When military service members face courts-martial, they face many of the problems that criminal defendants face in civil courts. However, the military criminal system can be very different from the civilian court system that most of us are more familiar with.
For many veterans, transitioning to civilian life can at times feel like an insurmountable challenge. While combating a slew of mental health issues, poverty, and substance abuse, a devastating number of veterans wind up in handcuffs.
Several BigLaw firms are in merger talks that could produce BiggerLaw Firms—with the aim of producing seamless legal services for their corporate clients. But some general counsel interviewed by the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) question the value of megamergers.
Sen. Ted Cruz was ambitious, charismatic and eager to debate liberals when he attended Harvard Law School from 1992 to 1995. The Boston Globe interviewed Cruz’s classmates and decided he wasn’t much different than he is today.
A remark by Justice Stephen G. Breyer during oral arguments in a town prayer case last week has some atheists hoping he will “come out” as a nonbeliever.
A Florida judge who opined that Catholics and moral people shouldn’t have affairs may have been improperly swayed by religion during sentencing of a sexual battery defendant, a Florida appeals court has ruled.
Judge Richard Posner gets a lot of attention for his opinions and his writing, but he’s not looking to leverage his fame to join the U.S. Supreme Court. Posner explained why he isn’t interested in an interview with the Daily Beast about his compulsive writing habits.
Thinking about getting an uncontested divorce? You'll want to know some basics first. Many couples who are ready to end their marriage will pursue an uncontested divorce, thinking it's a shortcut to living happily apart for ever after. But it may not be quite as simple as you think......
