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Preemption, the First Amendment, and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel on Today’s Decisional Menu - SCOTUS Today

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Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down three decisions on a Thursday, each of them substantively important to the individuals involved, but all of them essentially involving the Supreme Court’s instructing lower...more

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Notice of Appeal - A quarterly newsletter reviewing Third Circuit opinions impacting white collar defense lawyers - March 2024

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Defendant and his co-conspirators firebombed an informant’s house and killed several individuals. Six weeks into their trial on related charges, the Government disclosed that one of the defense attorneys previously worked as...more

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What Does Capital Murder Mean in Colorado?

Capital murder designates a specific type of homicide that may be punishable by the death penalty. But, it no longer exists in the state of Colorado. This change in the legal landscape is a significant development, and...more

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Handling Post-Conviction Death Penalty Cases Pro Bono | McKenzie Edwards | Texas Appellate Law Podcast

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Finding a career in the law and finding something you’re passionate about don’t always intersect. But McKenzie Edwards, a trial lawyer with Cleveland | Krist PLLC in Austin, has managed to do both. Starting in law school, she...more

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Beltway Buzz - August 2023 #3

Uh-oh: Government Shutdown Chances Increase. The Buzz continues to monitor the potential for a federal government shutdown. Last week, we noted a positive development: leadership in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of...more

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The Supreme Court Update - February 23, 2023

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions: Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, No. 21-908: This case analyzed the U.S. Bankruptcy Code’s prohibition of the discharge of debts that were incurred through...more

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Law Brief®: Rich Schoenstein and Marie Pereira Discuss High-Profile Verdicts

Legal Analyst Marie Pereira joins Rich Schoenstein to discuss the verdicts rendered last week in the trial of defamation claims against Alex Jones in Connecticut, and the trial of the convicted murderer responsible for the...more

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NY Gun Case Tops Day of Contentious Decisions: SCOTUS Today

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New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen is the long-awaited New York gun licensing decision that has been hotly debated since its filing. Especially in light of recent school shootings, that debate is likely...more

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Five More Opinions and Justice Gorsuch Shows an Independent Streak: SCOTUS Today

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I’m currently in the wilds of Alaska, learning about the training of sled dogs. Nevertheless, word of the Supreme Court’s five most recent decisions has traveled northward. While none of these decisions is earthshaking, they...more

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The Supreme Court - March 4, 2022

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United States v. Tsarnaev, No. 20-443: This case concerns the death penalty imposed on one of the two brothers, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who planted and detonated bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding...more

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The Supreme Court - January 18, 2022

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Kevin George v. McDonough, No. 21-234: This case, involving an agency’s authority to interpret the statutes it regulates, presents the following question: When the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denies a veteran’s claim...more

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En Banc Review Results in Equally Divided Fourth Circuit (Again)

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The world of Fourth Circuit en banc review has provided much fodder for my postings on this blog (See, e.g., here, here, here, here). On Monday, the Court released another blog-worthy en banc opinion when it affirmed per...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

[Podcast] The 2021 SCOTUS Wrapup and Preview Episode

In this episode, Akin Gump Supreme Court and appellate practice head Pratik Shah and senior counsel Aileen McGrath review the 2020 Supreme Court Term and preview the big cases and topics in the October 2021 Term. Among the...more

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An Examination of the Death Penalty in America

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In July 2020, the death penalty attracted national attention when the Trump Administration and the Department of Justice reinstituted federal executions for the first time in more than 17 years. Ultimately, the administration...more

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The Supreme Court - March 22, 2021

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Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, No. 20-794: Whether the discretion granted to district courts in 28 U.S.C. §1782(a) to render assistance in gathering evidence for use in “a foreign or international tribunal”...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, January 2021 # 7

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In Washington: The Trump administration will no longer hold back the second dose of a coronavirus vaccine in order to speed up inoculations. The changes are a departure from current policy and align with a plan unveiled by...more

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Supreme Court Decides United States v. Briggs and United States v. Collins

On December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States decided United States v. Briggs and United States v. Collins, holding that three rape prosecutions under the pre-2006 Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) were...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, November 2020 # 13

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In Washington: The Senate headed out for the Thanksgiving recess with no coronavirus stimulus bill is in sight. During a press conference Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) suggested that there might be...more

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Voir Dire on Content, Not Effect: Lessons from the Tsarnaev Appeal

We tend to think of “bias” as it applies to juries, but courts can have their own deep-seated practices. For example, judges will often prefer voir dire questions that focus on the juror’s own assessment of the influence of a...more

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Juror Questionnaires: Expect Some Deception

In courtrooms making tentative steps toward reopening to in-person jury trials, some of the parties have called for increased use of juror questionnaires, ideally filled out ahead of time either by mail or online. This makes...more

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Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Trends, Issue 8

This eighth edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, follows what we hope was a restful and meaningful Memorial Day weekend. For the third week in a row, shutdown challenges, workers'...more

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A powerful lesson in UK Data Protection law restrictions

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The protections afforded by the GDPR and the UK’s 2019 Data Protection Act (‘DPA’) are not naturally associated with efforts to frustrate and restrict the use of the death penalty internationally. However, the recent Supreme...more

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The Supreme Court - February 25, 2020

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following four opinions: Rodriguez v. FDIC, No. 18-1269: The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), under its statutes and regulations, allows an affiliated group of...more

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Voir Dire: Account for Both Presumptions and Expectations

A newly-published study about the effects of voir dire in capital cases suggests that social scientists and the courts may need to reconsider a long-held tenet. For at least the past 35 years, the belief has been that jurors...more

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Avoid Juror Self-Sabotage

Several years ago, I sat in a courtroom in Pennsylvania, assisting the defense in a capital murder jury selection. The process was involved, and potential jurors were interviewed one at a time after completing a comprehensive...more

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