Commentary and analysis of current events that have legal implications.  We often pick up stories from Reuters news sources, or there may be a new court filing on Westlaw that catches our attention.

Westlaw Journals weekly round-up

Apr 3, 2013 By: Melissa Sachs

The new Westlaw Journals blog brings you litigation headlines in over 30 substantive areas of law.  Here are some highlights from the past week:

Figuring out Justice Kennedy

Apr 2, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin

Commentators seem to agree that Justice Kennedy will be central to the Supreme Court’s decisions in the same-sex cases. But how will he vote?

Jurors in New York Federal Court Award $38.3M in Dispute Concerning Loans for Real Estate Development

Apr 2, 2013 By: Jury Verdicts

Leser v. U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n (E.D.N.Y.) Jury Awards Bank $38.3M From Loan Personal Guarantor 2013 WL 988814 Verdict Summary 2009 WL 2496958 Complaint

10 quotes from the same-sex marriage Supreme Court oral arguments and what they might mean (part 2)

Mar 29, 2013 By: Kellie Pantekoek

Yesterday, we looked at five important quotes from Hollingsworth v. Perry, the case challenging California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Today, we will examine five more from United States v. Windsor

10 quotes from the same-sex marriage Supreme Court oral arguments and what they might mean (part 1)

Mar 28, 2013 By: Kellie Pantekoek

On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on two cases involving same-sex marriage. One of the

Final prediction on same-sex marriage cases, post oral arguments

Mar 28, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin

After the dust settled from oral arguments, the Court seems very likely to strike down DOMA’s Section 3, but we don’t know why — a point that is very important to the legality of same-sex marriage

Hot Docs: SCOTUS finds warrantless dog sniff of front porch unconstitutional

Mar 28, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin

In its recent Florida v. Jardines ruling, the Supreme Court held that a police drug-sniff on an individual’s front porch without a warrant violated the Fourth Amendment.

Implications of Riverisland for Insurance Litigation

Mar 27, 2013 By: John K. DiMugno and Dennis Wall

Although Riverisland v. Fresno Madera removed a significant hurdle to recovery for promissory fraud, the full impact of the decision on insurance disputes remains unsettled

Westlaw Journals weekly round-up

Mar 27, 2013 By: Melissa Sachs

The new Westlaw Journals blog brings you litigation headlines in over 30 substantive areas of law. This week, “First Sale Doctrine,” “Chinese Drywall” and more.

Same-sex marriage is not new

Mar 27, 2013 By: Jason Steed

Contrary to what several justices claimed during yesterday’s oral argument, same-sex marriage is not new — it is centuries old

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