Emily Siegel

Strip Searches in Schools Traumatize Kids Over Minor Offenses A Bloomberg Law investigation found 40 federal civil rights lawsuits since 2017 claiming children and teenagers were strip searched at school without parents knowing – often for vape pens and minor of...

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:

Strategy of a Gun Rights Group: Attack Online, Prevail in Court With relentless legal challenges and pugnacious, profanity-laden tweets, the Firearms Policy Coalition has built a broad online following and a string of court victories. Now the Nevada-based group ha...

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

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Trump Foreign Aid Freeze Halts DOJ Overseas Enforcement President Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze has suspended Justice Department overseas investigators from pursuing the same targets his administration says it prioritizes as top threats.

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/...

Fox Sues LinkedIn Co-Founder Hoffman for Litigation Funding Info Fox Corp. wants documents from LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman regarding his funding of a defamation case against the media company.

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.

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Disclosure Order Targeting Funders Stunts Delaware Patent Suits Patent lawsuits filed in Delaware’s federal court dropped precipitously after a judge started requiring litigants to reveal any outside funding for their cases.

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

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RFK Jr. for Health Chief Excites 'Bullish' Mass Tort Lawyers Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to run the Health and Human Services Department is being cheered by plaintiffs’ attorneys who focus on mass tort cases.

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.

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