BY CUSHLA TALBUT — In the 1873 case of Bradwell v. Illinois, Justice Joseph Bradley famously held that the Illinois Bar was within its rights to deny admission to a woman, Myra Bradwell, solely on the basis of her gender. In an infamous and oft-quoted passage, Justice Bradley pondered the role of women and the […]
BY LACEY STUTZ — On September 5, 2012, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a death warrant for John Errol Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson, who has been on death row for thirty-four years, was convicted and sentenced to death for eight counts of first-degree murder in 1978. Six of the murders were execution-style killings that occurred during […]
BY ZACH LUDENS — In a decision to be reviewed by United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit last month found a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) unconstitutional in Windsor v. United States. DOMA, enacted in the face of the 1996 U.S. Presidential election, defined the terms marriage […]
BY ALYSSA WILLIAMS — Shoppers today stood outside various retail establishments in the wee hours of the morning, or perhaps late Thanksgiving night, to grab door-busters and giveaways on America’s busiest shopping day. However, when packing the thermos, store ads, and sweater, shoppers (and employees) should bring along their attorney’s business card as well. While clever […]
BY ERYCA SCHIFFMAN — In one of the most ironic twists of the mortgage crisis, a former financial executive stands to make hundreds of millions of dollars in a whistleblower suit against Bank of America. In February 2012, former Countrywide Home Loans Executive Vice President Edward O’Donnell filed a qui tam action under the False […]
