KCRW -- which produces the popular weekly political news show "Left Right and Center" -- has launched a popular new podcast "All The President's Lawyers," co-hosted by BWO partner Ken White. Every week, KCRW's Josh Barrow and Ken White discuss the many legal issues and...
BWO Partner Caleb Mason has published an essay on how Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh may handle criminal procedure issues: "On Criminal Justice, Kavanaugh Might Be More Centrist than Kennedy."...
On July 10, 2018, President Trump issued an executive order exempting federal administrative law judges (“ALJs”) from the competitive service, or civil service system. This was in response to the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Lucia v. SEC, where the court held that SEC ALJs...
On Monday, May 21, 2018, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis (“Epic”). In a 5- 4 decision, the Court held that class or collective action waivers contained in arbitration agreements are valid and enforceable. This is considered the most...
“Baker, baker baking a cake make me a day … Maybe we could change his mind …There must be something here …” Tori Amos (“Baker baker”) The United States Supreme Court in a 7 to 2 decision reversed a penalty imposed on a baker who refused to...
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Lucia v. SEC hardly came as a surprise. Sure, it invalidated a decades-old process for appointing SEC administrative law judges (“ALJs”), a rare occurrence, the reverberations of which are sure to flow across the federal landscape. But, after the...
After several years and many challenges, the Supreme Court has finally decided that Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) administrative law judges (“ALJs”) are “inferior officers” who exercise significant federal authority and therefore are required by the Appointments Clause of the US constitution to be appointed...
This week BWO partner Ken White, whose practice includes federal criminal defense, spoke extensively about the FBI search of the offices of President Trump's attorney Michael Cohen. Mr. White had a Op-Ed column in the New York Times on April 10 explaining the likely significance of the...
BWO Partner Ken White appeared on Fox News @ Night With Shannon Bream last week to discuss why targets of investigations – in this case, the President of the United States – should be extremely wary of voluntary interviews with law enforcement....
BWO Partner Ken White, who is a Contributing Editor at Reason Magazine, has a new article published there explaining the perils of voluntary discussions with federal investigators....