The petition of the day is: Vazquez v. Sessions 17-1304 Issue: Whether a conviction under a state criminal statute whose plain terms sweep in more conduct than a corresponding federal offense can be a categorical match with that federal offense. The post Petition of the day appeared first on...
The FBI has restored 70 data tables that were missing from the 2016 “Crime in the United States” report, providing data that researchers consider crucial to their understanding of crime trends in the U.S. over time, reports FiveThirtyEight.com. The yearly report is considered the gold...
The prosecutor in Carver County, Mn., where Prince died, said Thursday that no criminal charges will be filed in the musician’s death, effectively ending the state’s two-year investigation into how Prince got the fentanyl that killed him, reports the Associated Press. Carver County Attorney Mark...
Every year, the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC) publishes TECHREPORT—a collection of easy-to-read breakouts of the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report, one of the leading surveys on how attorneys use technology. Practitioners, firms, and legal tech companies alike can use TECHREPORT to get...
President Trump’s legal team got a boost of big-name talent and criminal-law expertise with the addition of Rudy Giuliani and two other former federal prosecutors, Politico reports. The changes come at a critical time for the widespread Russia inquiry and a high-stakes criminal investigation into...
Cyclist Lance Armstrong agreed to a $5 million settlement with the federal government on Thursday over a lawsuit charging that he defrauded the U.S. Postal Service, which sponsored his athletic team, by using performance-enhancing drugs en route to his record victories at the Tour de...
Last week the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) and ASTM International held a workshop to discuss the recently-updated age determination guidelines from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The age determination guidelines are a resource provided by the Commission to help manufacturers...
Philadelphia police commissioner Richard Ross apologized Thursday for his remarks after the arrests of two black men at Starbucks, CBS News reports. Video of the racially-charged incident went viral and set off a week of protests. Those protesters showed up this time outside Philadelphia’s police...
Oyez has posted the aligned audio and transcripts from this week’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court. The court heard argument this week in: Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp. South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling Lagos v....
Two Florida sheriff’s deputies were shot and killed while eating in a restaurant Thursday afternoon by an attacker found dead outside shortly after, the Washington Post reports. Authorities did not immediately have a motivation for the sudden, shocking burst of violence in Gilchrist County, Fl.,...