by jpitney | Jul 12, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Law
Filmmaker Mary Strause made a docuseries critical of UnitedHealth. The companies used the threat of litigation to coerce streaming services to take it down. CMC alum David Enrich at NYT: In legal letters and court filings, UnitedHealth has invoked last year’s murder...
by jpitney | Apr 27, 2025 | Congress, Law
Bruce Mehlman compares the number of executive orders and laws during the first hundred days of recent presidents:
by jpitney | Aug 8, 2024 | Congress, Law
Nobody knows exactly how many federal crimes there are. Neil Gorsuch and Janie Nitze at The Atlantic: Part of the reason no one can easily count the number of federal crimes is that our federal criminal code was “not planned; it just grew,” as Ronald Gainer, a retired...
by jpitney | Jul 7, 2024 | California Politics, Law
LAist asks a good question: Fireworks are illegal in most of LA County but they still light up the sky. So, where’s the law? Not a trivial question. Illegal fireworks pollute the air, start fires, cause serious injuries, and trigger PTSD in combat...
by jpitney | Jun 1, 2023 | Civility, Law
From the Federalist Society: Deborah Enix-Ross would like to see a national movement promoting civility. She has made civics, civility, and collaboration a primary focus of her term as President of the American Bar Association. Ms. Enix-Ross has taken her message that...
by jpitney | Jun 29, 2021 | Civility, Law
