The law firm of Clifford Chance  announced that it has added litigation partners David Raskin, Christopher J. Morvillo, and Edward C. O’Callaghan...
Humberto Leal Garcia a Mexican national who was sentenced and convicted for murder was eventually convicted in Texas on 7 July 2011....
The US Supreme Court has lifted a stay of execution for former Army recruiter and former Gulf War veteran Cleve Foster in...
Illinois today became the 16th state to abolish the death penalty when Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill passed last...
There is a domestic shortage of the anesthetic thiopental sodium, which is used for lethal injections in every state but Oklahoma. To...
Dechert LLP announced Tuesday that M. Holland West, formerly the head of Shearman & Sterling’s private equity and derivatives practice, has joined...
Dechert LLP announced today it has added three partners to its Washington, D.C. office. Thomas P. Vartanian, David L. Ansell, and Robert...
I’m sure most people would agree that what TV really needs more than anything else is another show about lawyers, because that’s...
Good morning everyone! As we head into Thanksgiving week, things have slowed down a bit. Here’s a look back at the end...
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you know by now that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried in New York for...
John Allen Muhammad, better known as the DC Sniper, is scheduled for execution tonight after the Supreme Court turned down his appeal....
Amazingly, The American Lawyer is asking if it would be okay to apply the death penalty to Bernie Madoff. The enormous fraud...
