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Today it was the turn of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to host the traveling roadshow known as Chevron Corp.’s fight to avoid paying up to $18 billion dollars for environmental damage in Ecuador. … Continue reading →

The question, Justice Stephen Breyer said, is not whether Blackbeard himself could be sued, but whether the holding company that oversaw the whole operation, Pirates, Incorporated, was liable for various nefarious acts on the high seas. Once again, Breyer had … Continue reading →

I interviewed Anthony Franze, an attorney at Arnold & Porter in D.C., about his debut novel, The Last Justice. The Q&A, which touches upon why he chose to have the solicitor general as his main character, is up at Washingtonian … Continue reading →

As a reporter who is constantly reading court decisions, my eye is always drawn to the place where judges let it all hang out: the footnote. I have come across two of interest in the last week. The first was … Continue reading →

This month’s California Lawyer magazine features a cover story I wrote on the lawyers involved on both sides in the mammoth litigation between indigenous Ecuadorean plaintiffs and Chevron Corp. over oil contamination in Ecuador. It’s a case I’ve been covering … Continue reading →

Back when I covered the Supreme Court for the Los Angeles Daily Journal, I always found it fascinating covering claims of ineffective assistance of counsel made against criminal defense lawyers by former clients. In particular, I was intrigued by what … Continue reading →

Prometheus is best known for being the titan who, against the wishes of Zeus, gave mankind the gift of fire. Prometheus is also the name of a company that comes up with new diagnostic and therapeutic products. Today, the Supreme … Continue reading →

When I first took a look at the 100 questions on U.S. naturalization civics test, I immediately saw some potential traps. I hope not to fall into any of them tomorrow when I’m scheduled to take the test in Baltimore.  … Continue reading →

The nomination this week of Los-Angeles-based Munger, Tolles & Olson attorney Paul Watford to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals prompted your blogger to look again at the transcript of a Supreme Court roundtable previewing the 2009 term (Daily … Continue reading →

From Friday’s Greenwire: Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens highlights a high-profile Endangered Species Act case about a tiny fish that delayed a reservoir project in his new memoir. The case in question is Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill, … Continue reading →