The New York Times asked 30 experts to think big but realistically about solutions to the opioid epidemic, imagining that they had $100 billion to spend over five years. The consensus was that any effective strategy should include funding for four major areas: treatment, harm...
The revelation that the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has keeps a secret list of suspect police officers elicited outrage as well as uncertainty among defense lawyers, reports Philly.com. One attorney said he was never told that a detective involved in his client’s homicide case, Philip...
Marking yesterday’s second anniversary of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle report at The National Law Journal (subscription or registration required) on “how Scalia admirers, critics and clerks are thinking about Scalia and his legacy, two years later.” Joan Biskupic...
Francis Kean Regular readers of this blog know that class action litigation is an important part of the Australian liability environment. Although comparisons between the Australian class action system and the U.S. system are frequent, there are important differences in class action litigation in the two...
The petition of the day is: SNR Wireless License Co. v. Federal Communications Commission 17-1058 Issue: Whether, and what, notice an agency must provide to regulated parties in order to provide proper administrative fair notice. The post Petition of the day appeared first on SCOTUSblog....
Vanessa Trump, the wife of Donald Trump Jr., was rushed to a New York hospital Monday after opening a package containing a “suspicious” white substance, USA Today reports. The substance was later determined to be “non-hazardous,” said a police spokeswoman. Officers responded to a 911...