Ghislaine Maxwell Opposes Release of Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts

Effective at 6 PM on July 23, 2020, Ohio will require people to wear masks. A mask will be required: 1) when in an indoor location that is not a residence (stores, restaurants & bars, offices, just about everywhere); 2) when outdoors and unable to maintain a safe...

Presently, there are approximately a dozen counties in Ohio which are under the Governor's mask order. This order is active in "code red" counties - those who are experiencing a high level of COVID-19 cases. The Governor has indicated that obtaining compliance with...

On July 8, 2020, the Ohio Governor issued an order requiring masks in seven counties with spiking COVID-19 cases. The order requires a mask to be worn in any indoor location that is not a residence (which means stores, offices, businesses and public buildings);...

For any defendant facing federal charges, the pressure to plead guilty is very strong. There are two main reasons for this: 1) the extreme financial burden of going to trial with a private lawyer; and 2) the long sentence that waits those who lose at trial. So when...

Does a court have the legal authority to require people to wear face masks in the courthouse? In most states, there are Governor's orders recommending, but not requiring, the use of masks in public. In spite of those orders, most courthouses throughout the country...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to reexamine the much criticized doctrine of qualified immunity, which shields police from lawsuits over their misconduct. The doctrine of qualified immunity was originally developed decades ago in order to protect police from...

For anyone accused of a crime, the right to a jury trial is one of the most fundamental principles in the American criminal justice system. But what does that right look like when a pandemic strikes? Courts across the country have managed to conduct a variety of legal...

Two New York City Lawyers were arrested and are now facing federal charges for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail in to a vacant police car, during the recent protests Colinford Mattis, an Ivy League educated corporate lawyer, is accused of driving Urooj Rahman, a...

There is no question that there are indefensible racial disparities in our criminal justice system. Beginning with disparate policing practices like "stop and frisk", and money bail; and continuing on with implicit bias in jury selection, and disparate sentences for...

Not since the 1960's, when the nation was racked by civil rights demonstrations, anti-war protests and urban riots, has the press been so embroiled in police violence. As protests raged in cities across America, more than a dozen journalists were injured or arrested,...