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Acquittal after trial on CPWL and other firearm charges
A D.C. jury recently acquitted a Koehler Law client of carrying a pistol without a license (CPWL) and other firearm offenses.According to the evidence presented at trial, our client found an abandoned firearm in an alley near the shopping
We Found The Vandal
It will come as little surprise that the $14,700,000 “repair” of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the product of two failures. The first was the typical Trump rush to get this “signature” fix completed before the 250th anniversary festivities
Beltway Buzz, September 11, 2026
The Beltway Buzz® is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
USCIS Releases Proposal to Eliminate Sixty-Day Grace Period. Today, U.S. Citizenship and
“True Threats” and Stalking in Rokhvand v. Herzfeld
The D.C. Court of Appeals recently clarified what constitutes a “true threat” for purposes of the District’s stalking statute. In Rokhvand v. Herzfeld, 2026 D.C. App. LEXIS 302 (D.C. Aug. 27, 2026), the court held that hostile or offensive
FCC’s Technological Advisory Council Meeting
The FCC announced that its Technological Advisory Council (TAC or Council) will hold a meeting on October 1, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Commission Meeting Room at FCC headquarters, which will be available to the public
GeTtin’ SALTy Episode 83 | New York City’s Pied-a-Terre Tax: Rollout Challenges, Constitutional Questions, and a Growing National Trend
In GeTtin’ SALTy Episode 83, Nikki Dobay and Glenn Newman examine New York City’s pied-à-terre tax, implementation hurdles, and potential legal challenges.
Next week: Shirts to Every Office That Can Move This Bill
In July I wrote that I had bought Congress a t-shirt — one for every member. The shirts arrived in August. This month they are being hand-delivered, and I have narrowed the aim.
Seventy-seven offices are getting two shirts each,
A Seventh Moment of Silence: Honoring the Lives Lost in the Years Since 9/11
For twenty-four years, the annual commemoration at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan has paused for six moments of silence. Each one marks a defining instant of that morning: the two planes striking the North and South Towers,
Medical Marijuana in Schedule III Survives Its First Major Challenge
On September 9th, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied a motion to stay filed by SAM, Inc. and the National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association, Inc. (collectively, “SAM”). The motion sought to stay (pause)