Headlines » Labor Board Nominees Get Mixed Senate Reception » Harvard Law Opens Applications to Juniors » Sedgwick Bids to Trim Claims Arising From Ponzi Scheme » U.S. Proposes Criminal Checks for Bulger Jurors » The Justices Confront a Solomonic Task » Foreign Authorities Are Cracking Down on Corruption » 'Miranda' and the Constitution » Failure to Mirandize Does Not Violate Constitution or 'Miranda' » 'Company Doe' Asks Fourth Circuit to Keep Records Sealed » Workplace Bullying: Managing the Company Playground All five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board appeared Thursday before a sharply divided U.S. Senate committee. Democrats urged their speedy confirmation while Republicans called the board biased and called upon two nominees serving under recess appointments to resign. Read More » Harvard Law School has announced a pilot program under which Harvard undergraduates may apply and gain acceptance during their junior year, provided they agree to work for two years in between graduation and beginning their legal studies. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Know the WestlawNext Difference Over 47,000 legal organizations have switched to WestlawNext - thousands of corporate law departments, government agencies, small law firms and the majority of the AmLaw 100 & 200 firms. They rely on the editorial excellence that has led the legal industry for over 125 years, the market-leading content and the most advanced technology to maximize their research with the proven advantages of WestlawNext. Click here. | Sedgwick LLP has moved to dismiss what it called "over-reaching" claims in a $200 million malpractice lawsuit filed by the receiver of a purported medical receivables purchasing company in California that was revealed to be a $1 billion Ponzi scheme. Read More » The Boston U.S. Attorney's Office on Thursday asked a judge for permission to conduct criminal background checks of potential jurors who pass preliminary screening for the trial of accused mobster James "Whitey" Bulger. Read More » Currently the U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case that pits the interests of a white, would-be adoptive couple, to whom a Latina biological mother surrendered her baby girl at birth, against those of the natural father and his Cherokee tribe. Read More » Despite widespread misconceptions, developing countries often offer extensive anti-corruption support and foreign partners are able to instigate — and turbo charge — U.S. investigations. Read More » It has become increasingly evident that the Justice Department violated the constitutional rights of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by questioning him without his Miranda warnings. It is disturbing that the DOJ would risk its criminal prosecution by ignoring such basic rules and even more disturbing for what this says as to its view of the Constitution. Read More » Much of the discussion in the media on whether the surviving Boston bombing suspect should have been given Miranda warnings when he was arrested appears to be based on a misconception: that law enforcement officers are required to give suspects the warnings set forth in Miranda v. Arizona and that failure to do so is a violation of the law, at least if the public-safety exception doesn't apply. That is not correct. Read More » A company using a pseudonym in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is fighting to keep documents under seal in a dispute rooted in whether the public should be allowed to see a consumer product safety report. Read More » Workplace bullying is a pervasive problem that often precipitates harassment and discrimination claims and, in more extreme cases, workplace violence. Read More » | 
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