In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s disqualification as bankruptcy counsel for brand manager Franchise Group Inc. is a lesson for Big Law firms that ethical walls and conflicts counsel won’t always solve larger issues over impartiality.
The greatest danger to free speech in our modern era isn’t merely government’s attempts to silence dissenting voices — it’s the partisan blinders so many Americans wear when discussing the topic in the first place.
House Republicans introduced a bill Thursday aimed at barring immigrants from being granted asylum in the United States if they have criminal histories. The No Asylum for Criminals Act was introduced by newly elected North Carolina Representative Mark Harris, who said that the U.S. asylum system had been abused in recent years and allowed "foreign criminals" into the country.
Meta Platforms Inc. and its insurers, including units of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and Chubb Ltd., are digging in their heels in a fight over where to litigate a high-stakes coverage dispute sparked by suits claiming the tech giant got kids hooked on social media.
A bill that would move the celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day to the same date as Columbus Day was presented at the Nevada Legislature on Tuesday, adding to a slate of bills related to the state’s Native American communities.
Clark County Commissioner William McCurdy II is set to host the "Know Your Rights: Immigration Town Hall and Resource Fair" on Wednesday, Feb. 12, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Walnut Community Center. The event will feature local organizations, including the ACLU Nevada, the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, the Consulate of Mexico in 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÃâ·ÑApp, the Consulate of El Salvador, the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó Immigration Clinic, and the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÃâ·ÑApp Metropolitan Police Department.
A broker fighting with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority over being barred is using Supreme Court decisions from the past year in his motion to overturn his case. It’s the latest case questioning FINRA's constitutionality, with attorneys representing the client thinking this case (or one like it) could go before the Court in several years’ time.
In this special blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by music and labor experts to reveal the results of Power At Work’s #LaborGrammys2025. This awards ceremony features Elise Bryant, the founder-director of the DC Labor Chorus and co-host of the Labor Heritage Power Hour podcast; Chris Garlock, the Executive Director of the Labor Heritage Foundation and founder-coordinator of the Labor Radio Podcast Network; and Ruben Garcia, Professor of Law and Director of the Workplace Law Program at the University of Nevada.
Way back in 2000, I wrote a piece called "Dressed for Excess: How Hollywood Affects the Professional Behavior of Lawyers," published in the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy.
Steve Wynn, who once ran big casinos, wants the US Supreme Court to take another look at the 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan ruling. This decision has protected press freedom in the US for a long time. Wynn made this request after Nevada’s highest court threw out his lawsuit against the Associated Press (AP) and a reporter named Regina Garcia Cano. He claimed the media and journalist had damaged his reputation.
The Laken Riley Act expands detention for undocumented immigrants, including those accused – but not convicted – of low-level crimes like shoplifting.
Attorneys for disgraced casino mogul Steve Wynn, whose 2018 defamation case against The Associated Press (AP) was rejected last year by the Nevada Supreme Court, have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a 60-year-old landmark case that established the actual malice rule in libel law.