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Dueling reforms for immigration courts
National Law Journal
Advocates say DOJ approach falls short of need found by ABA, others
CSX chases plaintiff firm over asbestos
National Law Journal
A railroad company's dogged pursuit of conspiracy and fraud charges against an asbestos law firm is unfolding in a federal appellate court and with a major assist from business and tort reform groups
Report urges immigration overhaul
National Law Journal
According to a top-to-bottom investigation of the system for removing aliens from the United States, neither the Department of Homeland Security nor the nation's immigration courts are ensuring fair
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National Law Journal
Lose-win at Skadden; meltdown in DC Superior Court; Madigan to O'Keefe's rescue again; a big Star Fleet endorsement for a law firm; an attorney jumps to three firms in six years; and a new law school
Opinion roils dozens of cases
National Law Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court's landscape-altering ruling in Citizens United v. FEC is already triggering aftershocks in some of the dozens of campaign finance-related lawsuits in federal and state courts
Bad behavior by judge reverses asylum ruling
National Law Journal
The Board of Immigration Appeals, in a rare move, has ordered the reopening of a rejected asylum request after a DOJ investigation found that the immigration judge disregarded his obligation to be fa
Football and federal power at high court
National Law Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court returned to the bench with gusto last week, tackling issues ranging from the antitrust status of the National Football League and the power of the federal government to detain
Federal Circuit: delays can't excuse government's failure to dispose of nuclear waste
National Law Journal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday rejected the federal government's argument that it could use "unavoidable delay" as defense in the long-running, multi-billion dollar liti
High court struggles with child custody, sex offender cases
National Law Journal
In two starkly different challenges Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court vigorously questioned the federal government's power to detain sexually dangerous prisoners beyond their federal prison sentences a
Crowell sued by clients in hijack case
National Law Journal
Two American victims of the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 have sued Washington's Crowell & Moring over its demand that they share their multi-million-dollar award with other Flight 73 victims re
