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Law school campuses have been no stranger to free-speech battles, particularly in recent years. But the war in Israel has ratcheted up tensions and further complicated what were already extremely complex questions around constitutional rights and academic freedom.        

“The shackles could have suggested the court was concerned she would experience a violent outburst, or more problematically, their appearance after opening statements could imply Reese exhibited some conduct between opening statements and the beginning of testimony that necessitated shackling,” said Judge Konduros. “Consequently, the potential impact on the jury was far greater than the […]

“I came to Michigan State University College of Law to continue my life work in support of equal justice under the law,” Dean Linda Sheryl Greene said in a statement. “Here I focused on the identification and preparation of diverse lawyers to serve diverse communities in Michigan and beyond.”        

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld the criminal conviction of a man who filed fraudulent loans in order to obtain PPP funds during the pandemic and dismissed allegations that his counsel was ineffective.        

“This will continue and you have the power to make it stop,” Wesley Ball, of Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball, told the jury.        

While an intermediate appeals court found the defendant’s offer to live with her son “forever” if he killed his father didn’t constitute a “thing of value” within the meaning of the state law, RCW 9A.28.030(1), the state Supreme Court disagreed, reinstating her conviction for criminal solicitation.        

By leveraging cloud marketplace solutions, the IT department can help the corporate legal department — and the business as a whole — get more from its software budget.        

“Taxpayers need to fully understand both the hidden dangers and available protections when relying on an agent to file their tax returns, and accountants and other professional tax preparers should advise their clients of taxpayers’ responsibilities to ensure the submission of their returns regardless of their reliance on an agent,” the appeals court said.        

“Judicial immunity is strong medicine…. But the medicine’s potency cautions against its indiscriminate prescription,” appellate court says.        

Susman Godfrey plans to increase the number of law students participating in its 1L Diversity Fellowship and the number of winners of the Susman Godfrey Prize.