Archive of Court Watch articles, Articles, and Notes
K-2 visa holders are children of alien-fiancé(e)s of United States citizens, who are issued a visa to accompany their parents to the U.S. An alien parent is issued a K-1… Read more »
The issue on appeal in this case was whether the accusatory instrument in a traffic violation stop constituted a facially sufficient simplified traffic information, even though it was titled “Complaint/Information”… Read more »
The plaintiff, Daniel Williams, sought damages for injuries sustained after a shooting in 2003 during which he was mistaken for a member of a rival high school gang by the… Read more »
Government employee health and retirement benefits have come under a likely unprecedented critique, some may say attack, during the difficult economic times, particularly for state and local governments, during the… Read more »
“If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, ‘[w]hy did this have to happen?’”[1] Indeed, many people across the country asked this very question after the events that took… Read more »
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is, arguably, one of the great cultural institutions of our time. Visitors come from all over the world to indulge in its timeless collection spanning… Read more »
Take a trip back: the year is 1991, and First Hawaiian, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii (“Applicant”) has applied for Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”) approval to acquire First Interstate of Hawaii, Inc.,… Read more »
Once the sole province of chief executive officers and hedge fund managers, swap agreements (or “swaps”), most notably credit default swaps,[1] came to the forefront of politicians’ and regulators’ minds… Read more »
A recent breakthrough in contract theory identified the practice of braiding, in which parties weave informal and formal elements of contract together to overcome uncertainty. These contracts are especially prevalent… Read more »
On December 11, 2006, the Department of Justice quietly began to execute the initial stages of a secret new program, the Communication Management Unit (CMU).[1] At 7:00 A.M., seventeen federal… Read more »