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Heartland Conference Previews DOJ, State AG, and Regulatory Enforcement Priorities for 2026–27
On September 30, 2026, the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law hosted the inaugural Heartland Government Enforcement & Investigations Conference. The day-long program brought together federal prosecutors, judges, state regulators, in-house counsel,...
From IRS Audit To Internet Headlines: The Public Reality Of Tax Court
When you’re the victim of an IRS audit, you may think that the audit and its results are confidential. The auditors by law cannot share taxpayer return or return-related information without the taxpayer’s consent. At the audit, the auditor disallows most of the...
Judge Pauline Newman’s Shadow Impeachment Finally Transferred To An Independent Court
(Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) It took over three years, but the judicial conduct complaint against Judge Pauline Newman has finally left the building. Fix the Court reports that the complaint Federal Circuit Chief Judge Kimberly...
Museum Closures Are Partly Due To Federal Hostility, But Also To Needless Corporatization Of Nonprofits
I consider myself a bit of a lay expert when it comes to museum closures. I worked at a museum for two years before it was suddenly shuttered. Both of those years being ones in which Donald Trump was either running for or serving as president, there were always vague...
The Law Schools That Provide The ‘Best Value’ For Students (2026)
There are many ways to rank law schools, but the way that the National Jurist’s preLaw Magazine does it is quite interesting. Rather than concentrating on the prestige factors that usually dominate law school ranking systems, this ranking focuses solely on factors...
Chief Justice Roberts moves oldest active federal judge’s fitness investigation to 11th Circuit
{mag_summary}Judge Pauline Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has long argued that the investigation into her fitness should be handled…
The first relists of the 2026-27 term
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here.Welcome back! The justices returned from their lazy, carefree days of summer recess to tackle the...
Corps bans alcohol, sets curfew for Marines on Okinawa after alleged killing
The Marine Corps is banning alcohol for 48 hours and implementing a curfew for the next month for Marines on Okinawa after a lance corporal was arrested in connection with the death of a local woman. From Wednesday to Friday, the Marine Corps is banning alcohol...
First Army cohort signals broader role for VA Law Enforcement Training Center
For Officer Theodore McGowan, a last-minute change in training orders became an introduction to joint federal law enforcement. The Army civilian police officer assigned to Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall expected to attend training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri....