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Gizmodo Loses FOIA Lawsuit Over Trump Wiretap Claims
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
A federal judge rejected a media request for information about alleged wiretaps of President Trump. Gizmodo Media Group had filed a Freedom of Information...
Jury Finds Roundup to Be Substantial Factor in Man's Cancer
By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on
For a second time now, a jury has ruled that Roundup, the weed-killer made by Monsanto, which was just purchased by Bayer, has caused an individual's...
High Court Allows Extra Painful Lethal Injection
By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on
In the recently released opinion, Bucklew v. Precythe, a five to four majority held that a death row inmate could be put to death with a lethal injection...
High Court Finds No Problem in SSA Expert's 'Proof'
By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on
The recent SCOTUS decision in Biestek v. Berryhill may have flown under most lawyers' radars as it concerned a Social Security Administration's ALJ's...
Justice Thomas Speaks Up in Racial Discrimination Jury Selection Argument
By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on
In a rather curious turn of events, during the oral argument in the Flowers v. Mississippi case, Justice Thomas broke his three-year silence on the bench and...
SCOTUS to Consider State Court Jury Unanimity
By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on
While most states and federal law requires criminal defendants to be convicted by a unanimous jury of their peers, that's not the case in a couple state courts...