The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld San Francisco's policy of strip-searching arrestees without individualized suspicion they were concealing contraband. The opinion is here. "The record reveals a pervasive and serious problem with contraband inside San Francisco's jails, as well ...

This afternoon Governor Christie signed an executive order suspending the work of the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) for 90 days, except as necessary, in order to prevent the loss of affordable housing opportunities. The executive order calls for a five person task force to be appointed by the ...

This afternoon Governor Christie signed an executive order suspending the work of the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) for 90 days, except as necessary, in order to prevent the loss of affordable housing opportunities. The executive order calls for a five person task force to be appointed by the ...

As might be expected, the number of lawsuits over Toyota vehicles has grown sharply. According to a Bloomberg news report, several different groups of plaintiffs have filed at least 29 suits in California, Texas and South Carolina. It is likely that, as the suits advance and others ar ...

In order to comply with subscription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view the full text of cases listed below: Tuesday, February 09, 2010  #2     1. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Umar Delgado, Defendant-Ap ...

Reasonable suspicion is not required to calling a license plate for an NCIC check. Suppression order reversed. State v. Herrera, 2010 NMCA 6, 2009 N.M. App. LEXIS 280 (October 30, 2009), Certiorari Denied, December 11, 2009: [*12] We agree with this reasoning of the Ninth and Tenth Circuits. B ...

The regular Monday morning column from Clark Judge has become a Tuesday column because of the snows in D.C.: Health Summit Starting Point: Ban Three Bad IdeasBy Clark S. Judge, managing director, White House Writers...

In the month of February we celebrate Presidents Day in honor of two great United States Presidents; George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Both were heroes of wars fought on U.S soil for freedom and unity of our great country. The United States has fought many wars throughout the world since that ...

The Haiti earthquake was in 2010, but lawmakers are allowing charitable tax deductions for Haiti relief contributions in the 2009 income tax calculation. We've already discussed the tax benefits of donating to Haiti relief in an earlier post in this blog. But now, 2009 taxpayers have an added tax i ...

Winston & Strawn has added two partners and a senior counsel to its New York office. Lawrence A. Larose and Samuel S. Kohn join as partners in the firm’s restructuring and insolvency group while William J. Grant has joined as senior counsel in the mergers and acquisitions practice. Larose, who w ...