Walter Olson WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Walter Olson, a noted legal scholar and one of the nation's leading critics of lawsuit abuse, this week joined the Cato Institute, serving as a senior fellow at the libertarian think tank.
Tom Miller (D) DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline)-Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has found himself in the Republican Party's crosshairs, with the GOP trying hard this year to unseat the longtime Democratic stalwart.
John Eastman (R) LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline)-Jack Pitney, a leading authority on California politics, had it right last month when he foretold that Republican state attorney general hopeful John Eastman's candidacy would attract support from leaders of the nation's conservative movement.
John Eastman (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)- Retroactive pension increases paid to some retired public employees in California are unconstitutional, a Republican candidate for state attorney general says.
Brenna Findley (R) DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline)-Republican Brenna Findley says it is time for Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller to find another job, decrying his seven terms as the state's chief legal officer.
John Eastman (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)- Retroactive pension increases paid to some retired public employees in California are unconstitutional, a Republican candidate for state attorney general said Monday.
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - President Barack Obama went out of his way to criticize the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday night, though some are writing that he was wrong in his argument.
John Eastman (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-John Eastman, a Southern California law school dean and conservative legal scholar, has all but formally jumped into the race for state attorney general, saying Wednesday that the state needs a constitutional scholar to serve as its next chief legal officer.
John Eastman (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-One of California's leading conservative legal minds, John Eastman, is considering a run for state attorney general.
Ben-Shahar In his years of studying mandates on product disclosures and other parts of consumer protection law, Omri Ben-Shahar has come to realize one thing.
Elena Kagan WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-President-elect Barack Obama on Monday tapped the current dean of Harvard Law School to serve as U.S. solicitor general.
Elena Kagan WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The dean of Harvard Law School is the top candidate to serve as President-elect Barack Obama's voice at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Leah Ward Sears ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) -- Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice
Leah Ward Sears announced Wednesday that she is leaving the court in June 2009.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland threw his support behind state Treasurer Richard Cordray Wednesday, endorsing the Democrat for this November's Attorney General election.
Frank CHARLESTON, W. Va. - When a state's legal reputation is so poor that it is widely regarded as the worst in which to do business, it is normally pretty hard to shock the legal community.