The names and likenesses of celebrities, athletes and other public figures can be extremely valuable, as evidenced by the premium prices paid by many companies for celebrity endorsements and celebrity-branded goods.

Last week, we analyzed whether the California Supreme Court's pro tem Justices have been more or less likely to vote with the majority than permanent members of the Court since 2000.

In the vast majority of cases, the Illinois Supreme Court is in complete control of what cases wind up on its docket – parties file a petition for leave to appeal, and the Court allows it...

Earlier this week over at the Illinois Supreme Court Review, we reviewed the Illinois Supreme Court's experience with recusals in civil cases.

Yesterday, we looked at how much correlation there was between result and lag times in death penalty appeals between 2008 and 2016. Today, we're looking at the non-death penalty criminal docket for the same period.

Yesterday, we analyzed whether we can infer Justice Thomas' votes and whether or not he's writing an opinion based upon the pattern of his questions at oral arguments in civil cases.

Yesterday, we reviewed the counties which produced the Supreme Court's civil docket for the years 1994 through 1998. Today, we're reviewing the Court's criminal docket for the same years.

Yesterday, we looked at the likelihood that the first question to each side at oral argument in civil cases came from a Justice who would write an opinion – either the majority, a special concurrence or a dissent. Today, we turn our attention to the Court's criminal cases between 2008 and 2016.

For the past two weeks, we've been reviewing the data on the Supreme Court's experience with amicus briefs, asking whether petitioners or respondents tend to average more amicus support.

Yesterday, we began our review of the origins in the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court's criminal docket.

Last week, we tracked the Court's experience, year by year, with recusals in civil cases. Recusals are potentially a serious issue in Illinois Supreme Court practice, since there's no provision for replacing...

The Court heard a total of 45 cases from the First District.

That is the story about a loss of our privacy and security by the new Congress.

What exactly is a cyber risk, and in particular a risk that is covered by insurance, is a constantly evolving concept.

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This week, we're looking at the data for the years 2004 through 2008.

In Table 551, we report the fraction of each Justice's votes between 1990 and 1994 for affirmance of a death judgment, or partial reversal with the sentence affirmed.

Yesterday, we began our review of the origins in the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court's criminal docket. Today, we continue with the years 2000 through 2005.

Yesterday, we analyzed the Court's experience with amicus briefs in criminal cases between 1994 and 2005. Today, we'll look at the Court's experience with amicus briefs in criminal cases between...

This week, we continue our parallel look at automatic death penalty appeals here and over at our sister blog, the California Supreme Court Review.