Federal civil rights prosecutors have recommended charges against a New York City police officer in the 2014 death of Eric Garner, but top Justice Department officials have expressed strong reservations about whether to move forward with a case they say may not be winnable, reports...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions told the White House he might have to resign if President Trump fired his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, reports the Washington Post. Sessions made his position known to White House counsel...
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...
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...
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...
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...