On Oct. 23, 2019, the CNMI Supreme Court issued its opinion in Triple J Saipan, Inc. v. Muna, affirming the trial court’s order regarding timeliness of petitioner’s procurement protest and denying petitioner’s motion for a stay, order denying respondents’ motion for...

On Tuesday (Wednesday in the CNMI), the U.S. Supreme Court’s nine justices will squarely face the question of where the Insular Cases stand as they consider whether the financial oversight and management board for Puerto Rico violates the appointments clause of the Constitution....

The NMI Supreme Court affirmed last Dec. 5 Mohammad A. Bashar’s conviction for marriage fraud. Back in July 2016, Bashar sought the Supreme Court’s review after the trial court denied Bashar’s request to set aside his plea and vacate his conviction and sentence and order denying...

The CNMI House of Representatives passed yesterday a new measure to set the salary level of members of the Legislature. This was the second time that the House acted on such a measure after then acting governor Victor B. Hocog vetoed last week a similar bill that had been passed...