongdoing…
By: Hayes Hunt and Calli Varner Computer encryption software is no longer for the technologically advanced. This readily available software allows average computer users to transform plain text into indecipherable symbols, inaccessible to anyone without a password. With a few…
Contributed by Thomas Wilkinson, Jr. and Issa Mikel In Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Harris, No. 8 EAP 20098 (Pa. 2011) (McCaffrey, J.), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reaffirmed its prior rule that orders overruling claims of privilege are immediately appealable as…
By Hayes Hunt and Calli Varner Ongoing advances in modern technology consistently change the way we think about our privacy rights. The proliferation of the use of GPS tracking devices used by law enforcement officers and private citizens is no exception. …
By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint New “restyled” Federal Rules of Evidence went into effect on December 1, 2011. These rules were designed to be easier to read and understand while remaining substantively unchanged. This update reflects the growing “plain language”…