Vernon Madison, one of the longest serving inmates on Alabama’s death row, was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. Thursday, but 30 minutes before that, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay, reports Al.com. Madison, 67, has been on death row for over 30...
Charles Rothfeld is special counsel at Mayer Brown. He will file an amicus brief on behalf of the State and Local Legal Center supporting the respondents in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky. The petitioners and amici challenging Minnesota’s ban on the display of political apparel, buttons...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says that last year, the Justice Department “brought cases against more violent criminals than in any year in decades. We charged the most federal firearm prosecutions in a decade. We convicted nearly 500 human traffickers and 1,200 gang members, and helped...
ABA TECHSHOW 2018 is just around the corner and, for those of you who can barely contain your excitement, here’s a sneak preview of what this year’s conference will look like. In this episode of The Digital Edge, hosts Sharon Nelson and Jim Calloway talk...
NPR calls commentary that the FBI is not a political agency “a massive case of collective amnesia afflicting Washington and much of the media commentariat.” In fact, “achieving political goals of one kind or another have been part of the reason for the FBI since...
As we reported a few months ago, the FTC has increased its enforcement of its “Made in USA” requirements – typically through warning letters rather than formal administrative or legal proceedings. This week’s proposed Consent Order against Bollman Hat Company and SaveAnAmericanJob, LLC demonstrates that...