Legal News Round-Up - 7/13/18
Had a busy week? Here are some of the top legal news stories you may have missed.
1) “President Trump on Monday nominated Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, a politically connected member of Washington’s conservative legal establishment, to fill Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s seat on the Supreme Court, setting up an epic confirmation battle and potentially cementing the court’s rightward tilt for a generation.” See further analysis from The New York Times: http://ow.ly/8EDF30kSTi2
2) “A federal judge in Sacramento dismissed most of a lawsuit by the Trump administration attacking California’s trio of sanctuary laws aimed at protecting the state’s undocumented and immigrant community.” Bloomberg has the latest details on this story: http://ow.ly/Qtpg30kSTul
3) “Salaries for public service lawyers continue to slowly increase, but their pay is still below that of lawyers in private practice, according to a salary survey by the National Association for Law Placement.” See what exactly public service lawyers are making in salary today from the ABA Journal: http://ow.ly/aUQE30kU2bd
4) “President Trump on Tuesday pardoned father-and-son cattle ranchers in southeastern Oregon who were sentenced to serve prison time on two separate occasions for the same charges of arson on public lands, a move their supporters hailed as a shift in how the federal government approaches the West.” The Washington Post has more on this story here: http://ow.ly/gvdK30kU1nh
5) “Thanks to a US Supreme Court decision this spring striking down the federal ban on wagering outside of Nevada, you can or will be able to bet on sports in a variety of other states as well. That has led to a constantly changing climate for sports gambling around the country, with states moving forward on legal wagering or starting to talk about the issue.” See where legal gambling is coming to next from Forbes: http://ow.ly/7kDF30kVzGk
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