For the past several months @emilyrsiegel.bsky.social and I have been analyzing 40 federal civil rights cases filed since 2017 by students who said they were strip searched at school. We found some disturbing patterns. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/s...

I'll be helping out this spring w/ DOJ coverage, including changes at the civil rights division and at US attorney's offices. Current and former DOJ employees, I'd love to hear from you, and I'm always happy to chat off-the-record. You can reach me on Signal below:

We looked into the Firearms Policy Coalition, a nonprofit gun rights group challenging laws and regulations in at least 90 cases across 20 states. It's landed on its biggest stage yet: The Supreme Court. w/ @lydiawheeler.bsky.social & @ksophiewill.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

NEW: Trump foreign aid freeze has halted DOJ's overseas enforcement on the the same priorities administration says are its top threats (fentanyl, cartels). Past & present DOJ employees say this pause poses long-term risks to US national security. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

New: Fox Corporation sued LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman for information on his litigation funding in the $2.7 billion defamation case against the media company. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

New: Patent lawsuits filed in Delaware’s federal court dropped precipitously after a judge started requiring litigants to reveal any outside funding for their cases, according to a study out of the @universityofutah.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

RFK Jr.'s nomination to run HHS is being cheered by plaintiffs’ attorneys who focus on mass tort cases. A former trial attorney, they see him as one of their own. His roots in a Democratic dynasty make him an unconventional pick in Trump’s administration. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...