EPA Cannot Make Rules by Correspondence, Eighth Circuit Rules

When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wrote Senator Charles Grassley two letters discussing water treatment regulations, the agency probably did ...

Senate, House Pursue Sharply Different Paths to Immigration Reform

Two key House Republicans plan to push ahead on immigration reform by focusing on a few specific bills, keeping the issue before the chamber widely expected to have the hardest time with immigration reform legislation.

Can a Judge Really Block the SEC’s Settlement With Steven Cohen?

Judge Victor Marrero last week became the latest federal judge to question a time-honored tactic of federal regulators: negotiating settlements in which companies pay millions of dollars in penalties without admitting or denying that they've actually done anything wrong.

$5 million settlement reached in Newark schoolyard killings civil trial

A five-week trial ended in a surprise multi-million dollar settlement today between the state of New Jersey and the relatives of the victims, and lone survivor of the infamous Newark schoolyard slaying. The civil trial alleging the state-operated Newark School District failed to secure Mount Vernon Schoolyard leading to a triple murder the night of Aug. 4, 2007, had already heard 23 witnesses and was nearing its end.

Cochran: Study Debunks Med-Mal Myths

Before he was a president and Founding Father, John Adams was a famous trial lawyer. In the case that made him famous, he represented the British soldiers who participated in the Boston Massacre, in which he actually persuaded a Boston jury to dismiss the murder claims.

Judges Parse Word to Strike Down Obama Labor Nominees

A Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling issued Friday declared that President Barack Obama’s 2011 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional because the Congress was taking “a recess,” not “the Recess.”

Baby Boomers Have to Re-think Whistleblowing

Are whistleblowers boy scouts risking everything for the greater good or reckless self destructs who lose everything for no public service?

Ecuador to appeal $1.8B ruling in oil dispute

Ecuador said Saturday it will appeal a ruling declaring it must pay $1.77 billion to Occidental Petroleum as compensation for canceling a contract with the American oil giant.

Bevy of federal tax breaks set to expire

The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute say if the president and Congress fail to act this year, federal taxes for most Americans will increase significantly next year.

University frowns on breastfeeding in class

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