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A Predator drone photographed on the ground (Nan Palmero/https://flic.kr/p/sDKVkx/CC BY 2.0) Since my new book, “Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War,” came out last week, it’s had its ups and downs. But it was my colleague and friend John Fabian Witt who penned the best confrontation with my historical argument so far, and it deserves a reaction. Witt is the maste...

The online J.D. program will begin recruiting for Fall 2022 with accreditation by the American Bar Association Dean Patricia Roberts stands at one of the gateways to the St. Mary’s Law campus. St. Mary’s University and its School of Law today announced that it is the first law school in the nation to approve offering a fully online J.D. program that is accredited by the American Bar Associati...

A protester during a walkout at Activision Blizzard offices in Irvine, California, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. California bans NDAs that keep workers from discussing harassment Regulators allege gaming industry agreements interfering with probe California regulators in their investigations into sexual harassment in the video game industry are targeting companies’ use of nondisclosure agree...

Garland calls Texas abortion law 'clearly unconstitutional' 03:07 (CNN)In its boldest move to date, the Department of Justice asked a federal judge on Tuesday to issue a temporary restraining order to block enforcement of a controversial Texas law that bars abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. "The United States has the authority to seek redress from this Court against the State of T...

Capitol building with money getty House Democrats provided a not so welcome distraction for high bracket and wealthy taxpayers from the ongoing pandemic this week by releasing their plan to adjust how basic income and estate taxes will work for businesses and families, and the two certainties in life promised by Benjamin Franklin have never been more certain. While no one can offer a comprehe...

New Policy Limits Circumstances in Which Federal Law Enforcement Can Use Chokeholds and “No-Knock” Entries The Department of Justice today announced written department-wide policies explicitly prohibiting the use of “chokeholds” and “carotid restraints” unless deadly force is authorized, and limiting the circumstances in which the department’s federal law enforcement components are authorized...

A "for rent" sign outside an apartment building on Madison Street in Ann Arbor on July 22, 2021. ANN ARBOR, MI — A group of local landlords is suing the city of Ann Arbor over a new renter rights law. The Washtenaw Area Apartment Association and over two dozen landlords filed their federal case against the city in U.S. District Court late last week, claiming the city’s new restrictions on sho...

Students in class at the University of Virginia School of Law. Photos by Julia Davis and Jesús Pino Students, faculty and staff are learning and working side by side again at the University of Virginia School of Law. The community returned to a fully in-person experience this semester, following a year of hybrid learning in which both in-person and online courses were offered due to the COVID...

By Michael J. Lotito and Glenn Spencer The Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO, is a radical piece of legislation that would rewrite our nation’s labor laws in at least 51 different ways. Passed by the House earlier this year, the bill has 47 co-sponsors in the Senate, all Democrats. Unions and their allies aren’t waiting for more support. Instead, they are determined to change the N...

International Trade Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo: Toytoy via Wikimedia Commons. Veteran investigative attorney Monica Bhattacharyya of the International Trade Commission's Office of Unfair Import Investigations will become one of the agency's six ALJs. She also has practiced IP law at Kasowitz Benson Torres, Kirkland & Ellis and other firms.