A tax on large businesses in Seattle that was slated to fund affordable housing and homeless services will be rescinded. It was passed unanimously one month ago, but Amazon, along with other businesses opposed it, and Amazon...

According to an opinion by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the most important legal rule that protects Americans from illegal searches by police has no historical basis and the Supreme Court no authority to require states to...

Legal packets, using fake logos but appropriating names of real defense attorneys, were among the ways an entrepreneurial ex-con managed to smuggle synthetic pot into federal prisons. The documents, according to prosecutors, were soaked with the cannabinoid...

The California State Assembly has, by a wide margin, passed a law banning mandatory arbitration clauses in employment contracts. This development comes on the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis. What...

A noted civil rights attorney, who later in his career turned to the climate change issue, committed suicide as an act of protest, in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. He chose the early morning when no one would be...

Judicial Crisis Network, a right-wing judicial advocacy organization that uses money from anonymous sources to fund attacks against liberal court nominees and candidates, is embroiled in litigation prior to a May 22nd election for the Arkansas Supreme...

With time starting to run out for confirmation before the mid-term elections, Republicans have their fingers crossed. “If you’re thinking about quitting this year, do it yesterday,” was the message from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, delivered...

Ireland’s data protection commissioner, Helen Dixon, will soon gain vast new powers to investigate and fine companies with headquarters in her country. Ireland is the European headquarters for Airbnb, Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter and Microsoft, which owns...

The bust of an industrial-sized marijuana farm in an old warehouse in Providence, Rhode Island, yielded an unexpected result, the indictment of former Mafia chieftain “Cadillac Frank” Salemme for a 1993 murder. Salemme, 84, was a street...

The state of New York has enacted several new laws that address sexual harassment. The prohibition against non-disclosure agreements has been well-publicized, but in a client alert, the Arent Fox firm points out an open question. It...