The case is an encouraging sign that the SCOTUS contender is not the sort of judge who bends over backward to shield cops from liability for outrageous misconduct.
Despite an alarming increase in crime, Illinois is illegally delaying gun licenses.
Second Amendment Foundation founder Alan Gottlieb insists "the strength of the NRA is not only in its leadership but in its members," who can do their work outside the NRA's aegis.
The answer speaks volumes about the extent to which that doctrine protects police officers from liability for outrageous conduct.
The decision says the "unbridled and unfettered consolidation of authority in one unelected official" violates due process and the separation of powers.
Responding to a medical alert they knew was erroneous, White Plains officers killed the man they supposedly were trying to help.
Abolishing qualified immunity is a crucial step in holding police accountable for violating our rights.
It's not likely to have the chilling effect he expects. Unfortunately, it might not do as much as criminal justice reformers expect either.
The ruling says the state's top health official exceeded her statutory authority by ordering "nonessential" businesses to close.
An Illinois resident obtained a TRO by citing a 30-day limit, while a New Hampshire hair salon owner says the goal of her state's lockdown has been achieved.
"The public may well have an interest in how litigation is funded by third parties," the judge concludes. A law firm and two litigation finance companies are disputing (among other things) whether the litigation finance agreements are illegally usurious.
The plaintiffs now have to prove that Remington's advertising was not only "unfair or deceptive" but "a proximate cause" of the attack.
Blaming opioid makers for the "opioid crisis" may be emotionally satisfying, but the reality is more complicated.
Can legal sales of prescription opioids constitute a nuisance? Two decisions, based on nearly identical statutes, reach diametrically opposed conclusions.
The plaintiffs say manufacturers broke the law by producing rifles that were compatible with accessories that facilitate rapid firing.
This will fail and more pressing problems will be neglected
The Connecticut Supreme Court rejects an absurdly broad definition of "negligent entrustment" but allows a claim based on "unfair trading practices."
A Colorado jury rejected claims that an indoor cultivation facility had injured the owners of a neighboring horse ranch.
A web developer's First Amendment lawsuit says Sibley, Iowa, officials conspired to silence him.
Lawyers look to cash in for the silliest of reasons.
A likely-fatal blow to to the state's censorious "ag gag" law
Two states attempt to dictate how farmers outside their boundaries treat their animals.
A court says a city can squash your property rights because it thinks vegetables are ugly.
A federal appeals court raises California's unconstitutional ban from the dead.
A group of coffee industry workers sues Everett, Wash. over city's new anti-bikini ordinances.
Legal threats over food marketing appear to be on the rise. But who really benefits?
A handful of food-industry groups say an equally bad federal law takes precedence.
Two lawsuits and action in Congress indicate wasteful, unconstitutional mandates may be on their way out.
Do settlement amounts reflect police culpability in deaths?
A South Carolina Supreme Court decision rejects rules based on economic protectionism.
But the appeals court rejected claims against state and local officials who regulate marijuana businesses.
The court should uphold a lower-court ruling suppressing the unconstitutional (and unconscionable) law.
After an embarrassing correction, the paper mangles the details again.
A story about a teenager who was bullied by the president for creating a website that mocked him was not true, but it was sadly plausible.
Do you love the First Amendment but detest Dr. Oz? Read on.
Google's ad model also targeted by suit, which tries to hold the communications entities responsible for how its users use them.
What happens when a food's link to salmonella is proven false? Nothing.
The billionaire bully chafes at the restrictions imposed by the First Amendment.
Large farms have been stung by two recent setbacks. What's next?
Kellyanne Conway says Trump's critics should be "very careful" about dissing him "in a legal sense."
The episode underscores the author's point about the speech-chilling impact of SLAPPs by thin-skinned rich people.
As an ongoing lawsuit makes clear, the regulations are a joke. How do we fix them?
The case founders on its extravagant definition of negligent entrustment.
Responding to the candidate's lawsuit threat, The New York Times says its story had no effect on a reputation he created for himself.
A pair of orchestrated hit pieces from media outlets has spurred the city to hand out massive fines.
Peter Thiel's funding of speech-chilling privacy litigation is totally misguided, people.
Manufacturers will have to guess which circumstances those are, because the FDA won't say.