this week in law

Just because marijuana is legal in Colorado does not mean that lawyers may provide legal counsel to marijuana practitioners. (Time) New York’s new mayor names the city’s new head lawyer. (NY Times) Even in the age of cell phones and…

Courts get involved when an Amish family refuses chemotherapy for their daughter. (Akron Beacon Journal) British court, that previously ordered a mother to undergo a C-section, rules that the child should be placed for adoption. (Al…

Are fees and fines imposed upon those with outstanding criminal-justice debt creating new debtors’ prisons in America? (The Economist) Supreme Court denies petition for writ of mandamus filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, in which…

Street performers challenge some states’ efforts to regulate busking. (The Economist) The Supreme Court hears arguments on whether a state may ban the use of racial preferences in university admissions. (Washington Post) Copyright law poses challenges for…

The new term of the Supreme Court kicks off with a “deep docket.”  (NY Times)  Supreme Court watchers speculate how long Justice Ginsberg will remain on the bench (Washington Post), and Justice Scalia gets real…

Second phase of the BP civil trial begins, with each side arguing how much oil was spilled.  (NY Times) All you ever wanted to know about the Antideficiency Act, a law enacted in the late…