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As a native West Virginian , I was heartbroken by the coal mining tragedy that occurred a few weeks ago. Yesterday, President Obama and Vic...

In the midst of this struggling economy, you can always count on Goldman Sachs to make some money. From the New York Times : [Email] messag...

Look at porn apparently. From Yahoo News : A senior attorney at the SEC's Washington headquarters spent up to eight hours a day looki...

From the New York Times : The Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved legislation to tighten regulation of derivatives trading, w...

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Dr. Leiter makes a convincing case for why President Obama's choice to replace Justice Stevens will be Janet Napolitano, the current Sec...

So large health and life insurance companies have substantial holdings in . . . fast food? CBS

Visualize Law provides a pretty cool graphical representation of the overall scores of the 2011 U.S. News Rankings . Click the small image...

Every year, as the tax man comes to take his share from his loyal citizens, law students from around the country eagerly anticipate the rele...

Can justices still learn on the job, or are they confined to strict party lines? Linda Greenhouse examines how Justice Stevens began his ca...

As many had predicted, this term will be Justice Stevens's last on the Court.  The New York Times reports : In a brief letter to Presid...

It was not long after Pennsylvania legalized table games that UPenn alum, and Las Vegas tycoon, Steve Wynn expressed his desire to get a p...

Senator Specter urges Justice Stevens to stay on the Court for the remainder of this term because he feels that the Senate will not be able ...

Thanks all for the helpful comments, and thanks especially to the DUI attorneys who seem so interested in the intersection between qualified...

I was able to attend oral arguments in Barber v. Thomas , 09-5201 (2010) yesterday. The question presented in that case was whether the ...

Drug product liability is an area of law that resembles a game of hot potato to decide who is at fault. The FDA, perhaps? Well of course no...

The problems according to Richard Epstein. The Daily Beast

In my last post , I explored a few of the problems with the interaction between Pearson and Iqbal : that a civil rights plaintiff is caug...

I love my home state of West Virginia. I love the beautiful hills, the wonderful people and, of course, the Sweet 16-bound Moutaineers. But...

For a bit of news that has nothing to do with Pearson, Iqbal, or (at least directly) the law-- I'm in Washington, DC this weekend at t...