Legal News

• Innocence Project Sues for Access to Museum's Bite Mark Archive February 20, 2019
  The wrongful conviction exoneration group says the federally-run National Museum of Health and Medicine violated its First Amendment rights by denying it access to the archives of a prominent national odontology group that in the past promoted the now-controversial forensic bite mark analysis.         
• Critical Mass: New Litigation Funding Bill May Not Have Bright Future. Plus: Top Settlements of 2018 February 20, 2019
  Lawyers say GOP senators' efforts to reboot the measure will likely get a cold shoulder from the Democratic-controlled House         
• 'Who Checks the Fact-Checker?' What to Know About Jeffrey Rosen, Trump's Deputy AG Nominee February 20, 2019
  The former longtime Kirkland & Ellis partner would rejoin colleagues at the U.S. Justice Department, where ex-partners have taken key positions.         
• Tesla GC Butswinkas Makes Hasty Return to Williams & Connolly February 20, 2019
  Dane Butswinkas, who left his leadership role at the firm for Tesla just two months ago, has now returned full time to Williams & Connolly.