Last year, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) set a goal to develop up-to-date recommendations for how to treat pleural mesothelioma. To accomplish this, ASCO gathered together a panel of 14 experts from various medical specialties. The expert panel reviewed 222 research studies to see...
The FBI publicly urged President Trump not to release a classified memo, escalating a dispute over Republican allegations of improper surveillance in the probe examining whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election, the Wall Street Journal reports. In a sign of the unusual public tension...
Almost six months after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, residents continue to suffer from the breakdown of a criminal justice system that was already in crisis because of funding shortfalls. One key indicator of the “chaotic” state of the island’s infrastructure is a fourfold increase in...
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...