The U.S. House Ethics Committee found "substantial evidence" that former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to a dozen women for sex or drugs, used or possessed cocaine, ecstasy and ...

In December, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a series of amendments that made significant changes to the requirements for statutory powers of attorney in the state of New York. The changes, as discussed by C ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping wave of laws this year, passed by the Republican supermajority of Florida’s Legislature, that have been criticized as unconstitutional and discriminatory. And some ...

Mechanic's liens are a basic security right created by either constitutional or statutory law. They do not exist as a matter of equity or common law, but are instead legislative creatures.

My colleague Sam Bray, who is one of the nation's leading remedies experts, and also someone whose judgment I very much trust, passes along this note highly ...

Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan discussed what she described as “remarkable” changes in interpretation of statutory law in a conversation with law professor John F. Manning ’82 during an ...

I often see people assuming that sex with under-18-year-olds is a crime (statutory rape); for instance, some comments on the 17-year-old gets help in lying about age to get abortion; later, she and ...

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