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An Arizona trial court recently allowed a victim’s family to show an AI video of a beyond-the-grave impact statement at the defendant’s sentencing hearing.  The family created a video of what the deceased might…

In April 2025, the Supreme Court docketed Mumford v. Iowa, a case asking whether a police dog’s sniff of the interior of a lawfully stopped vehicle violates the Fourth Amendment if there’s neither consent…

On March 31, 2025, The Wall Street Journal published this Op-Ed by Daniel Huff, an attorney for the first Trump administration and the House and Senate judiciary Committees, in which Mr. Huff wrote that…

Across the country, non-profits, labor unions, private individuals, state governments, and more are filing for emergency relief in federal court. They’re asking for injunctions—court orders to stop what they perceive as unconstitutional actions by…

A so-called “SLAPP” suit is a strategic lawsuit against public participation—a case brought by one side of a political or public policy debate aimed to punish or prevent the opposite side from expressing its…

On January 10, 2024, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Smith v. Arizona, a case asking whether the government’s expert witness can testify as to the findings of another expert without violating the…

Imagine that you own or work for a U.S. company that does most of its business with international customers and/or business partners.  For years, you’ve worked hard to build those relationships, and your company…

It’s no secret that our country is in the grip of an epidemic of opioid abuse and addiction.  According to the CDC, approximately 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. Incredible amounts…

Back in 1946, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60 abolished ancient writs like coram nobis, coram vobis, and audita querela, thus ensuring that most of today’s lawyers would never learn these obscure Latin terms.…

The #MeToo movement led to calls on Congress to enact legislative change.  Reformers demanded change that would encourage the reporting of sexual assaults, would deter assaults in the first instance, and would better protect…