ObamaCare in the US Supreme Court

March 16 (Bloomberg Law) — The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear one of its most important cases in years — the challenge to the Obama Administration’s health care reform law. The six-hour arguments — the longest session in decades — will...

Asteroid Mining in Space: Is it Legal?

May 3 (Bloomberg Law) — Frans von der Dunk, professor of Space Law at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Law, talks with Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia about the legal implications of a new company’s plans to mine near Earth asteroids for...

Taking Aim at the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

BY PETER J. HENNING BY PETER J. HENNING Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesMichael Mukasey has testified before Congress on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has been at the center of a tug of war between business interests...

Profiting on Lawsuits, Firms Invest in Them

  BY WILLIAM ALDEN Fred R. Conrad/The New York TimesJonathan T. Molot, left, chief investment officer of Burford Capital, a litigation investment firm, and Christopher P. Bogart, the firm’s chief executive. When it comes to legal spats, companies often loathe having...

Top iPhone and iPad Apps for Lawyers

By Joan Feldman | Jan.10.12 | If you’re a smartphone or tablet user—veteran or newbie—you know there’s nothing better than a delicious new list of apps to explore. Oh, the apps! Some folks spend hours carefully investigating each one before committing to buy or even...