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National Law Journal: Selections from Legal Times Afternoon Update March 25, 2010

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source:NLJ.com March 25, 2010.

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A Border Battle Over Lawsuits

"Six years after the moniker was first coined, a 'foreign-cubed' suit has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case challenges the use of American courts by foreign plaintiffs."

 

D.C. Circuit Strikes Down Limits on Donations to Independent Political Groups

"In the first major campaign finance decision since the U.S. Supreme Court tore down restrictions on corporate spending during elections, a federal appeals court ruled today that the government also could not limit donations to independent political groups."

 

District's Post-Heller Firearm Restrictions Are Upheld

"Judge Ricardo Urbina of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has just ruled that the D.C. firearm ordinances enacted after the Supreme Court's D.C. v. Heller decision in 2008 'permissibly regulate the exercise of the core Second Amendment right to use firearms for the purpose of self-defense in the home.' "

 

Citing Precedent, Panel Upholds Soft-Money Ban

"A three-judge panel in Washington ruled today that the Federal Election Commission can enforce a federal ban on so-called "soft money" contributions to political parties, in a case that's being closely watched because of its potential to reach the Supreme Court."

 

No Jail Time for Gilbert Arenas

"Suspended Washington Wizards basketball star Gilbert Arenas was sentenced to two years of supervised probation and 30 days in a halfway house today at the D.C. Superior Court."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on March 29, 2010 (boomark / email).