U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge David Waxse rejected the federal government’s application for search warrants against Yahoo, Google and three other Internet giants. (subscription required)
Or, you can read about it from Business Insider, which cited me.
In light of Ted Cruz’s threat to shut down the government if Obamacare isn’t repealed, I figured I’d post the article I wrote in 2011 about his Senate campaign. Even then, he told me that he wasn’t planning on compromising when he got to Washington.
As Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Makes Move Onto National Stage, Michael Best & Friedrich Toils in the Wings.
U.S. district judge Kimba Wood trimmed a lawsuit brought by mixed martial artists in New York arguing that the state ban on MMA events is unconstitutional.
See also: Battleground State: The Battle to Legalize Mixed Martial Arts in New York.
Is Morgan, Lewis & Bockius a hotbed of liberal activism? Yes, according to Texas lieutenant governor and U.S. Senate candidate David Dewhurst, who is making that claim as part of a his Republican primary campaign against Morgan Lewis partner Ted Cruz.
Unfortunately, the video of the ad is no longer available.
Weil Gotshal partner and ex-Watergate prosecutor Richard Davis reflects on his experience questioning former President Richard Nixon before a grand jury.
I saw other media outlets write something similar… several days after I had already written it. (subscription required)
You usually don’t associate sports with the First Amendment. The UFC hopes the courts will do what the NY legislature has failed to do, thus far. On a personal note, this was the first time I’ve written about MMA since my J-School days.
Related posts:
Battleground State: The Battle to Legalize Mixed Martial Arts in New York.
For something that comes around once a decade (unless you’re in Texas), it’s no surprise that redistricting generates a ton of litigation.
I got the scoop on Anthony Weiner’s lawyer.
And here’s a hat tip from the Wall Street Journal.
My original lede was rejected. It said that “Anthony Weiner has been less than frank about his online liaisons with various women.” Everyone else zigged while I zagged.
Paul Clement’s had a busy couple of weeks. First, he quit his firm, King & Spalding, after the firm withdrew from defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and refused to go quietly. Then he joined a boutique firm where he could take on the cases he wanted to – like defending Arizona’s controversial immigration law.
I wrote these four stories in my first few weeks as an intern at The American Lawyer. I got a lot of internal praise for these and I think they may have contributed to their decision to hire me on a full-time basis.
The Other Gay Marriage Case: Prop 8 in California may get all of the attention, but a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act brought by lawyers at Foley Hoag, Sullivan & Worcester and Jenner & Block could be the case to watch. By sheer luck, my story about the case (Gill v. Office of Personnel Management) was posted a mere half hour before the decision came down.
Solitary Men: Squire Sanders fights against 23-hour-a-day lockdown for the Angola Three.
A Scene from the Manchurian Candidate: Morrison & Foerster’s Gordon Espalmer represents victims of Cold War era mind-control experiments.
Innocence Beyond All Doubt: Law firms work to reverse the convictions of the “Norfolk Four.”
Here’s my Master’s Project for Columbia. It’s fairly long, so I’m splitting it into 6 parts. Hope you enjoy!
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The Fighters
For Matt Serra, the former UFC Welterweight Champion, the worst part about training for a fight is having to give up pasta so that he can make the 170-pound welterweight limit. However, he loves to fight and can’t imagine himself doing anything else. “I’ve been studying jiu-jitsu since I was 19-years old, and I’m 35 now. I practice everything, but there’s something about jiu-jitsu that I love. It’s based on leverage and technique, and the fluidity of the moves from one transition to the other. I have a real love of the art of jiu jitsu, and I took to it like a fish to water,” said Serra, who won a gold medal at the 1999 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Pan American championships.
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The Pundit
Bert Sugar is one of the world’s foremost authorities on boxing. A member of the Boxing Hall of Fame, Sugar has written over 60 books, including some on boxing; has edited The Ring, Boxing Illustrated and Fight Game magazines, and was named “The Greatest Boxing Writer of the 20th Century” by the International Veterans Boxing Association. The quick-witted and sharp-tongued Sugar, known as much for his one-liners as for his trademark fedora and cigar, has some strong opinions about MMA, but still thinks it should be legalized.
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About Me:
- Former Lawyer.
- Current Journalist/Writer/Editor.
- Author of "Nixon in New York: How Wall Street Helped Richard Nixon Win the White House," published in 2018.
- Husband, father and dog-lover.
- Pittsburgh Steelers fan. Manchester United supporter.
- Chicago via Pittsburgh, New York City and several others.