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Jan 6, 2025 | 
law.com | Bennett L. Gershman
On Friday the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether to shut down one of the most popular online platforms in America. It’s difficult to contemplate or calculate the level of anguish and suffering the court’s decision may cause 170 million TikTok users. Indeed, one can foresee a national calamity of sorts, and to Gen Z followers and the folks who make lots of money off the app, close to the end of the world.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
law.com | Bennett L. Gershman
Photo: Eldarnurkovic via Adobe Stock Commentary As Donald Trump and his henchmen continue to proclaim that the press is the “enemy of the people,” the press continues to afford him “fair and balanced” coverage that only enhances his popularity with the MAGA extremists, the Law Journal's Bennett Gershman writes. December 04, 2024 at 07:40 PM 6 minute read I think I’ve seen close to a trillion stories in the press pillorying President Joe Biden for pardoning his son Hunter.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
law.com | Bennett L. Gershman
In a campaign video, Trump promised when President to “remove rogue bureaucrats” from power and “dismantle the deep state.” Echoing the blueprint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, Trump pledged to reissue his 2020 Executive Order (which President Joe Biden rescinded) that would allow Trump to bypass federal law and fire hundreds of thousands of federal employees at will, especially those who do not profess loyalty to him.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
law.com | Bennett L. Gershman |Joel Cohen
Who Got The Work Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
law.com | Bennett L. Gershman
Credit: Noppasinw/Adobe Stock Donald Trump sees himself as a strongman who with his followers has a well-documented plan to subvert the 2024 presidential election and remake our form of government, the Law Journal's Bennett Gershman writes. October 30, 2024 at 09:00 AM 5 minute read On February 27, 1933, the Reichstag, or German Parliament building, burned down. This was less than a month after Adolph Hitler took power as Germany's Fuhrer.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
law.com | Bennett L. Gershman
Who Got The Work Eleanor M. Lackman of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp has entered an appearance for Canon, the Japanese camera maker, and the Brooklyn Nets in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The case, filed Sept. 16 in California Central District Court by T-Rex Law on behalf of technology company Phinge Corporation, pursues claims against the defendants for their ongoing use of the 'Netaverse' mark.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
law.com | Bennett L. Gershman |Andrew Denney
Given the scandals that have that rocked the U.S. Supreme Court, it’s understandable, albeit regrettable, that the editorial writers at the Wall Street Journal this week would claim the Court “could use more defenders.” The editorial, “The Supreme Court Gets a Defense,” waxed ecstatic when it located one such defender—a lawyer named Kannon Shanmugam, who is a partner in a prominent New York law firm, clerked for Antonin Scalia, and has argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
law.com | Bennett L. Gershman |Andrew Denney
Criminal laws, no matter how well designed and enforced, cannot by themselves solve society’s most urgent and complex problems. Despite anti-gun laws, American society is awash in guns, typically military-style weapons most often used in mass shootings. Indeed, there are more guns in America than people. Despite laws regulating the use and storage of guns, gun violence increases by the day. Every day, more than 120 persons are killed by guns.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Bennett L. Gershman |Joel Cohen
One of the lines of attack against Vice President Kamala Harris in her presidential candidacy is that she is soft on crime and as president will pursue a “woke,” or unduly progressive, criminal justice agenda. Is there any basis for that accusation? Let’s consider the facts. Harris served nearly 15 years as a prosecutor in California, first as a deputy county attorney, then as San Francisco district attorney, and finally as the state attorney general.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
law.com | Bennett L. Gershman |Andrew Denney
At a conference on July 23, 2019, Donald Trump claimed that according to Article II of the Constitution, “I have the right to do whatever I want as President.” In the aptly-titled decision Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court’s six conservative Justices agreed. They effectively upheld Trump’s attack on the justice system, the rule of law, and democracy itself.
