American Indians challenging eagle feather rules get a boost from Hobby Lobby ruling

In many American Indian religions, the eagle is considered a link to the creator and the spirit world. Its feathers are an important part of rituals, facilitating spiritual or physical purification.

Jan 1, 2015 5:53 AM CST

Female law review authors are cited at a higher rate than men, study finds

The conventional wisdom is that scholarly research by women is cited less often than that of male authors. But that doesn’t hold true for legal scholarship, the National Law Journal (sub. req.) reports. Law review articles with at least one female author are cited at a higher rate than those…

Dec 12, 2014 5:45 AM CST

Rightscorp fights Internet piracy by ‘ticketing’ copyright infringers

Dec 1, 2014 1:50 AM CST

No Fracking Way: Towns across the country are stopping the big energy industry

On a hot June summer day this year, residents from the small farming town of Dryden, in upstate New York, gathered in front of the local courthouse to celebrate. The state's highest court had just ruled that their town could ban oil and gas development, including a controversial drilling method…

Nov 1, 2014 5:15 AM CDT

Leagues win a restraining order against NJ racetrack that wanted to allow sports gambling

A New Jersey federal district judge dealt a blow to a racetrack’s hopes of providing legal sports betting. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp of Trenton granted a temporary restraining order to several sports leagues, including the National Football League and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. According to ESPN,…

Oct 27, 2014 3:00 PM CDT

Scalia compares himself to Frodo in originalism battle

Justice Antonin Scalia made two public appearances on Wednesday, calling for balance in interpreting the church-state divide in one, and comparing his support for originalism to the quest of the Lord of the Rings character Frodo Baggins in the other. In a speech at Colorado Christian University, Scalia said the…

Oct 2, 2014 8:44 AM CDT

SCOTUS ‘is an emperor that truly has no clothes,’ Chemerinsky says in new book

Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky criticizes both liberal and conservative justices in his new book, but he’s not worried they will hold a grudge should he appear before the U.S. Supreme Court again. After all, he lost both cases he most recently argued before the U.S. Supreme Court—in unanimous decisions. “How…

Sep 30, 2014 5:45 AM CDT

Looking back on Zubulake, 10 years later

Sep 1, 2014 10:30 AM CDT

Magna Carta should inspire lawyers to rise above partisanship, solve problems, chief justice says

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, speaking to the ABA House of Delegates, delivered some choice humor, an informative lecture on the history of Magna Carta and a call for lawyers to advance the historic document’s ideal for the rule of law and particularly for independent courts. Roberts’ address…

Aug 11, 2014 5:48 PM CDT

Chemerinsky: First impressions of this term’s SCOTUS decisions were misleading

Correction: First impressions can be deceiving and, with the benefit of a month of hindsight after the completion of the Supreme Court term, it is apparent than many of those impressions were misleading. After the term was over, many of the initial commentaries stressed the apparent consensus that emerged on…

Aug 4, 2014 2:15 PM CDT

Center studying law and culture moves to NYU

Aug 1, 2014 9:40 AM CDT

An interview with Judge Richard A. Posner

Jul 1, 2014 10:20 AM CDT

Federal Circuit gets reined in over patent fees in infringement suits

Jul 1, 2014 8:50 AM CDT

Preparing for the ‘Internet of things’

Jul 1, 2014 7:40 AM CDT

Do you secretly believe your job isn’t necessary? Academic sees corporate law as one of the BS jobs

British anthropologist David Graeber recalls discovering the remarkable career of a childhood friend. The friend was a poet and then the front man in an indie rock band—a singer Graeber heard on the radio without realizing he was the friend he had known. But after a few unsuccessful albums, the…

May 15, 2014 1:53 PM CDT