For the Boston Globe, Travis Andersen reports that in remarks at a Rhode Island law school on Tuesday, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “said she fears the public will come to view the federal judiciary as ‘just another political branch of government’ where judges will decide...
Hamburg: Jungfernsteig at dusk, viewed from Lombardsbrücke The D&O Diary was on assignment this past week in Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city and Europe’s second-largest seaport. January may not be the best time to visit; at 53 degrees northern latitude, Hamburg is chilly and dark this...
The petition of the day is: Total Gas & Power North America, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 17-975 Issue: Whether forcing an entity to defend claims for civil liability and penalties in an ultra vires agency proceeding, when “exclusive jurisdiction” of those claims lies in federal district...
As Congress considers a path forward on immigration policy, the debate is playing out along desolate stretches of the southwestern border, where at least 7,209 people have died while crossing illegally over the past 20 years, reports NPR. A report by the aid group No...
Gov. Greg Abbott is set to replace another official at the scandal-plagued Texas Juvenile Justice Department. One juvenile justice reform advocate said the action appears to be in retaliation for the official speaking out about agency flaws, the Texas Tribune reports. The governor will announce...
When a widespread industry practice comes under regulatory scrutiny, companies that end up in the crosshairs sometimes fall back on the “everyone does it” defense. This argument has an intuitive appeal in the consumer-protection context—consumers are presumably aware of practices that are common across an...